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01/17/2005 Entry: "First Post of the New Year!"
First Post of the New Year!
And wouldn't ya know? It's about butt cancer!
McDonald's Ex-CEO dies at age 44
"A charismatic leader who said he ate a McDonald's product most days,
Bell was diagnosed with colorectal cancer just weeks after being named
to the company's top job in April."
"The company's first non-American CEO, Bell had succeeded Jim
Cantalupo, who died suddenly of a heart attack after a little more
than a year on the job at age 60. He was the company's first CEO to
have worked behind the counter since Fred Turner, who retired in
1987."
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Charlie Bell succeeded a man who died suddenly of a heart attack,
and Bell was a regular eater of McDonalds food since the age of 15.
There's nothing in the article on whether he inherited the genetic
tendency for colorectal cancer or whether it was the food - a diet
high in animal fats is a known contributing factor for this kind of
cancer.
On one hand, having a genetic predisposition for colorectal cancer
means McDonald's food isn't entirely at fault - however, if such a
factor is present, he should NEVER have been eating the food since
it's known to severely exacerbate the condition.
On the other hand, if he did NOT have a genetic predisposition for
colorectal cancer, yet he died from it, then environmental and dietary
factors are in play - again, the food is suspect.
Apparently, the correlation between high animal fat diets and this
particular form of cancer is fairly well established. Frankly, I think
the food killed him. The only reason the media hasn't seized on
this is that McDonald's is a HUGE advertiser in just about every
outlet and no one wants to kill the goose that pays the golden bills.
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