I find it annoying that films like that convince people so much. Especially when its as iconographic and sensational as that movie is.

Ever read the Jungle? When it came out it stopped hotdog sales for a short time, but they are still made the same way.

Granted, i don't quite know what you people go through since I've known these things about Restaunts since I was a kid. When you keep kosher you need to know EVERYTHING that goes in to food and how its prepared. Doesn't stop me from enjoying the convience of a Kosher resturant just because I know whats in there.

If it tastes good, you don't die or get sick, and it gives you energy to get through the day, why stop eating?

Things that make you go 'eww'

The thing is Daganev.. I cannot name one thing at McDonalds, aside from drinks, that does not have something related to fried, grease, or that has vegetables/fruits.

It only confirmed what I always thought about it. It's somewhat true however, trust no one!


Bah, that's not true! I can't think of any example... or, I think that when you feed rabbit with a lot of water, it will drink it all and die soon after. Not 100% sure about that though.
Aw, seems like I missed the "you don't die or get sick" part.
You can begin to notice the effects of eating it after a longer time, not instantly.

*thinks* oreo mcflurries?

I can't think of one thing at the Vegan store that has meat in it. Whats your point? You shouldn't be relying on one store for all your nutritinal needs.


Oh... and Salads have fruit and vegetables and don't have greese in them. AFter the success of Subway, Mcdonalds started to sell more saldas and the like.

And I hear thier hamburger buns are fairly neutral.

Why did the movie focus on McDonalds and not include Carl's Junior or Wendy's? I assume you've stopped eating at those resturants also? And pizza hut and dominos or any other cheap food establishment?

It was said about all fast food companies in the intro, and McDonalds was made an example as the most popular and known one.
I don't eat fast food (except pizza, very occasionaly. And they're not from any bigger network, just local pizzeria). I'm not so afraid of that noone can force it into me. I just avoid it and try to stick to home made food (well then there's also a luxury of it being available, I don't even have to make it usually )

People eat all sorts of strange things that might make us go "ew". But I know I haven't got sick from McDonalds, and chances are most people haven't. Everything is cooked (fried, heh) hardcore to kill any bacteria, not to mention the chemicals that are in it.

If you don't like chemicals in your food, don't eat McDonalds, Chinese foods are packed with MSG. Infact, salt itself is just another chemical put into food to make it taste better (all such chemicals do is basically open up your taste buds). Personally, I like my food tasting good.

Yeah, it's fatty food, and if you eat it 3 times a day for a month, you are going to get sick. In fact, if you ate nothing but bananas for a month, I am sure you would get sick. Funny story, "diets" like, starving yourself of carbohydrates, or eating only protein make your body sick, and prone to infection, that you lose weight as your body tries to keep you well. Moral of the story, -any- jurastic changes to a diet, that wipe out a food group, or focus on only one thing are NOT good, and will make you sick.

Heh, one guy I know went crazy about tomatos after reading some article. He ate a lot every day. After a week he got quite heavy pimple.

Even KFC doesnt have as much fat in it as McDonalds (I work there, we've got a chart out the back about the contents) and we deepfry the stuff in oil after mixing it in several-hour old water that chicken has been dipped into already, and its still better for you and more sanitary than McDonalds. Trust me.

You actually see enough of the livestock to be sure of this? You chip all those little fries yourself from whole potatoes? Wow, the MacDonalds that pays your wages must be like no other MacDonalds I've ever seen.

Chocolate milkshakes are yummy.

I'm annoyed with McDonalds in Englang. They've taken away supersize cos people "complained" and chucked in this wierd sheet telling you the callories.

By the way I'm not fat but I have been know to eat a supersize and a small Mcdonalds meal followed by desert.

Honestly, I don't think anyone here can comment on the sanitary conditions of McDonalds food unless they work in one. Unless I hear from the horses mouth (packing companies, whatever). I don't think I will take biased second, third (probably more) hand information too seriously, heh.

Haha, yeah I'm not fat either (well, of course I wish I had a nicer body, but yeah). My order is 4 quarter pounders, and a large coke. I'm deffinately interested if anyone wants to tell me the fat content, or whatever!

never knew someone could eat so much.

They did try to bring in supersize at one point.

Anyway, haven't eaten McDonalds in years. I won't touch it, tastes like cardboard to me. I have seen SuperSize Me and laughed so hard.
I hate pizza. I won't even eat Hungry Jacks (Burger King) anymore since they changed the ranch sauce So that now leaves me with KFC (Thanks Yrael for that image) and Subway. I am addicted to Subway, but they now suck cause they don't have beetroot and pineapple anymore.
I'm going to run out of junkfood soon.

Stetson, it is right from the horses mouth. I worked in the Agrocorp Meat Packing Industry for two years. And yes, they DO gut the cows over the conveyer belt that has the meat on it. AND yes, they employ young people and illegal immigrants (i was 13).

As for working at McD's, I don't but my best friend Matt does and he and I go there for food sometimes. He tells me about it all the time.

Don't forget Pizza Hut!

(Several times after eating pizza from there, I've had severe bowel complaints. I vomitted several times after a 'meat feast'-style pizza and had rabid diarrhoea. Happy eatin'!)

Incorrect.

The buns are are appalling. Absolutely full of sugar and salt.

Yeah. I think the healthiest things at McDonalds are the salads (Which I'm SCARED off. They can't really be -that- fresh) and just the actual..burger, without the bun or cheese or anything. :/...

That's why I love Wawa. Anyone in the northest US will know what I'm talking about. It's the best convenience mart ever. It's got cheap gas and the best hoagies ever.

MacDonalds is a great success story and it tastes good but it's recreational food, not real food. What is disturbing is that their food-substitute-to-make-you-feel-like-you're-being-sustained ethos is bleeding into schools and we are becoming a fast food culture with the big clown at the centre.

The fries are not real potato, but powdered potato from super-high yield varieties. Monsanto have one called 'New Leaf' which is so GM pumped full of pesticides it is actually registered as a pesticide.

The fizzy drinks are part of a free trade nightmare for developing countries where the big players take advantage of cheap water extraction costs at the expense of local indigenous populations. Their drinks are also marketed as 'healthy fruit drinks' in parts of the developing world where water sanitation is a problem (not helped by their extraction processes sometimes). Fanta Baby is a real medical diagnosis in parts of West Africa, refering to life threatening malnutrition and system poisoning of babies who are fed fizzy drinks instead of water.

The meat may be real. The fish may be real, but you take a look at the after effects of the intensive farming methods involved in producing this stuff.

Most schools in the UK are regulated in what they can spend on dinners per pupil, so they serve up food substitutes, like chicken twizzles and potato smileys which are cheap. But for some kids, this is their only meal of the day. It also gets them hooked into the culture where they will recognise fast food brands but never see asparagus or an artichoke.

This isn't conspiracy theories, it's fact. The whole fast food set-up is aimed at profit and growth and your health is not a factor. They are poisoning kids all over the world.

If you haven't watched Supersize Me, watch it, and follow up on some of the stuff he comes up with. He doesn't cover the half of it.