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LIVING: Can A Pink Bucket Of KFC Cure Cancer?

SodaHead Living 2010/05/18 15:43:22
Eyebrows are being raised over a merger between a breast cancer charity and Kentucky Fried Chicken. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest breast cancer advocacy group in the world, has partnered with the fast food, fried chicken restaurant chain in a national “Buckets for the Cure” campaign. Through the program, which began last month and will continue through the end of May, KFC will donate 50 cents to Komen for every pink bucket of chicken it sells, with a minimum one million dollar donation and a target of eight million to fund breast cancer research an local Komen affiliates.

On their website, Komen announces “KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are teaming up to spread educational messaging via a major national campaign which will reach thousands of communites served by nearly 5,000 KFC restaurants.”

Health and cancer experts have been quick to point out the mixed messages inherent in placing a pink ribbon on a bucket of fried chicken. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research there is “convincing evidence that excess body fats ups the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.” Obesity is also connected to shorter survival rates for women who develop cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute’s website, studies “have shown that an increased risk of developing colorectal, pancreatic, and breast cancer is associated with high intakes of well-done, fired or barbecued meats.”

Andrea Rader, a Komen spokesperson defends the partnership, claiming that KFC will provide their charity with the chance to "reach a lot of people we wouldn't ordinarily reach" with information on breast health. She goes on to suggest the grilled chicken and steamed vegetables as healthy menu options.

John Robbins, author of “Diet for a New American,” writes in The Huffington Post, “Pardon me for being cynical, but I have to ask, if Komen is going to partner with KFC, why not take it a step further and partner with a cigarette company? They could sell pink packages of cigarettes, donating a few cents from each pack while claiming ‘each pack you smoke brings us closer to the day cancer is vanquished forever'.”
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  • Cold Warrior 2010/05/18 23:23:46
    Cold Warrior
    +8
    Of for F***s sakes! Its a bucket of chicken and raising $ for a good cause! (no the Colonel doesn't look great in pink but...)As far as the libtard writing in the huffy post is concerned, they can blow me. Its amazing left wing looney tunes can find anything to bitch about.

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  • Bart 2011/11/18 20:44:33
    Bart
    no just no
    i don't think there ever will be a cancer because the people who make the mediation o keep people with dance alive for a while make LOTS of money imagine what will happen if a cure is found there most likely already is a cure
  • John 2010/05/24 15:08:20
    John
    I see no problem at all. Its an awareness program; has nothing to do wth the product. Besides, KFC or any other fast food is not per definition bad.It depends how often you eat it....
  • Rivennikk 2010/05/20 20:51:32
    Rivennikk
    Well I'm a vegan, but I do believe if they advertise it for a good cause than there is nothing wrong with that. But if they are doing it just to make profit, then of course not.
  • Miss Lori 2010/05/20 19:22:50
    Miss Lori
    Are they kidding? How can killing thousands of chickens, frying them in oil, and selling them to potential high-risk people "cure" anything? This would be laughable, if it weren't so sick.
  • cynthia2010 2010/05/20 17:19:40
    cynthia2010
    maybe who knows but now i want chicken!!! ahhh
  • JenniferCote 2010/05/20 16:05:14
    JenniferCote
    +2
    John Robbins: Exactly! Can they sell a black bucket of KFC Extra Crispy, to raise money for families of heart attack victims who've died?!? But, um... I didn't mean to sound too cynical either. I'll eat some KFC once a year of so, special treat. I just don't want to delude myself that I should eat even more of it so I can "help" win this fight against cancer, doing my "part"...
    Hey, but if they sold some fresh, organic fruit at KFC, and donated those earnings, wouldn't that be awesome? Raise awareness on how to eat healthy at the same time- how cool that would be.
  • Tucker 2010/05/20 12:35:27
    Tucker
    I want to see the records of pink boxes sold to the amount of monies deposited.
  • Rumpleteazer 2010/05/19 23:05:19 (edited)
    Rumpleteazer
    More like cause it lol
  • . 2010/05/19 21:35:56
    .
    i like the idea behind this. the bucket itself cant cure it obviously. the money that people pay to get one of these kfc bucket goes towards the studies to find a cure for cancer. so yes i guess it does help.
  • jimiwhitten 2010/05/19 18:18:12
    jimiwhitten
    Does it really matter where the money comes from?
  • elah 2010/05/19 18:01:54
    elah
    its a cool idea.. :)) i mean it can't help cure cancer..but it makes people think about their lives and stuff.. u know :))
  • Nancy 2010/05/19 15:42:32
    Nancy
    I'm not knocking it at all in fact it could be a good thing because it draws attention to the things about fried foods that make them unhealthy. knocking draws attention fried foods unhealthy
  • ChloeLouise 2010/05/19 15:36:44
    ChloeLouise
    I dont buy KFC because it give me the shits.
  • Sandi 2010/05/19 15:04:53
    Sandi
    I haven't eaten KFC in years and I feel good about that too. How these chickens are treated by the corporation owned factory farms is unbelievable. I like to eat happy chickens from a good old fashioned farm with a barn and the animals are treated humanely.
  • Halena~☆~Jackson 2010/05/19 14:58:49
    Halena~☆~Jackson
    There will always be regular customers for places such as McDonald's or KFC, such as there being those who will smoke regularly. I think they are aware of the risk they're taking. And surely, if the family decides to go KFC for one night, we wouldn't all develop cancer. It's one bucket, a portion of the cost goes to charity, I think it's a fine collaboration.
  • MsTlynne 2010/05/19 13:55:36
    MsTlynne
    Fried chicken will raise more money for cancer research than tofu. You cannot raise money with items that nobody buys.
  • Red high priestess in Nyx I... 2010/05/19 12:29:44
    Red high priestess in Nyx I trust
    No! It can't cure cancer! It can only help bring in more money for the workers/bosses at kfc becausepeople think it will help cure cancer but really it isn't going to help at all!
  • Shanna20 2010/05/19 12:16:05 (edited)
    Shanna20
    +2
    Listen to Pam! listen pam listen pam
  • jackolantyrn356 2010/05/19 12:00:40
    jackolantyrn356
    It's a PINK (sort of) bucket and it sells chicken. They are an organization who give some of theoir money for breast cancer research. Ok? Is this freaking Ok with your standards??? Maybe the LuckyStrike people ought to ri=un a Pink Pack for the same item> Hub??? or maybe a Bush Beer can??? Huh???
  • JackSchitt 2010/05/19 11:48:34 (edited)
    JackSchitt
    It's that evil Colonel again....with his "wee beady eyes".



    Honestly people...a bucket of chicken every now and then is NOT going to make you obese and increase your risk of cancer. And they DO have the healthy menu options for those of you out there who don't have the common sense to know when to pull your snout out of the trough.

    Once again let's demonize the evil corporation rather than take some personal responsibility and eat it's product in moderation. I see no mixed message here.
  • sait10 2010/05/19 11:14:39
    sait10
    Its a contradiction but it is helping a good cause. People are going to eat it if the bucket is pink or standard anyway!
  • cнιвι cυρcαқєs ~*Λℓιcє*~ ♥♥
    *sigh*.
    Pink.
  • pammalou 2010/05/19 09:45:28
    pammalou
    There will never be a cure for cancer because then all the fancy offices and fund raising and advertising go pfffft ! I get sick on KFC ,The Colonel was privy to some meetings after the World War 2 .The Japanese fed their troops methamphetamine and crappy food loaded with MSG and the troops THOUGHT the food was good.The Colonel learned this and bought tons of it and started selling chicken. People think they like the neurotoxin ingredient they use in labs to make mice fat for overweight experiments/
    The American Cancer Society is a huge scam anyway and the chicken is usually crippled.The last time I had that slop the chicken leg and other bones were broken.If there is a cure the doctors who squeeze all the assets out of the patients they can with slash and burn techniques before they kill them squash it and call it quackery.
    Now that hospitals have CFO's they also have forms that allow you to sign your house over to them for your treatment that no one gets cured with.
    They will never find a cure because it's not profitable. Dr. Simoncini discovered cancer was a fungus and treated patients with a baking soda IV. In an alkaline PH disease cannot exist,Royal Raymond Rife also had his equipment outlawed also raw food diets such as used by Dr.Larraine Day have had better results ...


    There will never be a cure for cancer because then all the fancy offices and fund raising and advertising go pfffft ! I get sick on KFC ,The Colonel was privy to some meetings after the World War 2 .The Japanese fed their troops methamphetamine and crappy food loaded with MSG and the troops THOUGHT the food was good.The Colonel learned this and bought tons of it and started selling chicken. People think they like the neurotoxin ingredient they use in labs to make mice fat for overweight experiments/
    The American Cancer Society is a huge scam anyway and the chicken is usually crippled.The last time I had that slop the chicken leg and other bones were broken.If there is a cure the doctors who squeeze all the assets out of the patients they can with slash and burn techniques before they kill them squash it and call it quackery.
    Now that hospitals have CFO's they also have forms that allow you to sign your house over to them for your treatment that no one gets cured with.
    They will never find a cure because it's not profitable. Dr. Simoncini discovered cancer was a fungus and treated patients with a baking soda IV. In an alkaline PH disease cannot exist,Royal Raymond Rife also had his equipment outlawed also raw food diets such as used by Dr.Larraine Day have had better results than deadly chemo. The American Cancer Society is a total scam from the days of Rockefeller opening the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute.Although his name is hardly known, Frank Howard was for many years a key figure in Standard Oil operations as director of its research and its international agreements. He also was chairman of the research committee at Sloan Kettering Institute during the 1930s; his appointee at Sloan Kettering, Dusty Rhoads, headed the experimentation in the development of chemotherapy. During the Second World War Rhoads headed the Chemical Warfare Service in Washington at U.S. Army Headquarters. It was Frank Howard who had persuaded both Alfred Sloan and Charles Kettering of General Motors in 1939 to give their fortunes to the Cancer Center, which then took on their names.
    The Rockefellers have been running cancer scams since William Rockefeller William Rockefeller's vocation as a medicine man greatly facilitated his preferred profession of horse thief. As one who planned to be in the next county by morning, it was a simple matter to tie a handsome stallion to the back of his wagon and head for the open road. It also played a large part in his vocation as a woman-chaser; he was described as being "woman-mad". He not only concluded several bigamous marriages, but he seems to have had uncontrolled passions. On June 28, 1849, he was indicted for raping a hired girl in Cayuga, New York; he later was found to be residing in Oswego, New York and was forced once again to decamp for parts unknown. He had no difficulty in financing his woman-chasing interests from the sale of his miraculous cancer cure and from another product, his "Wonder Working Liniment," which he offered at only two dollars a bottle.
    If you are dumb enough to believe that the American Cancer Society is looking for a cure so they can end the gravy train,and eat KFC on top of it you deserve what you get.
    Both entities are laughable.It's a great partnership !
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  • captkirk999 2010/05/19 08:49:03
    captkirk999
    +1
    There is ingredients in the chicken that can cause cancer so NO.
  • Andrea 2010/05/19 08:48:41
    Andrea
    People are going to eat it anyway. I guess it is ok for fat people to have fatty chicken but not cancer patient or people who MIGHT eat one piece too many and get cancer. Morons.
  • Catnip 2010/05/19 06:23:25
    Catnip
    +1
    If it raises money for cancer research...go for it! Does it matter where the money comes from? After all, McDonald's has Ronald McDonald House! raises money cancer research money mcdonalds ronald mcdonald house
  • pammalou Catnip 2010/05/19 09:56:47
    pammalou
    +1
    LMAO ! Are you serous?
    It matters where the money goes! It goes to promote the slop burgers which could consist of multiple cows in one burger,petroleum products added to the fryer grease,and the polymers in the shakes.
    Haven't you ever see Supersize Me? Google 12 year old McDonalds Hamburger (still looking good !)The fries are timeless after years they look like new !
    Charities like this are shameless corporate promotion.Charity is supposed to be discreet.
    But after 60 years of Television watching people will believe anything !


    corporate promotion charity supposed discreet 60 years television watching people
  • wolfshadow 2010/05/19 06:21:54
    wolfshadow
    Well... I guess if they are feeding you the chance of upping your cancer risk, then I guess they have a good reason for wanting to help find a cure.

    People are going to buy the chicken anyway, why not take the .50 Cents a bucket and work toward a cure?
  • Arse-Whole 2010/05/19 06:21:19
    Arse-Whole
    its a hell of a way to sell some chicken. Nothing brings dollar signs like something with the words "breast cancer" on them. Why is there more focus on breast cancer than every other disease?
  • SonofSpermcube 2010/05/19 05:33:03
    SonofSpermcube
    +1
    BUY A TUB OF CANCER BREASTS TO CURE BREAST CANCER!
  • Elmo~WAWU~Bn-2~ 2010/05/19 05:26:26
    Elmo~WAWU~Bn-2~
    +1
    You lost me at 'KFC' ugh. Disgusitng food store-Never should have opened.
    I'm glad there's only 4 in the U.K. Leave it to everyone else to get morbidly obese.
  • Crische 2010/05/19 04:22:41
    Crische
    +1
    Too funny. Like KFC is deflecting emphasis on themselves for clogging arteries (in fact trying to sell more giant buckets of chicken now) by postulating that they're helping stop breast cancer. And the breast cancer people, just apparently could care less about other diseases related to cholesterol/fatty foods (#1 cause of death by a large margin) or else are far too desperate for acknowledgment from the public. Any way you look at it it's just another of many sad scams. And if you have to tell people about the help you're giving (big pink bucket campaign) when even 8 million dollars would probably barely phase KFC's revenue, then it's obviously not very sincere.

    There's a lot of things that can take the life out of you, just be glad you were ever even here to live out here in the middle of space.

    And to the top answer idiot; bucket of chicken, pack of cigarettes, 12-pack of beer, 1/5 of liquor, liter of coca-cola, regular morning starbucks whatever, most prescription meds... it's all the same bullshit.
  • Nabael 2010/05/19 04:18:01
    Nabael
    YUM! I can eat a breast and save a breast later! What could be better?
  • Frances Collins 2010/05/19 03:56:14
    Frances Collins
    John Robbins is right on the money. I love the taste of KFC just as much as I ever have but even I am knowledgeable enough to know that there is no real good nutrition in there unless you only eat one piece stripped completly of all the fattening, good tasting stuff. Why don't the owners of the KFC chain just make a huge tax deductable donation to the charity of thier choise?
  • Kari 2010/05/19 03:42:23
    Kari
    Well, it's nice to raise money for a charitable cause, such as breast cancer research. However, could they not have picked any better partnership? I mean, seriously, teaming up with KFC to promote women's health? That just doesn't make any sense at all. It is scientifically proven that overweight and obese women are more likely to develop cancer. Perhaps this is why breast cancer is most common in the states. So, let's aim to sell them buckets of fried chicken? It's just a grossly mismatched partnership and I think that surely they could have come up with a better way to raise money for research.
  • lee 2010/05/19 03:39:48
    lee
    For goodness sakes it is a bucket of fried chicken. COME ON man. This is really silly. Much ado about nothing.
  • lily_heartbreax 2010/05/19 03:26:38
    lily_heartbreax
    I think that this is a great idea..if only more restaurants would do this more often. It's helping a cause and people are gonna buy fried chicken regardless,now at least something good is coming from it. If more places would do this imagine how much money they would raise for the cause ^_^ people gonna buy fried chicken regardlessnow places imagine money raise
  • pammalou lily_he... 2010/05/19 10:04:46
    pammalou
    The American Cancer society phony cancer fund raisers. The ACS was founded by the Rockefellers to steer people AWAY from true cancer cures and to raise money for their phony "research" projects.

    It's been a SCAM from its inception and they suck in millions of gullible and unknowing dupes to do their bidding for them who then send them money that is wasted on 'busy" research projects that go nowhere. I also heard Gary Null do a very lengthy expose of the American Cancer Society on his radio program aired over KPFK radio with Roy Tuckman.

    A 100% cure for all forms of cancer was demonstrated in the mid 1930s by Dr Royal Raymond Rife. His work and his reputation were utterly destroyed by established medicine (Rockefellers and the drug cartels) and their lackeys in the guise of one Morris Fishbein of the AMA and indeed the efforts of the Rockefeller's ACS, which helped in no small measure to debunk Rife's incredible work and discoveries.

    The average American diagnosed with cancer spend upwards of US$25 000 of their savings attempting to save their lives. Sadly, these people are not getting much for their money.

    Spending for the 'American Cancer Society' alone is over US$1 million a day. Only about 16% goes directly into programs for cancer patients, the rest into bureaucratic overhead...


    The American Cancer society phony cancer fund raisers. The ACS was founded by the Rockefellers to steer people AWAY from true cancer cures and to raise money for their phony "research" projects.

    It's been a SCAM from its inception and they suck in millions of gullible and unknowing dupes to do their bidding for them who then send them money that is wasted on 'busy" research projects that go nowhere. I also heard Gary Null do a very lengthy expose of the American Cancer Society on his radio program aired over KPFK radio with Roy Tuckman.

    A 100% cure for all forms of cancer was demonstrated in the mid 1930s by Dr Royal Raymond Rife. His work and his reputation were utterly destroyed by established medicine (Rockefellers and the drug cartels) and their lackeys in the guise of one Morris Fishbein of the AMA and indeed the efforts of the Rockefeller's ACS, which helped in no small measure to debunk Rife's incredible work and discoveries.

    The average American diagnosed with cancer spend upwards of US$25 000 of their savings attempting to save their lives. Sadly, these people are not getting much for their money.

    Spending for the 'American Cancer Society' alone is over US$1 million a day. Only about 16% goes directly into programs for cancer patients, the rest into bureaucratic overhead and expensive drug research.


    Anyone who contributes to or helps the ACS in any capacity is simply an uninformed boob who is assisting his executioners to prepare his own coffin.
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  • Red Branch 2010/05/19 03:18:52
    Red Branch
    I'll skip the merger bit with KFC, but I will ask about another merger.

    Does anyone know about the Planned Parenthood merger with this pink breast cancer awareness organization? Is there a connection between their services and breast cancer?
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