Did you get your dose of tertbutylhydroquinone today? Yes, if you ate McDonald fries.

[one.of.a.kind]

"an additive called TBHQ, or tertbutylhydroquinone, which at high doses can cause nasty side effects in rats (mmmm … stomach tumors)." Wonder if it's cumulative?


http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/07/17/what-exactly-is-in-mcdonalds-french-fries/?hpt=hp_t5

 

[bazokajoe]

MMMMMMMM,french fries from McDonalds.Sounds like it's lunch time.

 

[one.of.a.kind]

And, if I may add, poutine never tasted so good.

 

[nobody123]

"an additive called TBHQ, or tertbutylhydroquinone, which at high doses can cause nasty side effects in rats (mmmm … stomach tumors)." Wonder if it's cumulative?

For fuck's sakes. It's an antioxidant. And contrary to the utterly irrelevant shit about high doses that the article cites, there are actually studies that have shown it is effective in fighting certain types of cancer. And you know what else can cause nasty side effects in rats and other mammals at higher-than-recommended doses? Water.

Look, there is a wealth of reasons to shit all over the McVomitorium. The environmental impact, the shitty food, the shit way they treat their workers, their customers, the earth, etc etc etc. Why do people always feel they have to make up extra boogeymen to warn us away from something that is so truly and obviously terrible in every possible way already?

 

[asterwald]

They are essentially McCain fries

 

[SchlongConery]

"an additive called TBHQ, or tertbutylhydroquinone, which at high doses can cause nasty side effects in rats (mmmm … stomach tumors)." Wonder if it's cumulative?

HOLY SHIT!!

Dihydrogen monoxide is found in the carbonated fountain drinks at McDonalds too. It is a powerful industrial solvent and is often found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions

 

[BlueLaser]

"an additive called TBHQ, or tertbutylhydroquinone, which at high doses can cause nasty side effects in rats (mmmm … stomach tumors)." Wonder if it's cumulative?


http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/07/17/what-exactly-is-in-mcdonalds-french-fries/?hpt=hp_t5

Anytime you see "high doses", you need to ascertain what that dose is and how many of the given product (in this case, McD's fries) you'd need to eat to ingest that amount.

At the extreme, high doses of vitamin C can cause blood clots, heart-attacks, kidney stones and blood toxicity. Would you tell someone they better not eat oranges? Or do you take the time to realize that it would take 40 oranges to even start to reach unhealthy levels, and closer to 60 before you really risk these more severe side effects?

In the case of TBHQ, you need to eat 11lbs of chicken nuggest to get to 1g, which would make you feel sick. You'd need to eat 5 times that amount to have a fatal dose. Plus, it's filtered by the digestive system, so it doesn't build up in your system.

So, eat no more than 10lbs, which means keeping your chicken nugget meal to less than 230 nuggets. If you can manage to scarf down less than 230 nuggets, you'll be just fine. Somehow I think you'll manage.