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What’s Really in Your Fast Food? (
courtecy;- webMD )
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French Fries
The humble potato, fried in a vat of simmering
oil, and finished with a sprinkling of salt. What could be simpler? Apparently,
quite a lot. Fast-food fries often have more than 15 ingredients, including
sugar and artificial coloring. They also have preservatives like sodium acid
pyrophosphate and tert-butylhydroquinone, which in high doses has been linked
to vision problems.
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Hamburgers
Ground beef, right? Sure -- but there also may
be growth hormones and antibiotics, which can end up in your system. And in one
study, some burgers had over 100 calories more per serving than the fast-food
places said they did.
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Soda
It’s the same soda you buy at the grocery
store. But when you get it at a fast-food chain, you get more calories because
the drink sizes are so large. And we’re not talking “supersize.” A medium soda
at a typical fast-food place is about 30 ounces and has about 300 calories. And
studies show that if you order it, you’ll drink it.
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Breakfast Sandwich
Some of the ingredients listed for what one
national outlet calls a “fried egg” include modified corn starch, soybean oil,
medium chain triglycerides, propylene glycol, artificial flavor, citric acid,
xanthan gum, and -- oh yeah -- egg whites and yolks (listed separately). If you
didn’t bargain for all of that, ask for the propylene glycol (also used in fog
machines and to make polyester) on the side.
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Hot Dog
What’s in them? Let’s just say they make full
use of the animals that supply the meat. They’re also loaded with salt and
saturated fat (which most Americans get too much of) and with nitrates, a
preservative linked to diabetes and cancer.
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Chicken Nuggets
A piece of chicken breast battered and fried
to golden perfection? Not exactly. There’s meat in there, but there are also
bones, blood vessels, nerves, connective tissue, and skin. And they have loads
of salt and fat, which are linked to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
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Strawberry Milkshake
Besides milk and sugar, one leading fast-food
outlet also adds high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives like sodium benzoate,
and artificial flavors and colors to this drinkable dessert. One thing that
appears to be missing: actual strawberries.
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Sauces
The first ingredient listed for almost any
sauce served at a fast-food restaurant is sugar. It may be called sucrose,
dextrose, maltose, rice syrup, barley malt, high-fructose corn syrup, or any
number of other things, but the end result is the same: quick delivery of lots
of calories with almost zero nutritional value.
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