Why you should

1. Why You Should Give
Up McDonald’s
By Hannah Jo Campbell

2. MSP
• Mechanically Separated Poultry
• Batter-like “meat” product
• Forced unstripped bones through sieve to
separate “edible” meat tissue from the bones
• Treated with ammonium hydroxide
• Legal, with no restrictions

3. BLBT
• Boneless Lean Beef Trimming
• Low grade Trimmings
• Susceptible to contamination
• Taken from hind quarters, highly exposed
to fecal matter
• Must be treated with Ammonia to be safe
to eat
• No requirements to label use of BLBT

4. Animal Treatment
• Factory farms, no sun, air, or movement
• Deaths are bloody and barbaric
• Animals struggle to escape, become frantic
• Prodded, beaten, electrocuted
• Countless PETA movements

5. Cows
• Supposed to have sold 300 billion burgers
• 1 cow equals 2024 burgers
• Around 148,221,400 cows
• McDonald’s BBQ opened 1940
• 5488 cows a day

6. Nutrition Facts
• Impressive looking, but skirts actual facts
• high in fats, sugar, animal products, and
sodium
• Low in minerals, fiber, and vitamins
• Diets, such as, are directly linked to
cancers (like breast and liver) and
heart disease
• Quarter pounder is 48% water, light food
causes overeating

7. Supersize Me
• 30 Days of McDonald’s
• Gaines 25 Lbs.
• Cholesterol and fatty accumulations
in liver rose dangerously
• Mood swings, depression, heart
palpitations, and sexual dysfunction.
• Most people consume way more than 30
days worth of Mcdonald’s in their life

8. Alternative
• In n’ Out
• Nothing prepackaged or frozen
• Make their own patties, meat never
travels more than 500 miles
• Grilled cheese, veggie burger, or protein
style options
• Free of additives, preservatives, or fillers
• Only serves burgers and fries

9. Alternative
• Five Guys
• Rated #1 burger every year since 1999
• All fries cut and made in house
• Only fresh ground beef
• Nothing ever frozen
• Only uses peanut oil

10. Sources
• www.mcdonalds.com
• www.fiveguys.com
• www.in-n-out.com
• www.snopes.com
• www.iskconbirmingham.org
• www.yourquestions.mcdonalds.ca
• www.mccruelty.com
• www.google.com/images