Sylvia's Scenario

Nick is working in Japan again this year for 6 months and yesterday he sent us photos of a stop at McDonald's where he ordered the "Idaho Burger".    McDonald's has launched a campaign in Japan the past few years featuring "Big American" burgers that are suppose to evoke the places they are named after. This year they are featuring the 'All Stars' edition bringing back the most popular items from the last 3 years. Luckily for us in the States, we will not be offered these concoctions since McDonald's is actually trying to offer more healthful choices in the face of our obesity epidemic. But for healthy-minded countries such as Japan, McDonald's have found that they are willing to gorge as long as it tastes good. Sound familiar? The Japanese aren't that different from us after all! The first release of the Big American burgers was in 2010 with each burger topped with garnishes that were regional - at least regional enoug...

Yes, seriously! I saw these two swimmers interviewed on the  Today Show  broadcasted  in London and I wasn't really surprised but it is a little heartbreaking. I always joke at my job in the hospital that the most popular place that patients tell me they will go after they discharge is to McDonald's.  (After they are re-admitted back into the hospital)  I guess it isn't any different for Olympic athletes.  Here is the article taken off the internet on Yahoo!News.  Note: They do say in the article that they do eat "healthily" (which I'm sure is true for what they accomplish) and McDonald's is in their Olympic dining hall, the world's biggest, by the way, since they are an official Olympic sponsor.  America will always be America. Ricky Berens was part of the gold-medal-winning relay Tuesday night that put Michael Phelps in the record books. It was the second gold medal of his career and his second overall medal in 2012. The race also...