Went to a Prevent Colon Cancer 5K -- selling hot dogs and cake afterward...

This was supposed to be a thread where people were like "Hahaha. That's hilarious." "how ironic." "LOL."

But of course it turns into a bickering controversial post because it's HealingWell.

All excellent points Sara...I'm so glad you posted your experiance with eating lots of fruits and veggies and glad that I'm not the only one that sees it being weird when someone actually tries to tell people that eating a bountiful amount of fruit/veggies isn't good for you....thought I lost my mind when I read that in someone's reply.

Sara14,
you are not alone, I agree with you 100%, starting with hot dogs, served at the colon cancer prevention event (ridiculous!) to support of the vegetarian diet and eating a lot of fruits and veggies.

I can't believe this has turned into a 3 page thread.... who cares if they sell hot dogs? If you want to eat a hot dog & cake, buy one. If not, then don't. I've yet to see anything that conclusively proves hot dogs & cake cause colon cancer. I don't look too much, granted, but.....

I've often read and heard that BBQ meats (like hotdogs for example) can increase the risk for cancer....

http://www.worldhealth.net/news/barbecue_meat_chemicalsgrilling_and_canc/

Thank you, lookforcure and pb4 for being a voice of reason and sanity.

Sara,

This is just a random quote:

"The animal rights organization praised Jobs for his vegetarianism and his support of animals through the "Pixar film studio [that] created heartwarming and thought-provoking movies about unlikely animal heroes"

I think, he mentioned himself that he was a vegetarian or vegan.


Fundraisers like this work best with "appealing" stuff. Hotdogs, softdrinks bring people to donate.

I know Joanna-Banana....

But life doesn't work that way. You need something to attract. You ever notice at car shows you have hot chicks presenting the cars....I mean what does hot chicks have to do with cars, nothing!. But it's appealing.

You go to a fund raiser for whatever...hotdogs, hamburgers are a staple. You can't dispute that, it's been like this ....since forever, I guess.

somedude, i know it's standard food at an event, but why does it have to be like that? cant we change it and make it healthy? why keep serving the same things when we are such an unhealthy nation as it is. why not set an example?

Sara14 said...
Thank you, lookforcure and pb4 for being a voice of reason and sanity.

 

You're welcome Sara, it doesn't happen often with me LOL!  Especially the sanity part!  Hahahahaha

I think mainly selling soft drinks and hot dogs is about how easy it is for clueless cooks and also it has the most profit out f it wich goes along a fundraising. If you have 12 hot dog sausages for 1.50 and buns for 1.00 it's 2.50 of stock that you can sell 12 dollars for example.

As if you go with fresh products unfortunatly those are more expensive and youd have to sell the food at a higher price at the raising.

Im not saying it's right but im saying I understand why as a fundraising they go this way nd they can put any volunteer at the stand without fear of him or her to mess the food!

You know what, stay the hell out of my thread if you're going to be an ******.