Here is what's in the McDonalds McRib?

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  • subela
    subela Posts: 76
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    It's amazing what the fast food industry will pass off as food.
    It is still food, regardless of the quality.
    It pisses me off, alot of these additives really mess with your health and are addictive.
    The jury is till out on whether in fact fast food is addicting. A federal court threw the case out in '03.
    It comes down to making the cheapest "food" for these corporations, and poor people get sucked in because dollar for dollar its cheaper to feed their families there then make a healthier choice at home......
    I beg to differ. In general, despite extensive government subsidies, hyperprocessed food remains more expensive than food cooked at home. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?pagewanted=all) Let's not take ownership of individual's decisions from them.

    Yes, we do need to take responsibility for our choices. I agree with you for the most part. I use the word "addictive" loosely. We do become creatures of habit, as people improve their diets most often people crave what is healthy, are more aware what foods make their body feel good and set new priorities. Yes, there are ways to make healthy food at home and save $. I think the mass advertising of the dollar menu keeps making fast food cheaper, while the lack of nutrition in the food makes people overeat as they aren't getting the nutrients the body needs. When I eat fresh fruits and vegetables, I think they taste delicious, other people think its rabbit food. If you have 3 items off the dollar menu compared to a dinner of 6oz salmon, grilled asparagus and a sweet potato, and you're poor which are you going to be able to afford?
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
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    Yes, we do need to take responsibility for our choices. I agree with you for the most part. I use the word "addictive" loosely. We do become creatures of habit, as people improve their diets most often people crave what is healthy, are more aware what foods make their body feel good and set new priorities. Yes, there are ways to make healthy food at home and save $. I think the mass advertising of the dollar menu keeps making fast food cheaper, while the lack of nutrition in the food makes people overeat as they aren't getting the nutrients the body needs. When I eat fresh fruits and vegetables, I think they taste delicious, other people think its rabbit food. If you have 3 items off the dollar menu compared to a dinner of 6oz salmon, grilled asparagus and a sweet potato, and you're poor which are you going to be able to afford?
    Change the salmon for a piece of chicken and the asparagus for green beans. You'll get great nutrition for less money.

    I invite you to take a moment to check out the link I included.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?pagewanted=all

    An example provided in the article:
    You can serve a roasted chicken with vegetables along with a simple salad and milk for about $14, and feed four or even six people. If that’s too much money, substitute a meal of rice and canned beans with bacon, green peppers and onions; it’s easily enough for four people and costs about $9. (Omitting the bacon, using dried beans, which are also lower in sodium, or substituting carrots for the peppers reduces the price further, of course.)
    it's a fantastic read, that dispels the myth that healthy eating is more expensive than fast food and junk food.
  • Vaanja
    Vaanja Posts: 163 Member
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    Heck, I bet McRectum wouldn't be so bad in moderation if it were cooked right and had a little hot sauce on it.

    If they ever come out with the McJudgemental though, I'll give it a pass for sure.
  • ansonrinesmith
    ansonrinesmith Posts: 755 Member
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    The OP forgot the main ingredient! DELICIOUSNESS!
  • subela
    subela Posts: 76
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    To ElExGordo:

    I agree it can be done. :smile:
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
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    To ElExGordo:

    I agree it can be done. :smile:
    It will be done! It must be done!

    I kid. It is good to spread the word, though. :smile:
  • sandy2006
    sandy2006 Posts: 483 Member
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    I have never had the pleasure of one of these sandwiches. I never will either
  • IvyEinstein
    IvyEinstein Posts: 8 Member
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    Yikes!
  • crystalinda
    crystalinda Posts: 151 Member
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    This says it all:

    mcds.jpg

    you have been warned.


    Oh for heaven's sake here: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/crystalinda/mcds.jpg
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
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    This says it all:

    mcds.jpg

    you have been warned.
    Can you authenticate this picture?

    I've scoured the web and cannot find a legitimate site that can authenticate that McDonalds has ever had a warning like this on their packaging.

    From Snopes: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=51719

    The California law that would have made this labeling mandatory was tossed out over five years ago: http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Regulation/California-withdraws-proposed-acrylamide-warning-rules

    Does not look too promising that it is a real image. More likely a doctored image or package, reflecting what some folks would have liked to have seen on the packaging.

    If you cannot authenticate it, then I would recommend removing it.
  • crystalinda
    crystalinda Posts: 151 Member
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    This says it all:

    mcds.jpg

    you have been warned.
    Can you authenticate this picture?

    I've scoured the web and cannot find a legitimate site that can authenticate that McDonalds has ever had a warning like this on their packaging.

    From Snopes: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=51719

    Does not look too promising that it is a real image. More likely a doctored image or package, reflecting what some folks would like to see on their packaging.

    If you cannot authenticate it, then i would recommend removing it.

    This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

    If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

    See the below articles covering the story:



    New York Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

    http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

    http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
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    This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

    If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

    See the below articles covering the story:



    New York Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

    http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

    http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about
    Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
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    I'll be posting pics of me enjoying these delicious processed morsels tomorrow just for your viewing pleasure.
  • crystalinda
    crystalinda Posts: 151 Member
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    This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

    If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

    See the below articles covering the story:



    New York Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

    http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

    http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about
    Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.


    perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.

    mcds-1.jpg


    Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
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    perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.

    mcds-1.jpg


    Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide#Some_articles_on_the_potential_health_risks_to_humans

    Some articles on the potential health risks to humans

    Inhaled, absorbed or ingested acrylamide
    There is evidence to suggest that exposure to large doses can cause damage to the male reproductive glands. Direct exposure to pure acrylamide by inhalation, skin absorption, or eye contact irritates the exposed mucous membranes, e.g., the nose, and can also cause sweating, urinary incontinence, nausea, myalgia, speech disorders, numbness, paresthesia, and weakened legs and hands. In addition, the acrylamide monomer is a potent neurotoxin, causing the disassembly or rearrangement of intermediate filaments.[32][33] Ingested acrylamide is metabolised to a chemically reactive epoxide, glycidamide.[34]

    International Journal of Cancer
    In March, 2003, the International Journal of Cancer reported on a study conducted between 1991–2000 in Italy and Switzerland that analyzed the risk of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, larynx, large bowel, breast, and ovaries.[41] It found “reassuring evidence for the lack of an important association between consumption of fried/baked potatoes and cancer risk.”[41]
    More recently, in January, 2008, one of the HEATOX members published a study, stating “So far, epidemiological studies have not shown any association between human cancer risk and dietary exposure to acrylamide. The purpose of this study was to conduct a nested case control study within a prospective cohort study on the association between breast cancer and exposure to acrylamide using biomarkers.” The study found that “[a]fter adjustment for smoking behavior... a positive association was seen between acrylamide-hemoglobin levels and estrogen receptor positive breast cancer... A weak association between glycidamide hemoglobin levels and incidence of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer was also found, this association, however, entirely disappeared when acrylamide and glycidamide hemoglobin levels were mutually adjusted.”[42]

    Journal of the American Medical Association
    A 2005 study, published in JAMA, included 43,404 Swedish women in the Women’s Lifestyle and Health Cohort. The women’s greatest single source of acrylamide was from coffee (54% of intake), fried potatoes (12% of intake), and crisp bread (9% of intake). The study concluded that “Compared with the lowest quintile of acrylamide intake, there was no significantly increased risk of breast cancer in the higher quintiles and no evidence of a linear dose response. For quintile 5 compared with quintile 1, the relative risk was 1.19 (95% confidence interval, 0.91–1.55). Furthermore, there was no association between breast cancer risk and higher intake of any specific foods including coffee, fried potatoes, and crisp bread.”[43]
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
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    This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

    If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

    See the below articles covering the story:



    New York Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

    http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

    http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about
    Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.


    perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.

    mcds-1.jpg


    Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them

    This picture states all potatoes browned.. so at every, EVERY restaurant and home around the world that browns their potatoes.. gotcha.
  • crystalinda
    crystalinda Posts: 151 Member
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    oh Panda, you're so silly. :tongue:
  • amybell68
    amybell68 Posts: 275 Member
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    never had one.........and never will !!!!!!
  • ukaryote
    ukaryote Posts: 874 Member
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    Sounds fantastic. I'm having 3 for lunch today.


    ETA:
    Ok, I lied... I'm having maybe 6 for lunch today

    Only 3? Oh wait, for a minute there I thought you were cutting back.
    Whew!
  • beth40n2
    beth40n2 Posts: 233 Member
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    I knew there was a reason that I don't like it.

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