Yet another reason not to eat McDonald's

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Jun 14th 2007 3:32PM

Anyone who has the slightest interest in keeping themselves healthy knows that -- even if you enjoy the occasional Big Mac -- McDonald's food is awful for you. But just how bad is it?

In the above video, Morgan Spurlock, creator of the famous documentary, Supersize Me (in which he ate McDonald's three meals a day, every day for a month), demonstrates that Big Macs and French Fries don't decompose. It makes me wonder, is it really food?

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Crabby McSlacker 6-14-2007 @ 4:14PM

Oh hell, my blog is all about McDonalds today and I didn't even know about their food not decomposing! Somehow it's not surprising.

(I still eat there sometimes though. If anyone finds that depressing, you're better off avoiding http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/)

A_Str8 6-14-2007 @ 5:56PM

I'm not saying McDonalds is good for you or anything, but showing how moldy (or not moldy) food gets over time tells you nothing about how it breaks down in your body. Alcohol, jelly, and salted codfish are just a few examples of foods we eat that can last a long time. Our body breaks them down fine.

Displays like this are only for the shock value. It reminds me of the story people tell about cola being bad for you because it can dissolve a piece of meat and it's strong enough to clean a toilet. Vinegar dissolves stuff and it's a strong cleaner, but we put it in our food with no problem.

We know McDonald's is unhealthy. We can look at the calorie count, and fat, sodium and sugar content to figure that out. We don't need silly propaganda to convince us.

I did like 'Supersize Me' though

marcie0305 6-15-2007 @ 8:59PM

I bet it's the salt content and lack of water in the mcd's fries compared to the other fries, but it is rather un-potato-like of them to remain "stable" for ten weeks! Hmmm. I rarely eat mcd's anyway, I would like to see if fries from various fast food places do the same. I would think so, most of the time I find a fast food fry under my car seat left by my husband, and who knows how long it's been there (years maybe LOL) it's always a nice fossil-find :)