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McDonald’s
restaurants are the very epitome of poor health, with their McNuggets most
notably containing chemicals used in breast implants and silly putty, so why
have the Olympic games officials adopted the restaurant chain as their official
restaurant of the Olympics? Considering the Olympic games represent some of the
most conditioned athletes across the globe, it seems quite bizarre that the
face of the entire event would be that of Ronald McDonald.
With
the media frenzy surrounding the Olympic games, it’s easy to see why McDonald’s
continues to be a major sponsor (dishing out cash for over 35 years). A massive
marketing opportunity is presented to the company that involves aligning itself
with a ‘healthy’ and fit event. In fact, McDonald’s is reaping in the benefits
as even some of the most decorated Olympic finalists are chomping down on their
disease-linked frankenburgers. It was reported that ‘the most highly decorated
Olympian’ Michael Phelps gorged himself at McDonald’s after winning a gold
medal at the Olympics.
Phelps
and fellow gold medalist Ricky Berens reportedly ate a toxic feast of two
Quarter Pounders with cheese, one six-piece McNugget (each of which contains 7
different ingredients to compose the fake chicken ‘meat’), a medium McFlurry,
and two medium french fries. Great news for McDonald’s, bad news for viewers.
McDonald’s
fast food has been linked in scientific research to depression, with those who
ate fast food 51 percent more likely to be depressed than those consuming very
little or none of the food. McDonald’s has also been heavily criticized for
including ‘pink slime’ into their products, which is essentially scrap meat
drenched in ammonium hydroxide. And that’s really not the worst of it.
Taking
another look at the highly popular McNuggets, it’s easy to see why McDonald’s
food items contain some of the most concerning chemicals in the entire food
industry. The kind that athletes and viewers looking to live a healthy
lifestyle should avoid at all costs. McNuggets contain a large list of
ingredients, including autolyzed yeast extract (similar to MSG),
dimethylpolysiloxane (a type of silicone being phased out as a breast implant
substance due to safety concern), safflower oil (often genetically modified),
and of course butylhydroquinone (derived from petroleum to ‘preserve
freshness’).
So
why is it that McDonald’s is the official restaurant of the Olympics? It seems
that the corporation is desperate to attach to athletic events in order to push
itself as a health-conscious chain, when in reality it is likely one of the
largest contributors to the breeding of disease in the United States. But of
course their executive likes to think differently. In a press release on how
McDonald’s ‘cares about your health’ that sought to piggyback on the success of
the Olympic games, one exec states:
“Customers
recognize McDonald’s as a responsible, trusted brand that stays current with
their lifestyles.”
Could
it be any more obvious just how little this company actually cares about your
health? McDonald’s has no place being the official restaurant of any event or
organization supposedly representing the face of health and fitness across the
globe.
(natural society)
Pakistan Cyber Force
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