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<\/a><\/p>\nInvariably, every time I\u2019d finish a burger and fries from Mickey D\u2019s I\u2019d have a headache, stomach cramps, nausea, shaking, or a combination of those. That was consistent. Sometimes I\u2019d order it because it sounded good or it was the easiest option. Sometimes I\u2019d order it out of boredom. Sometimes it was because I was traveling on the turnpike and well, you can\u2019t not<\/em> get McDonald\u2019s on a road trip! Sometimes I ate it just to eat it.<\/p>\n TELL US ON FACEBOOK: When was the last time you ate fast food?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Whatever the reason, I always knew what I was putting in my body. I swore off my love affair for their chicken nuggets years ago after watching Jamie Oliver demonstrate how that food atrocity is created<\/a><\/strong>. The thought makes me ill. Considering that a McDonald\u2019s burger isn\u2019t inclined to rot or spoil<\/a><\/strong>, I knew that whatever was in it wasn\u2019t beef alone. Did that stop me from eating it? No. Ignorance is bliss, and I\u2019d chomp away.<\/p>\n Care2.com<\/a> <\/strong>reported last fall that \u201cMcDonald\u2019s announced that \u2018we made a decision to discontinue the use of ammonia-treated [pink slime] beef<\/a><\/strong> in our hamburgers.\u2019 But, there is no way to know if it is still in use at McDonald\u2019s, other than to trust McDonald\u2019s to do what it says.\u201d The company claims to only serve 100 percent pure beef, but I\u2019m personally not sold.<\/p>\n I eat pure beef. Not often, but on the rare occasion I do buy and prepare ground beef at home I\u2019m never sick afterward. The time before my last meal at McDonald\u2019s, I was grotesquely ill. I broke out in sweats, I was nauseous, had the shakes, and eventually felt sick enough to leave work to go home and deal with a host of other symptoms. I was most certainly not<\/em> lovin’ it.<\/p>\n Have I sworn off fast food completely? Pretty much. It\u2019s something I eat few and far between because I don\u2019t generally even want it and I certainly never need it. I prefer the fast food approach of a Chipotle or Panera over the joints with a fryer in the back. But if I do eat at Wendy\u2019s when I\u2019m in a pinch, or frankly just wanting a burger, I\u2019ve never once felt sick afterward. There\u2019s got to be something to that. Fortunately, I\u2019ll never know the feeling of a Sicky D\u2019s meal ever again.<\/p>\n I feel like a recovering addict. I\u2019m one year clean, and I feel really good about that.<\/p>\n Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n Raw McRib Meat Doesn’t Look like Ribs or Meat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Chipotle Goes GMO-Free Because People Deserve to Know What’s in Their Food<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Taco Bell Reveals What’s Really in their “Meat”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n image by MaraZe<\/a> \/ Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s this strange food euphoria that exists when you bite in to a plain cheeseburger, a few french fries, and take a swig of an ice cold Coke from McDonald\u2019s. I craved it. Lusted after it. I would make up … Continue reading