10 Creepiest Food Facts.

Please don't read this post if your hungry right now because you won't feel same after reading these mind blowing creepiest facts  .

1.THE AVERAGE FAST FOOD PATRON EATS 12 PUBIC HAIRS IN A GIVEN YEAR.

"we all get rare occasional hair in our food but Ingesting unwanted hair is more likely to occur at fast food restaurants."

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2.A STRAWBERRY MCDONALD'S MILK SHAKE CONTAINS 50 ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS

"Apparently, real strawberries are expensive. So fast food companies like McDonald's choose to use a ridiculous concoction of 50 chemicals to effectively imitate the flavor of one real-world food. These chemicals include ethyl acetate, phenythyl alcohol and solvent."

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3.THIS IS WHERE CHICKEN NUGGETS COME FROM.(updated on 28 december 2012)

"Before reshaping, foods like chicken nuggets, hot dogs, bologna and pepperoni look like a disgusting sludge of pink paste. This is done through a process called mechanical separation, which is a cost-effective way to "smooth out" bone remnants left after the de-boning process. The process results in excessive bacteria, which is fixed by washing the meat in ammonia. To cover up that delicious ammonia flavor, the meat is then re-flavored artificially and dyed to resemble to type of meat it once was."

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are typically offered as an example of a popular MSP-based food, since 2003 that product has been made with all white meat rather than MSP.

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4.THERE ARE BUGS AND RODENT HAIR IN YOUR PEANUT BUTTER.

"FDA laws allow for an average of 30 insect fragments per 100 grams of peanut butter. In that same half cup of peanut butter, you'll also find at least one rodent hair (on average). Yum! Now that's good eating!"

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5. SHELLAC IS AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN JELLY BEANS.

"Shellac is a type of finishing product that is typically used to improve the shine of wood and furniture. However, it can also be used to improve the shine of certain foods, such as jelly beans. Where does shellac come from? Why, it's secreted by an insect in Thailand called the Kerria Iacca of course!"

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6.VARIOUS VIRUSES CAN BE FOUND ON PROCESSED LUNCH MEAT

"Food production companies have long sought ways to combat unhealthy microbes found on processed foods such as lunch meat and hot dogs. A few years ago, the FDA approved the use of bacteriophages (a.k.a. viruses) that help kill these dangerous microbes. So, basically, viruses are purposely being added to your food to improve shelf life."

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7.IF NOT FOR ONE INGREDIENT, DRINKING A CAN OF COKE WOULD MAKE YOU VOMIT.

"While cocaine was long taken out of Coca-Cola long ago, the current formula is still formulated to get you high. Each can of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar. This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake. In normal circumstances, the extreme sweetness of this much sugar would immediately cause you to vomit uncontrollably. However, since all that sugar is addictive and keeps you coming back for more, Coca-Cola adds phosphoric acid -– an ingredient that cuts the sweetness to manageable levels."

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8.FAST FOOD SALADS CONTAIN CHEMICALS USED IN ANTIFREEZE.

"Choosing to "eat healthy" at a fast food restaurant isn't necessarily a good idea. To prolong crispness, packaged salads are dusted with Propylene Glycerol, a chemical commonly found in antifreeze. In its concentrated form, the chemical has been known to cause eye and skin irritation"

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9.CHICKEN MCNUGGETS CONTAIN BEEF.

"Many fast food chicken items contain beef additives used to enhance flavor and juke health stats. Chicken McNuggets, the Wendy's Grilled Chicken Sandwich, and KFC Grilled Chicken Sandwich are a few examples. Check the ingredients, and you'll see no sign of such atrocities. That's because such beef additives are listed as "extract" or "essence.""

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10.PROCESSED CHEESE IS LESS THAN 51 PERCENT CHEESE.

"A more accurate name for Kraft Singles and other packaged cheeses is "cheese-like substance." Any cheese product labeled as processed or pasteurized includes additives, chemicals and flavorings that account for up 49 percent of the total product. As a result, that cheap cheese in your grocery store has just enough real cheese in it to allow companies to call it cheese."

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Doctors regularly give in to patient pressure to prescribe brand-name drugs

(NaturalNews) Nearly 40 percent of all physicians regularly give in to patient requests to prescribe a brand-name drug, even when an equally effective generic substitute is available, according to a survey conducted by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine (formerly Archives of Internal Medicine).

Doctors who reported marketing relationships with pharmaceutical companies were significantly more likely to report having yielded to such requests.

The survey was send to 3,500 physicians across the United States, 500 each from the specialties of anesthesia, cardiology, family practice, general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics and psychiatry. The researchers received nearly 1,900 responses.

Doctors were asked whether, in the past year, they had "prescribed a brand-name drug when an equivalent generic was available because the patient asked for the brand-name drug specifically." Physicians were able to answer "never," "rarely," "sometimes" or "often."

Almost 40 percent of respondents answered either "sometimes" or "often."

"The good news is that 63 percent of physicians indicated they never or rarely prescribed a brand-name drug instead of an equivalent generic simply because of a patient request," lead researcher Eric G. Campbell said. "However, our data suggest that a substantial percentage - 37 percent or about 286,000 physicians nationally - do meet those requests.

"Since generics are from 30 to 80 percent cheaper than the brand-name versions, that would represent a significant source of unnecessary health costs."

Pharmaceutical companies exert strong influence

Upon analyzing the data, the researchers found that doctors who had been practicing for more than 30 years were significantly more likely than others to fulfill patient requests. Doctors in solo or two-person practices were also more likely to give in. The specialties in which doctors were most likely to give were internal medicine and psychiatry.

Doctors who had received food, beverages or drug samples from the pharmaceutical industry were significantly more likely to prescribe brand-name drugs. The study did not find any connection, however, between prescribing practices and larger gifts from drug companies, such as speaking or consulting fees, gifts, or travel reimbursements.

"While we cannot prove a cause-and-effect between industry marketing activities and prescribing practices, at the most basic level these data suggest that industry marketing works," Campbell said. "Our results also raise serious doubts about the desirability of meeting with drug company representatives to 'stay up to date'."

"Reducing or eliminating this practice represents low-hanging fruit in terms of reducing unnecessary spending in medicine," co-author Christine Vogeli said. "However, doing so will likely be unpopular with some patients, physicians and certainly with the drug industry."

Measures to reduce unnecessary prescribing of brand-name drugs could include programs to educate patients, who are often influenced by drug-company advertising. The authors also suggested that hospitals and health-care systems could ban industry gifts of food and beverages, and require the dispensing of drug samples only through their pharmacies rather than directly from doctors. They also suggested that the United States adopt the system already in place in the Veteran's Health Administration, where pharmacists decide whether to dispense a brand-name or generic drug, except under special circumstances..

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