McDonald's will skill you...here are 8 reasons why.
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Number 8: Immortal Food In 1996, wellness educator & nutritionist
Karen Hanrahan decided to keep a McDonald's burger uneaten to see how long it would last
before going bad.
The results after 12 years was astonishing.
Aside from drying out a bit & having an odd smell, the burger looked nearly exactly the
way it did when first bought.
The experiment has famously been replicated by many other people using different foods
from McDonald's including French fries, chicken nuggets, & various burgers - all having the
same results.
The fact that McDonald's food remains visibly appetizing after years is not a good thing.
It just shows how much they are laden with artificial preservatives that prevent the
growth of bacteria & mold, & keeps the food from oxidizing.
These chemicals have detrimental effects on the human body, & many health experts agree
that they should be legally banned from the food industry.
In the following listings we'll break down the components of several different food items
at McDonald's, & what happens when you eat them.
Number 7: McRib Mania The McRib is a famous season special of McDonald's
that is generally made available for a short time each year in certain markets.
Because of its impermanence, the tantalizing barbecue flavored pork sandwich enjoys something
of a cult following.
Its popularity, however, is riddled with controversies involving questionable ingredients & animal
cool tea.
For starters, the rib patty in a McRib is not even a real rib.
Rather, it is a boneless pork patty shaped like a rib, combined & restructured from the
cast-offs & cheapest innards of a pig.
& among the 70 ingredients that go into the barbeque pork sandwich is azodicarbonamide,
a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used to make gym mats & the soles of shoes.
In certain countries, the compound is banned as a food additive, & is classified as a potential
contributor to asthma.
In 2011, a complaint had been filed against the McRib meat producer in the US for cruel
treatment of animals.
Lacking proper animal welfare, the meat processing company had allegedly been using gestation
crates & breeding pigs in unsanitary conditions.
Somehow McRib lovers have been able to ignore all these facts without the sandwich appearing
any less appetizing to them.
Number 6: The McNuggets Chicken McNuggets have now become as popular
as the Big Mac or any other burgers available at McDonald’s.
Over the years, a variety of dipping sauces has been added to make these deep-fried chunks
of chicken meat appealing to anyone.
Some might think that these chicken nuggets have a healthy advantage over red meat which
has a higher amount of saturated fat.
But a close look at what they are made of might make you think otherwise.
White boneless chicken meat is supposed to be almost pure protein, but studies have shown
that McNuggets are 57% fat, meaning various other ingredients are added to the batter.
They contain Tertiary Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a powerful petroleum based preservative normally
found in cosmetic products like eyeshadows.
TBHQ helps McNuggets maintain their shape, but are toxic when consumed in high amounts.
Possible side effects include nausea, comet thing, & buzzing in sodium aluminum phosphate.
Aluminum, the very same silvery metallic element lining your oven rack acts as a leavening
agent for the breaded parts of McNuggets.
Several studies have shown that there is possibly a link between sodium aluminum phosphate & the
onset of Alzheimer's this ease.
Furthermore, high levels of phosphate increases the risk of heart this ease, & exacerbates
the symptoms of those with renal this ease.
Number 5: The French Fries French fries serve as an irresistible side
dish, & are usually the first thing from a McDonald’s meal that people put into their
mouths.
While no one imagines these deep-fried pieces of potatoes as healthy food, a further breakdown
would show how detrimental to health they really are.
McDonald's French fries contain a lot of sugar in the form of dextrose, which sounds unusual
for a food that tastes salty instead of sweet.
Consuming too much dextrose leads to extra storage of unwanted fat.
Fuel storage in the form of fat used to be a necessary function obtained through human
evolution, as our ancestors did not know when the next meal would be available.
But in this modern age where food is abundant, fat storage only results in accumulation of
unwanted pounds.
Dextrose from McDonald's French fries also causes spikes in blood sugar levels, which
is particularly dangerous for those buffering diabetes.
In the case of non-diabetic people, the pancreas would overexert itself to produce insulin,
resulting in low blood sugar level.
Symptoms include fatigue, shaking, sweating, & a rapid heartbeat.
In short, too much dextrose causes both hyper & hypoglycemia.
In addition to that, the cooking oil used to make McDonald's French fries is added with
an anti-foaming agent known as dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS).
PDMS is another term for silicone, the non-biodegradable polymer found in cosmetics, silly putty, & best
in plants.
Number 4: Chemical Buns Everyone knows that bread is best eaten fresh
out of the oven, & that it quickly goes bad when not eaten fast enough.
Because of its high water weight & trace elements like wheat, eggs, & yeast, bread is a good
breeding ground for scavengers like mold.
Yet, McDonald's buns miraculously remain free of mold - not just for weeks, or months, but
for years.
A quick look at what these buns are made of will reveal the secrets of its longevity.
Instead of just the basic ingredients used to make bread in regular stores & bakeries,
these buns contain a list of chemicals that read very much like a scientific journal.
One of the ingredients is calcium sulfate, the compound used to make wall plaster & orthopedic
casts.
When ingested, this chemical can cause digestive problems & stomach ache.
There is also ammonium sulfate, known to cause gastrointestinal irritation leading up to
nausea, comet thing, & diary yeah.
The buns also contain high levels of fructose corn syrup & sodium, which makes your body
crave more of the food.
With nearly 1000 milligrams of sodium, the body becomes dehydrated.
Coupled with low blood glucose levels as a response to overproduction of insulin, the
body falsely feels hungry & craves more & more food.
If you're looking to satiate your hunger, McDonald's is not the place to go.
Most people assume the worst part of a McDonald's burger is the meat patty, but we can now assume
that the buns are equally as harmful.
In fact, we could say that Mcdonald's buns are actually "bread-like" concoctions that
bear very little resemblance to real bread apart from its visual appearance.
Number 3: Ridiculous Weight Gain In 2004, independent American filmmaker Morgan
Spurlock released "Super Size Me", a documentary film about the fast food industry.
The film follows Spurlock's 30 day experiment of eating nothing but McDonald's food, & how
it affected him physically & psychologically.
As a result, the then 32 year old man gained 24 pounds or 11.1 kilograms, increased his
cholesterol to an unhealthy 230 mg/dL, & accumulated high levels of fat in his liver.
It took Spurlock over a year to lose the weight he gained from his one month experiment.
Of course, it is already common knowledge that fast food unhealthily contributes to
weight gain, but Spurlock's experiment showed how serious it really is.
Apart from the rapid increase in weight, the high levels of cholesterol & fatty acids puts
a lot of stress & damage on the liver, heart, & other organs.
Most, if not all of McDonald's burgers have unusual levels of trans fat, a type of unsaturated
fat that is bad for the body in so many ways.
It increases the level of bad cholesterol level, lowers the level of good cholesterol,
increases the risk of developing heart this ease & stroke, & is associated with type 2
diabetes.
A single Big Mac contains 1.5 grams of trans fat, mainly as a byproduct of partial hydrogenation
during the processing of the patty.
From eating that one burger alone, it would take about 50 days to fully digest all of
its trans fat.
Number 2: Explaining Children The most disturbing thing about the weight
gain & obesity problems caused by Mcdonald's is that the victims tend to be children - the
most explainable & vulnerable group of people out there.
For over 30 years, McDonald's has included children's Happy Meals accompanied with toys.
& throughout that time, the rate of obesity in children has steadily increased.
In the United States, the number of obese children & teenagers has nearly quadrupled
since the early 80s.
While it has been shown that the lifespan of humans are increasing due to better quality
of life & advanced medicine, a new report shows that that is not the case in communities
where childhood obesity is prevalent.
Obese people dye much earlier, & buffer an endless list of medical conditions such as
fatty liver, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, cancer, & arthritis.
Yet, McDonald's makes a lot of effort in marketing towards the younger age group.
A standard Happy Meal contains over 500 kilocalories, 20 grams of fat, & a whopping 880 milligrams
of sodium.
Parents who regularly feed their family with this high-fat, high-sodium, & low-nutrition
food are doing a big disfavor to their children.
In the early 2000s, a group of obese teenage girls tried suing McDonald's for being responsible
in causing their health problems.
The conversational law's boot, known as Pelman vs. McDonald's Corp, eventually failed as
it was denied class-action status.
Subsequently, many states legible elated not to allow people to take liability actions
against the fast food industry.
Number 1: Pink Slime British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is known
as a strong advocate for healthy eating, & for years he has been trying to tell the public
about how terrible McDonald's food really is.
In his show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, he talked about how food processing companies
in the US mix leftover meat trimmings to make fillings for McDonald's patties & nuggets.
Labeling the meat as "pink slime", Jamie was shocked when he discovered that ammonium hydroxide
was being added to the mix.
In his own words, he said that meat at the cheapest form, normally given to dogs, was
being fed to humans.
Jamie even recreated the goo on his show by throwing the leftover parts of a chicken car
class into a food processor to make nuggets.
Kids in the UK who witnessed the experiment refused to eat the nuggets, while American
kids had no problem eating them since they looked exactly like the ones served at McDonald's.
Calls for the ammonium hydroxide agent & "pink slime process" to be banned were made, & after
months of Jamie campaigning on his TV show, McDonald's decided to abandon the practice.
The fast food company stated that the decision was already made prior to Jamie's exposé,
which is a bit too much of a coincidence to be true.
This makes us wonder what other dirty secrets still remain uncovered behind those golden
arches.