The Best Anti-McDonald's T-Shirts

In April of 2013, a man from Utah found a forgotten Big Mac from 14 years previously. He was shocked to discover that it looked exactly the same as the day he bought it. And you can find many similar videos to the one below online, so the question is: why doesn't McDonald's food (particularly the fries) break down and rot like normal, 'real' food would?

Well, McDonald's claims that it's because their cooking processes remove most of the moisture from the foods. Of course, when food dries out, it doesn't break down, in the same way the drying out of a deceased human body slows the decomposition process. Well, that's reassuring then...who doesn't love mummified food?

But it would be naive, surely, to assume that a lack of moisture is the only thing that keeps a Big Mac looking youthful. Might it not also have something to do with additives, such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), which is a chemically-derived compound also used in embalming fluid - I'm sensing a theme.

If you're interested in learning more about what really goes into McDonald's food, I recommend 'Disgusting Ingredients in McDonald's Burgers'. 

And leaving aside for one moment the disastrous effects McDonald's food has on human health, let's spare a brief thought for the poor animals that have made that food.

McDonald's has a long and sordid history where the killing of the animals that go into their food is concerned. PETA first began requesting that the company change its methods back in 1997. And, although McDonald's eventually agreed to improve standards of welfare, the situation has improved but little, especially in regard to the process by which chickens are killed for McDonald's restaurants.

If you're interested in learning more about the ongoing battle to change McDonald's practices, check out McCruelty.com.

The prevalence of McDonald's chains around the world, and the inordinate amount of money the company reports making every year is proof, if proof were needed, of McDonald's popularity.

And, if Super Size Me did nothing to radically alter that, I don't know what will. 

However, those of us who are unaffected by the allure of fast, additive-stuffed food should be proud that we're not among that crowd. After all, if we are what we eat, who wants to be cheap, full of chemicals and almost completely devoid of moisture?