Monday, September 27, 2010
In a recent newsletter by Dr. W.C. Douglass, he noted McNuggets
containing 37 ingredients just in the chicken’ part and the ‘breaded’
portion and seven more in the oil. He also recounted a CNN story that
listed the ingredients and showing them containing dimethylpolysiloxane,
an ‘antifoaming agent’, which was also used in Silly Putty and
cosmetics. Also contained a petroleum-derived preservative called
tertiary butylhydroquinone or tBHQ, which according to Dr. Douglass, “A
single gram of this stuff can cause nausea, vomiting, delirium, ringing
in the ears, the sensation of suffocating, collapse and an overheated
spell checker” (he has a sense of humor). These ingredients are not
essential for their composition and are included simple for taste
according to the company, however, other countries such as Britain do
not contain them. Now you know that stomach ache after your last trip
there was not in your head!