STOP EATING AT MCDONALD'S TODAY

 In 2007, the employees of an Orlando-area McDonald’s were caught on camera pouring milk into the milkshake machine out of a bucket labeled “Soiled Towels Only.” That particular restaurant had already been cited for 12 different sanitary violations. Though McDonald’s proudly stands by its safety standards, and not every restaurant has such notorious incidents, the setting of a fast food restaurant staffed with low-paid employees at a high turnover rate arguably encourages bending the rules. (McDonald’s isn’t alone in this, of course – Burger King is actually ranked as the dirtiest of all the fast food chains.

You would have to walk 7 hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fries and Big Mac. Even indulging in fast food as an occasional treat is a recipe for weight gain…unless you’re planning to hit each treadmill in the treadmill bay afterwards.


How about those arteries? Surely all that food can’t be bad, right? Well, while there are some fast food restaurants out there that are trying to keep better items on their menus, most still offer the same old thing that they always have. So, not only do you run the risk of gaining weight where you don’t want to, you also run the risk of a heart attack or worse. So, now, are the health risks of McDonalds food really worth the burger that they came on?

And these are just two of the risks that are associated with fast foods. To learn more about what other problems these foods cause, you can check on the Internet or you can head down to your local library to find books on the subject. Any way you cut it though, fast foods are just not good for you or for anyone.