Eggs are also the only unprocessed food from which your body absorbs 99% of the protein. Granted most of the amino acids are found in the white; but compared to everything else on the menu the egg is easily head and shoulders healthier.
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Eggs are also the only unprocessed food from which your body absorbs 99% of the protein. Granted most of the amino acids are found in the white; but compared to everything else on the menu the egg is easily head and shoulders healthier.
This is true but when you order an item with eggs at a fast food place, they are not so healthy. Burger King gets cases of egg mix. It's basically liquid eggs in a carton that is processed with milk, salt and other things.
Edit : http://www.jnebk.com/ops/EggsLiquidEggMix.pdf
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Because it's much easier to over-simplify nutrition down to a "one rule" fad diet than it is to understand the nuances of fats and carbohydrates.
Local butchers actually exist in most American cities? I've never seen one, even in Los Angeles I have to do some searching to find them; many "butchers" now days cater to the wholesale "fancy" restaurant business. I know for a fact that in my city of 100,000+ people no butcher exists, in fact, I believe only one butcher exists in my county. The closest I can get to a butcher is Whole Foods (which isn't bad).
Actually, if you depend on people in my health.. you're screwed. I eat Mcdonalds very often, never exercise and when i go to the doctor, guess what.. perfect health. So to blame anything solely on Mcdonalds is beyond stupid, "Doctor".
Geezus... where do you people come up with this stuff?
There is nothing else added to McDonald's beef. There are no additives, no fillers, no preservatives, no flavor enhancers. It's simply 100% pure USDA beef. It's seasoned with salt and a special blend of pepper during cooking but that's it.
I'm not saying McD doesn't have its consumer faults. Just that raw ingredients isn't one of them.
Straight from McDonald's website:
Angus Beef Patty:
100% Angus beef. Prepared with Grill Seasoning (salt, black pepper) and Angus Burger Seasoning: Salt, sugar, dextrose, onion powder, maltodextrin, natural butter flavor (dairy source), autolyzed yeast extract, spices, garlic powder, vegetable protein (hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat), natural (animal, plant and botanical source) and artificial flavors, dried beef broth, sunflower oil, caramel color, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil, gum arabic, soy sauce solids (wheat, soybean, salt, maltodextrin, caramel color), palm oil, worcestershire sauce powder [distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor (fruit source)], beef fat, annatto and turmeric (color), calcium silicate and soybean oil (prevent caking).
Bacon:
Pork bellies cured with [water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavor (plant source), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite].
Big Mac® Sauce:
Soybean oil, pickle relish [diced pickles, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, calcium chloride, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), spice extractives, polysorbate 80], distilled vinegar, water, egg yolks, high fructose corn syrup, onion powder, mustard seed, salt, spices, propylene glycol alginate, sodium benzoate (preservative), mustard bran, sugar, garlic powder, vegetable protein (hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat), caramel color, extractives of paprika, soy lecithin, turmeric (color), calcium disodium EDTA (protect flavor).
Chicken Selects® Premium Breast Strip:
Chicken breast strips, water, seasoning [food starch-modified, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, maltodextrin, chicken broth, natural flavor (plant and animal source), spice, chicken fat], salt, sodium phosphates, sunflower lecithin, maltodextrin, natural flavor (plant source). Battered and breaded with: wheat flour, water, food starch-modified, salt, spices, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), garlic powder, onion powder, dextrose, spice extractive, extractives of paprika. Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent).
So the website confirms what he's saying. (Although I'm not sure why you posted about chicken, bacon, and Big Mac sauce .. they're not beef?!)
The beef itself contains no additives, fillers, preservatives or flavor enhancers.
When it's done being cooked, it's seasoned with salt and pepper.
Looks like the Angus burger gets some extra seasoning. If that's not to your liking, you can order it without. Since it's not contained in the beef, it's no problem for them to prepare you an Angus burger precisely how you like it.
The beef itself contains no additives, fillers, preservatives or flavor enhancers.
When it's done being cooked, it's seasoned with salt and pepper.
Looks like the Angus burger gets some extra seasoning. If that's not to your liking, you can order it without. Since it's not contained in the beef, it's no problem for them to prepare you an Angus burger precisely how you like it.
Yeah, that's what I thought. If they did use powdered eggs as someone suggested, that would be horrible.
Just because Richard1028 cherry-picked beef out of meat doesn't mean that I'm going to.
(And the sauce I just find interesting)
I guess I don't get what's so interesting. If you compare McDonald's ingredients to the brands you buy at the store, they're pretty much the same. And unlike other QSRs, McDonald's has never added stuff to its beef to make more money.
Oscar Mayer bacon: Cured with Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite.
Banquet Chicken Breast Strips:
Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Breader (Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spice, Soybean Oil, Whey, Extractives of Paprika), Batter Mix (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Spices, Salt, Sugar, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Garlic Powder), Textured Soy Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein Isolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Flavoring, Spice, Fried In Vegetable Oil with BHT.
And Big Mac sauce is mostly Thousand Island dressing + pickle relish:
KRAFT SALAD DRESSING - SALAD DRESSING - THOUSAND ISLAND
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), VINEGAR, SUGAR, CHOPPED PICKLES, SALT, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF XANTHAN GUM, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, LACTIC ACID, DRIED ONIONS, CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, SPICE, MUSTARD FLOUR, VITAMIN E, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLEORESIN TURMERIC.
MT OLIVE - DILL RELISH
Ingredients: CUCUMBERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, RED PEPPER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, 0.1% SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALUM, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 80, AND FD&C YELLOW #5
Oscar Mayer bacon: Cured with Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite.
Banquet Chicken Breast Strips:
Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Breader (Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spice, Soybean Oil, Whey, Extractives of Paprika), Batter Mix (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Spices, Salt, Sugar, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Garlic Powder), Textured Soy Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein Isolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Flavoring, Spice, Fried In Vegetable Oil with BHT.
And Big Mac sauce is mostly Thousand Island dressing + pickle relish:
KRAFT SALAD DRESSING - SALAD DRESSING - THOUSAND ISLAND
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), VINEGAR, SUGAR, CHOPPED PICKLES, SALT, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF XANTHAN GUM, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, LACTIC ACID, DRIED ONIONS, CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, SPICE, MUSTARD FLOUR, VITAMIN E, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLEORESIN TURMERIC.
MT OLIVE - DILL RELISH
Ingredients: CUCUMBERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, RED PEPPER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, 0.1% SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALUM, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 80, AND FD&C YELLOW #5
That's my favourite. It has been my favourite McDonalds burger for as far back as I remember.
I believe I said as much in post #48. I also wouldn't eat of those other brands you've listed (re: post #59).
Nice scapegoat.
They were clearly talking about the beef, and butchers, but I guess if you're just trying to push on with your agenda.....good luck.
The beef in McDonalds is fine. It's not good beef, but it's technically still beef. The reason that beef you buy at a grocers is better than McBeef is because you have the option of how much salt to put on it. I don't mind pepper, but it's the salt that's too much.
However, I like the Quarter Pounder, and one of the reasons is that it seems to have less flavour. I can taste "beef", even if it's not as good as the beef burgers at a dedicated burger place.I haven't eaten it since last October, but I'm going on vacation soon, which means I'm willing to be less picky. I'll probably have a few Quarter Pounders in Japan.
Well it can be dangerous.I do lots of things that are dangerous to my health. I fly airplanes for a living. I'm married. I don't see what the big problem is with McDonald's.
Got the evil eye from the wife last night when I went to raid the fridge.
There's no danger as long as you know the magic words: "Yes dear".
I swam today, which means I'm probably consuming lots of chlorine and urine. *thumbs up*
I swam today, which means I'm probably consuming lots of chlorine and urine. *thumbs up*
For the record, it'd be a straw man, not a scapegoat. At any rate, you're better off trying to get a rise out of someone else.
Well it can be dangerous.
Got the evil eye from the wife last night when I went to raid the fridge.
Some women can't take advantage of good opportunity. I wouldn't be mad as long as the husband got something for me from the fridge. If he didn't I would just steal his snacks...