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Whats wrong with fast food meats?

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Whats the difference between meats you eat at fast food places and meats you get from the grocery store?
 

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i think its the grade? fat content, how the meat was fed, freerange vs cooped
 

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I'm not worried about fat content.

But, fast food cows eat crap and are cooped up but grocery store meats are not?
 

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its about what you're willing to pay for. fast food is cheap because they cut corners on things like raising livestock.
 

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spesmilitis said:
Whats the difference between meats you eat at fast food places and meats you get from the grocery store?
One is raw.
 

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Fast food meats are loaded with trans fat...will bloat you up due to excessive sodium....etc
****, I didn't look at it like that. Last night I was sick of snaking on nuts and 4 hours before bed I decided to have 1&a bit Jumbo Jacks. I thought, "Hey, the only bad carbs are from the buns, there's not much bread here, mainly meat."

Dammit, way to waste a day.
 

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yheah but it doesnt help you at the same time either.

on another fast food consideration, did you know you can get cancer from soda? its the preservatives in there and they combine with vitamin c (i forgot the exact preservative) to make benzene in your body, which is carcinogenic.
 

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Create Reality said:
yheah but it doesnt help you at the same time either.

on another fast food consideration, did you know you can get cancer from soda? its the preservatives in there and they combine with vitamin c (i forgot the exact preservative) to make benzene in your body, which is carcinogenic.

fast food COULD help you, depending on your goals.

usually if you're a high metabolism skinny dude, fast food can be helpful

it's filled with crap, but theres protein and fat in there, which can help you grow, also a bunch of calories packed into something small
 

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A waitress told me she used to work at Taco Bell and the boxes of beef were stamped 'US GRADE D.' I didn't know the grades went all the way down to D.
 

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Deep frying the meat? When I was in high school I worked at Burger King part time, and I've never seen this done. The burgers were frozen, raw (pink) patties, and went straight though the broiler.

Who knows though. Whenever I eat at one of these places I get a serious shlt attack within 24 hours. If I eat burgers from home, or from a more traditional burger place/stand, I'm good to go.
 

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you ever see how mcdonalds gets their meet?

they have like a this vat of oil (no way it's water, the meat is too greasy) covered and whenever they make a cheeseburger/whatever they just get bun, open that shvt up, grab a patty, throw it on, and theres your cheeseburger
 
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