European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The fat s in the fire As Mcdonald s opens restaurants in hospitals Friday july 15, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 sodium Content in food dietary recommendation is to stay under 3,000 milligrams of sodium per Day in milligrams of sodium per food item one Teaspoon of table Salt equals 2,000 processed foods Oak Brook 111. A Mcdon Ald s is opening restaurants in Hospital sin what one doctor suggests is an invitation to a big Mac heart attack. But Hospital spokesman argues the food has t killed anyone  the fast food Chain has opened eight such restaurants nationwide. One More is under construction at Dayton Chil Dren s Hospital in Ohio and four Are under contract said Steven Roth Mcdonald s manager of Hospital development. Or. Michael Goldblatt Mcdonald staff nutritionist said the restaurants supplement hospitals regular food serv ices and Are aimed at staff and visitors not patients. Yeah the sodium is High in some of the food but they also have salads and Salt free French Fries. It s not going to kill you. It has t killed anyone yet said John head spokesman at Denver Gen eral Hospital where a Mcdonald opened last month. Mcdonald s spokesman John Onod Asaid the Hospital restaurants Are no Dif Ferent from the Chain s setups in museums airports and train stations. Burger King and Wendy s also have opened restaurants in hospitals. Mcdonald s will open up where peo ple go where people Are he said Mon Day in an interview at the Chain s head quarters in Oak Brook a Chicago suburb. The whole idea is ridiculous Saidur. Sidney Wolfe of the Public citizen health research group a Washington based consumer advocacy group. What better Way to create new patients than to sell food which significantly increases the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attacks he wrote in a group newsletter in an article headlined big Mac heart  it is not unlike in my View the idea of hospitals Selling cigarettes Wolfe said monday. The american Hospital association and the american medical association declined comment. A spokesman for american heart association took Issue with the practice. We feel hospitals should provide leadership in health care said spokes Man Howard Lewis. They re not giving the leadership with this move to Mcdon Ald a because of the image of Mcdon Ald s and other fast food companies the image of food that is High in Choles Terol High in fat and High in Salt which Are three areas we re very concerned  the heart association s guidelines urge people to limit intake of fats especially saturated fats sodium and cholesterol. In announcing those guidelines in1986, or. W. Virgil Brown a former chairman of the committee that drafted them said hamburgers Are far and away the no. 1 cholesterol problem inthe  As far As Quality goes Mcdonald uses the finest Quality ingredients Goldblatt said. Our food is really no different than the kind of food you con sume at Home. Our hamburgers contain no More than 22.5 percent fat. The restau rants offer food from the four food groups even with the addition of Sal ads he said. It s possible to get a very Light nutritious meal As  Wendy s International inc. Opened restaurant in 1985 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton Ohio said spokeswoman sue Willis. Burger King corp. Last summer opened restaurants at jewish Hospital in banquet Man please Turkey dinner 3,649 banquet cheese enchilada 2,356 Van de Kamp s Batter dipped fish 1,822 Swanson hungry Man Chicken 1,660 Stouffer s Pepper Steak 101/2 ounces 1,500 Stouffer s French bread sausage pizza 1,320 Stouffer s stuffed Green Pepper 960 fast food Burger King whopper with cheese 1,435 Mcdonald s big Mac 1,010 Mcdonald s a nuggets Chicken six pieces 525 Mcdonald s Barbecue sauce 309 condiments Dairy products Parmesan cheese 1 ounces cottage cheese 4 ounces processed cheese 1 ounces instant Vanilla pudding 4 ounces Blue cheese 1 ounces Muenster cheese 1 ounces Cheddar cheese 1 ounces milk whole or 2 percent fruit and vegetables _ mashed to stoers salted 1 cup Given Ber inr., canned \ ? cup French Fries 1 cup soy sauce 1 table poor Dill Pickie baking soda Teaspoon baking powder 1 Krisp can Ketchup 1 Teaspoon seafood canned shrimp 3 ounces canned Salmon 3 ounces sole 3 ounces raw shrimp 3 ounces meats 1,029 928 831 339 156 m baked i o on v. Cup 528 457 405 400 396 178 176 122 485 328 270 24 5 3 1,955 443 201 137 3s4 215 285 132 1 1 Ham 3 ounces corned beef 3 ounces hot dog Bacon 2 slices beef lean 3 ounces 1,114 802 639 274 55  1 clip Corn ask 1 1 cd Oatmeal infant m cup bread slice of whole wheat Oatmeal regular a cup Popcorn unsaved 1 cup beverages Tomato juice 8 ounce can Beer 12 ounces Apple or Orange juice 8 ounces Chicago Tribune graphic source food values of portions commonly used by Pennington & Church 1985 and Tonia re hard 878 25 5 Louisville ky., and Harris county hos Pital in fort Worth Texas said a spokes Man Tim hermeling. The Field of non traditional Sites like hospitals is something Burger King is very interested in he said. For hospitals sagging Revenue from regular in House restaurants led some to turn to big macs. Others said they needed a food Carrier that could handle High volume quickly and efficiently. Onoda would not discuss Revenue from the restaurants except to say they Are doing very  Denver Genera said it expects the restaurant to bring the Hospital $150,000 a year in rent and percentage of the receipts. In Minneapolis John Najarian a nationally known transplant physician sur prised some nutritionists by opening fast food restaurant tuesday featuring Fried foods that have been linked to heart disease. It would t be like backing a cigarette company or something like that said Najarian. Today the important thing is to get away from beef and red meat. So what we stress As physicians is Chicken and fish. It s a Heck of a lot Bette than Burger King or Wendy  Dea to use chemicals to eradicate . Marijuana Washington a the chief of the drug enforcement administration said wednesday the govern ment will use paraquat and other herbicides in stepped up Campaign to eradicate domestically grown marijuana. At a news conference Dea director John Lawn said paraquat which was banned from use on National for ests in 1983 because of environmental concerns would be one of three herbicides used in the program opera Tion Stop crop 1988. A Dea spokesman Cornelius Dougherty subsequently said that in Light of that court ruling paraquat would be used in spraying to eradicate marijuana grown on private land not on Public property. The other two herbicides cited by Lawn 2,4d Anaglyph Osage Are not involved in the 1983 Federal court decision and could be used in spraying Public lands Dea spokesman said. The other two chemicals Don t have the same restrictions but while that May be complying with the letter of the Law it is violating the principles that protect National lands to ensure the Protection of wildlife habitats and recreation areas said Jay Feldman coordinator of the National coalition against the misuse of pesticides. Paraquat which is used in agriculture to Clear Fields before planting and after Harvest is highly toxic and can cause serious harm when inhaled or absorbed by human beings or animals. Lawn said the government must prepare an Environ mental Impact statement when eradication is contemplated and that at that Point the determination is made by environmentalists by Law enforcement which chemical will be most  attorney general Edwin Meese Iii said the real environmental damage is not from the herbicides but rather from what is being done by the illegal growers of marijuana. He said the traffickers Are cutting Down Trees. Damming streams and p9uring pesticides an fertilizer into streams from which water is pumped for irrigation of the marijuana crop. Meese said operation Stop crop is designed to rid the country of marijuana growing efforts by Many drug traffickers who have dispersed their operations into National forests and other Remote areas to avoid detection. Rather than run the risk of losing their privately owned land through asset forfeiture to authorities i they Are caught marijuana growers hav moved to land owned either by the Federal or state governments. Not Only Are they violating the Law by reducing illegal drugs on publicly owned land they often pose a serious threat to the safety and even lives of innocent people hiking through Parks or forests Only to stumble into the deadly Booby traps set up to protect marijuana patches said Meese. Large growing plots were once common but were easily spotted from the ground and air. So the trend has been to have smaller plots according to a report by the National drug policy Board a Cabinet level group chaired by Meese. Stop crop 1988, the first year of a Long term plan is a cooperative Effort of the drug enforcement administration and the departments of Justice agriculture Interior and other agencies such As the Bureau of land management and the fish and wildlife service. The National guard which has provided support for knocking out marijuana growing operations since 1983, also will provide support. State and local governments also Are cooperating. Teen to pay Hospital Bills for cat he microwaved Durham . Up a Durham youth must pay veterinary Bills for a cat that he apparently placed in a microwave oven in March a judge has ruled. Jason Keith Mckinney 17, also received a lecture from District court judge Orlando f. Hudson who said the stunt was a crazy thing to  Mckinney was found guilty of cruelty to animals tuesday and ordered to pay $257.80 in veterinary Bills for baby a cat owned by Melissa Takacs. Testimony in the trial indicated that baby required intravenous fluids anti a optics and two blood transfusions but has largely recovered from the March incident. Takacs testified that Mckinney came to her House after a party where he had been drinking. She said she heard beeping sound from the microwave oven and went tothe Kitchen to investigate. I walked in and saw Jason on the counter laughing. The microwave was moving. I hit the release Button and the cat jumped out she testified. According to Takacs the cat started breathing very very heavy with its Tongue hanging out and later started running in circles with its eyes dilated. Both Takacs and her Mother admitted under Cross examination that they did not actually see Mckinney put the cat in the appliance. Mckinney testified in his own defense that he did not put the cat in the microwave oven. The judge at one Point asked Takacs have you Ever known this cat to be Atrick cat or an acrobatic cat capable of Locking itself up in that microwave no she replied. He did something stupid when hews drunk Hudson told the Durham morning Herald. He s got a pretty Good imagination. If we Don t Check him i m not sure he s not headed for a life full of