McDonalds - Treating Our Kids OR Killing Them Off?

Like most kids, mine have a love affair with McDonalds. Recently I offered to take my youngest anywhere she wanted for tea. “Maccy D’s Dad” “Sienna – I will take you somewhere better than that, I will take you ANYWHERE. Wouldn’t you like to go to a posh restaurant?” “No, Maccy D’s”

It got me thinking how under the grip of McDonalds kids are so I started to do a bit of research. I mean, its common knowledge it’s garbage and should be a “one off” type of affair - but just how bad is it?

Obviously, the place is shoved in our faces relentlessly – being in 6 continents and 100 countries. In the UK alone they serve 3.5 million customers DAILY (according to their website). To put that into perspective that’s more than the entire population of Manchester and Leeds combined. Jesus. Imagine how pissed off professional chefs must be? They work their arses off for 16 hours a day producing amazing foods then their restaurants are trounced by this shit kicking corporate monster.

“But everyone likes a burger; it’s a treat for the kids” – Is it really a treat?

Apparently, it has been documented that meat scraps and sinew are spun in a centrifuge and rinsed in ammonium hydroxide (I’m guessing this is a preservation method). You may have seen the YouTube video’s where “pink slime” was recorded during the processing of their burgers. This “pink slime” is ammonium hydroxide which is a chemical used in FERTILIZERS and CLEANING PRODUCTS.

“But why isn’t this on the ingredients list?” – That’s because the US Department of Agriculture classifies it as a “process” and not an ingredient so they don’t have to list it. No one in their right minds would feed chemicals to their dogs so why do we do it to our kids? Because it’s “kind” and “they like it?”

You know one thing I personally never understood was why there was all the outrage over the “horse meat scandal” – people crying because horse was in burgers. Let’s go back to the glory days then when they were made from arseholes and eyelids yeah?

McDonalds is a beast – but why? You’ve got to consider they have being luring people in since an early age. The ever playful and colourful Ronald - all kids like clowns. The birthday parties they host. The little toy’s the kids get in with their happy meal. It’s grooming.

There’s a drug used in emergency rooms called Naloxone – if someone is overdosing on smack they are given it and Naloxone will shut off the opium receptors in the brain – the heroin doesn’t work and the person wakes up (think Pulp Fiction). The same thing has been tested with chocolate when people have an obsession with it – for the sake of testing they have been injected with the same drug (Naloxone) and when given chocolate they have then not wanted to eat it - this proves that food can have a ‘drug affect’ as opposed to it being something we just do for taste. I’m telling you, Ronald McDonald is just El Chapo in lipstick wearing a daft wig and clown shoes.

McDonalds don’t give a fuck. Take its home – America. 100 million Americans are considered obese and in Manhattan alone there’s 83 McDonalds “restaurants”. They are everywhere – so ask yourself how much of a part does McDonalds play in America being the fattest nation on earth? How many deaths potentially could McDonalds be linked to as a result of obesity related heart disease and diabetes? It is a contributor without doubt, surely? But it’s all £££ at the end of the day for some pig in a suit.

You may have seen the documentary “Super Size Me” but for those who haven’t - McDonalds actually had a lawsuit against them – basically because of the detrimental effect of their food. They stated in their own DEFENCE that “it is a matter of common knowledge that any processing that it’s food undergo serve to make them more harmful than unprocessed food” – example, nuggets. Originally created from old chickens that could no longer lay eggs; now stripped to the bone and mashed to smithereens before being ground up with preservatives and stabilizers, deep fried and freeze dried. Everything about the whole organization is filthy. I’ve never liked the place personally, but come on, it's a toilet. A toilet with a big dump floating around in the bottom of it.

Another thing I think is pretty worrying is if you showed your kid a picture of Ronald McDonald without doubt they would know who he is – what about if you showed them a photo of Theresa May? How many kids wouldn’t have a clue? I’m not saying hammer them with politics, that would be obscene, but it’s still pretty messed up don’t you think? Fuck me, the madness of life.

Going back to the ingredients it isn’t just the burgers that seem to be the problem either – take the “grill seasoning” which contains sunflower oil, which in commercial processes has been heated to extreme temperatures prior to use – this denatures the oil, causing it to become inflammatory when consumed. Then there are the buns – one ingredient being BHT – a known neurotoxin (substance that is toxic to the brain and nervous system), a hormone disruptor and immune system toxin. Awful.

You think from the carbs in the buns and the chips, the milkshakes, the caffeine and sugar in the cokes, the industrial muck pumped into the burgers and the nuggets it’s little wonder that kids are addicted, and don’t think that they aren’t – in the last 20 years there has been a doubling of obesity in children. They can’t get enough shite into them and it makes you wonder where corporate responsibility ends and parental responsibility kicks in, and if it isn’t kicking in then why? Are people just ill-informed?

I suppose the question is wouldn’t we save money better educating people on food and ensuring they get 30 minutes moderate to intense physical activity a day rather than pay the price for obese kids who then turn into obese adults . . . or is this maybe just another example of the powers that be showing no regard for (typically) the working class so long as the elitist fat cats are quid in?