Dr. Joseph Mercola: What’s in Fast Food? What’s in the Non-Chicken Half of the McNugget

Do you put dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent made of silicone, in your chicken dishes? How about tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a chemical preservative so deadly just five grams can kill you?

These are just two of the ingredients in a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget. Only 50 percent of a McNugget is actually chicken. The other half includes corn derivatives, sugars, leavening agents and completely synthetic ingredients.

via Dr. Joseph Mercola: What’s in Fast Food? What’s in the Non-Chicken Half of the McNugget.

And even the chicken bits might not be what you think

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A former twentysomething with a head full of curls and heart full of questions wondering: when we get to nirvana, will there be food?
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