If you were ever on the fence about giving up fast food, this may do it for you

[john dough]

PB is just one thing that came to mind (I do not eat the reduced fat garbage, btw). Granola is another one. At one time, granola was quite healthy (as noted on this page: http://www.dryit.com/granola.html ) but now some brands have more fat and sugar than candy bars.

Actually reading what goes into food and how it is produced for consumption is why I became a vegetarian 17 years ago and am on the way to eating a vegan diet now.

[Trouble]

Sounds like McDonald's food is getting healthier

[Blankity Blank]

Acer wrote:
If you eat McDonald's hamburgers often enough that these trace chemicals will affect you, you're probably already dead from heart disease or diabetes.

The other list they have in the article is just silly. The implication that when an ingredient comes from some creepy place, like a beetle wing or sheep's wool somehow makes it "unfit" for humans just a value judgement. BEEF IS GROUND-UP COW MUSCLE but it's OK if it doesn't have beetle parts in it.

Bingo.

If you've got a serious health threat to talk about carry on. If all you've got is oogity-boogity, grade school yuck factor clucking or more of the interminable let's-cite-the-obvious-yet-again 'OMG, eating too much fast food is BAD for you' hand wringing, knock yourself out, but excuse me while I nod off.

[artie67]

Trader Joe's Creamy Salted ingredients:dry roasted peanuts, salt. They also have Crunchy and no-salt.

[hal]

Uncle Wig wrote:
Hal - I'd really have to do a side-by-side. The amount of oil added to pb is very little. I really wonder if it's enough to affect the flavor. Maybe it's the sugar you're objecting to.

now that I think it, it's probably a combo of the two...

[john dough]

artie67 wrote:
Trader Joe's Creamy Salted ingredients:dry roasted peanuts, salt. They also have Crunchy and no-salt.

I love TJs! We do not have one near where I live, so every trip to the Bay Area, we pick up a few things. I will pick up some PB on my next trip there; thanks for the tip!

[bwicklander]

"SOYLENT PINK IS PEOPLE!!!" - just had to make that reference.

[pRICE cUBE]

bwicklander wrote:
"SOYLENT PINK IS PEOPLE!!!" - just had to make that reference.

That actually made me LOL.

[guitarist]

I think he meant "SOYLENT GREEN is people"

[Rick-o]

guitarist wrote:
I think he meant "SOYLENT GREEN is people"

> McDonald’s confirms that it’s no longer using ‘pink slime’ chemical in hamburgers

Actually, I believe he was just paraphrasing.

And yeah, that was damn funny!! :biggrin: