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Disturbing Additives in Chicken McNuggets? Believe It
Do you know that your children face a host of health risks when you feed them Chicken McNuggets? Their favorite fast food snack contains disturbing additives you’d never imagine putting on your child’s plate.
Following reports on the possible health risks of its ingredients, McDonald’s China claims in a Bloomberg report that additives in its chicken McNuggets are “harmless.”
What’s in your McNuggets?
General Hospital of Armed Police Forces nutritionist Liu Qingchun says that “the chemical is toxic to some extent.” But McDonald’s China insists that their use of tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) meets Chinese food safety standards.
Bloomberg adds that McNuggets served in the United States “also contain tertiary butylhydroquinone, a petroleum-based product, and dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent used in cosmetics and other goods.”
Are these two food additives really safe to eat? Natural health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola helps you decide.
What These Additives Really Are
“TBHQ is a synthetic chemical with antioxidant properties, commonly used as a food stabilizer. It prevents oxidation of fats and oils, thereby extending shelf life of processed foods,” Dr. Mercola reveals, giving a list of processed foods TBHQ is usually used for:
- Vegetable oils
- Baked goods
- Flavoring and spices
- Margarine
- Cereals and grains
- Snack foods like potato chips
This additive is also found in varnishes, lacquers, resins, oil field additives, and pesticide products. It is commonly used in cosmetics and perfumes to reduce the evaporation rate and improve stability.
“The good news is that it is not suspected to be a persistent toxin, meaning your body is probably able to eliminate it so that it does not bioaccumulate,” says Dr. Mercola.
Dimethylpolysiloxane hasn’t undergone any significant safety studies yet.
Watch What Your Children Eat!
Dr. Mercola asserts that fast food and other processed foods will adversely affect your children’s health. “Ideally, you’ll want to consume as much whole, raw, organic, and/or locally grown foods as possible,” he says.
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Even with concerned and informed people on the look out for our health and general good welfare, there are those who work seemingly over time to break down our good health. Knowing that children love and eat Chicken McNuggets, to put in such a poisonous agent is beyond belief! Parents NEED to be more aware of what their little darlings are ingesting. I bet if parents boycotted McDonald’s for just one week, not buying Chicken McNuggets, there would be some changes made. Money talks….BS walks!
A Big Mac was left out in the open for 12 months and it did not go mouldy or change in any way. What are they putting their food. Fast Food=Fast Death. Why are they left to get away with this, and surve it at one of our biggest hospitals. This is why i have stopped giving money to the hospital.
Disturbing Additives in Chicken McNuggets? Believe It