Something Corny About Those Burgers
November 13, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
As if I needed another reason for not taking Charlie to McDonald’s: The November 12th Scientific American gives the not-so-skinny on what’s inside the beef that the likes of the Golden Arches, Burger King, and Wendy use to make their burgers:
Corn.
Further:
If you thought you were eating mostly grass-fed beef when you bit into a Big Mac, think again: The bulk of a fast-food hamburger from McDonald’s, Burger King or Wendy’s is made from cows that eat primarily corn, or so says a new study of the chemical composition of more than 480 fast-food burgers from across the nation.
And it isn’t …read more




