25 Things Fast Food Restaurants Don’t Want You To Know

We all know that fast food is incredibly unhealthy, but what are some of the secrets from inside the industry that these chains don’t want us to know? From interesting to disgusting and potentially deadly, check out these 25 things that the fast food corporations don’t want you privy to.

25 - Those grill marks on your burger aren’t real. They were put there by the factory.

24 - If you want to make sure your french fries are fresh order them without salt. It will force them to cook a new batch. Then you can add your own salt.

23 – Fast food chili is just made out of meat from old burgers.

22 - Those salads you’re ordering have nearly just as many calories as one Big Mac.

21 - One way to measure the cleanliness of a fast food restaurant is to look up into the ice chute of the drink dispenser. You’ll be surprised how often you can find mold up there.

20 - Actually, nearly 50% of restaurant fountain drink dispensers have fecal bacteria on them.

19 - Those pictures of fast food you see in advertisements are airbrushed and touched up with fiberglass. It takes two hours just to set up one hamburger.

18 - In restaurant kitchens more people follow the 10 second rule than you’d like to think.

17 – Fast food restaurants throw away an incredible amount of food every night.

16 - At some places, like Taco Bell, the food carries over. So guess what they serve you in the morning?

15 - Even restaurants from the same chain can have vastly different standards and quality. It usually depends upon the management.

14 – Fast food workers are supposed to wear gloves when they prepare food but most of the time nobody follows that rule.

13 - If you look around the parking lot, dining area, or bathroom and see a lot of trash what do think the less visible places (like the kitchen) look like?

12 - In 1970 only $6 billion was spent on fast food. Today it is nearly $200 billion.

11 – Soft drinks are marked up by nearly 1200%. The syrup in your coke only cost fast food companies a couple pennies.

10 – Fast food milkshakes can easily contain over 50 different kinds of chemicals.

9 - Fast food is filled with high fructose corn syrup because it’s a cheap sweetener. It also tricks your body into wanting more of it.

8 - In many places, just before close, all the coffee is decaf whether your ordered it with caffeine or not. This is because nobody wants to clean two different coffee pots.

7 - Be carefull with the lemons in your drink. Everybody touches them and nobody washes them. They just get cut up and laid out.

6 - Cashiers are not allowed to tell you how many calories are in a particular dish even if they know. They’re supposed to say “All that information is available online”.

5 - Those scrambled eggs are made out of powder.

4 - Quite often fast food salads are made several days earlier and just sit on a tray in the refrigerator until someone orders them.

3 – One hamburger can easily contain meat from up to 100 different cows.

2 - Fast food restaurants are one of the biggest exploiters of cheap domestic labor. They are usually actively engaged in anti union activities.

1 – Fast food restaurants load their kid’s meals with extra sugar to make them more appealing to kids. Even the pizza crust is not exempt.

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Top 10 most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods – never eat these again!

The statement “everything causes cancer” has become a popular hyperbole, and one that some people use as rhetorical fodder to excuse their own dietary and lifestyle failures, particularly as they pertain to cancer risk. But the truth of the matter is that many common food items have, indeed, been scientifically shown to increase cancer risk, and some of them substantially. Here are 10 of the most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods that you should never eat again:

1) Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). It goes without saying that GMOs have no legitimate place in any cancer-free diet, especially now that both GMOs and the chemicals used to grow them have been shown to cause rapid tumor growth. But GMOs are everywhere, including in most food derivatives made from conventional corn, soybeans, and canola. However, you can avoid them by sticking with certified organic, certified non-GMO verified, and locally-grown foods that are produced naturally without biotechnology.

2) Processed meats. Most processed meat products, including lunch meats, bacon, sausage, and hot dogs, contain chemical preservatives that make them appear fresh and appealing, but that can also cause cancer. Both sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate have been linked to significantly increasing the risk of colon and other forms of cancer, so be sure to choose only uncured meat products made without nitrates, and preferably from grass-fed sources.

3) Microwave popcorn. They might be convenient, but those bags of microwave popcorn are lined with chemicals that are linked to causing not only infertility but also liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in microwave popcorn bag linings as “likely” carcinogenic, and several independent studies have linked the chemical to causing tumors. Similarly, the diacetyl chemical used in the popcorn itself is linked to causing both lung damage and cancer.

4) Soda pop. Like processed meats, soda pop has been shown to cause cancer as well. Loaded with sugar, food chemicals, and colorings, soda pop acidifies the body and literally feeds cancer cells. Common soda pop chemicals like caramel color and its derivative 4-methylimidazole (4-MI) have also specifically been linked to causing cancer.

5) ‘Diet’ foods, beverages. Even worse than conventional sugar-sweetened soda pop, though, is “diet” soda pop and various other diet beverages and foods. A recent scientific review issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of more than 20 separate research studies found that aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, causes a range of illnesses including birth defects and cancer. Sucralose (Splenda), saccharin and various other artificial sweeteners have also been linked to causing cancer.

6) Refined ‘white’ flours. Refined flour is a common ingredient in processed foods, but its excess carbohydrate content is a serious cause for concern. A study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Mile Markers, and Prevention found that regular consumption of refined carbohydrates was linked to a 220 percent increase in breast cancer among women. High-glycemic foods in general have also been shown to rapidly raise blood sugar levels in the body, which directly feeds cancer cell growth and spread.

7) Refined sugars. The same goes for refined sugars, which tend to rapidly spike insulin levels and feed the growth of cancer cells. Fructose-rich sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are particularly offensive, as cancer cells have been shown to quickly and easily metabolize them in order to proliferate. And since cookies, cakes, pies, sodas, juices, sauces, cereals, and many other popular, mostly processed, food items are loaded with HFCS and other refined sugars, this helps explain why cancer rates are on the rise these days.

8) Conventional apples, grapes, and other ‘dirty’ fruits. Many people think they are eating healthy when they buy apples, grapes, or strawberries from the store. But unless these fruits are organic or verified to be pesticide-free, they could be a major cancer risk. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that up to 98 percent of all conventional produce, and particularly the type found on its “dirty” fruits list, is contaminated with cancer-causing pesticides.

9) Farmed salmon. Farmed salmon is another high-risk cancer food, according to Dr. David Carpenter, Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany. According to his assessment, farmed salmon not only lacks vitamin D, but it is often contaminated with carcinogenic chemicals, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), flame retardants, pesticides, and antibiotics.

10) Hydrogenated oils. They are commonly used to preserve processed foods and keep them shelf-stable. But hydrogenated oils alter the structure and flexibility of cell membranes throughout the body, which can lead to a host of debilitating diseases such as cancer. Some manufacturers are phasing out the use of hydrogenated oils and replacing them with palm oil and other safer alternatives, but trans fats are still widely used in processed foods.

 

The 10 most cancer causing foods - Underground Health