Is Chicken McHealthy? - PaleoHacks.com most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-23T12:02:32Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/46940 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/46940/is-chicken-mchealthy Is Chicken McHealthy? Konrad 2011-06-24T01:54:12Z 2011-06-24T05:46:36Z <p>Since these nuggets, and perhaps sausages as well, are made from the least noble animal parts, they probably come from a bolus of carcass, marrow and offal. Doesn't this make them a healthy snack?</p> <p>More importantly, can't we actually make these homemade nuggets and sneak in some awful offal such as kidneys and liver?</p> http://paleohacks.com/questions/46940/is-chicken-mchealthy/46950#46950 Answer by lunabelle for Is Chicken McHealthy? lunabelle 2011-06-24T02:16:08Z 2011-06-24T02:16:08Z <p>If that's all they were made out of, sure, they'd be healthy. But from my understanding they are made by mechanically separating, bleaching, extruding, breading and then deep frying those ingredients in industrial oil. </p> http://paleohacks.com/questions/46940/is-chicken-mchealthy/46968#46968 Answer by Glither for Is Chicken McHealthy? Glither 2011-06-24T04:27:16Z 2011-06-24T04:27:16Z <p>Have a gander at the picture of the mechanically separated chicken that chicken nuggests are made of and decide if it looks healthy to you. <a href="http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/08/03/guess-whats-in-the-picture-foodlike-substance/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/08/03/guess-whats-in-the-picture-foodlike-substance/</a></p> http://paleohacks.com/questions/46940/is-chicken-mchealthy/46978#46978 Answer by Seiji for Is Chicken McHealthy? Seiji 2011-06-24T05:22:54Z 2011-06-24T05:22:54Z <p>Before we run too far off the rails here: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp</a></p> <p>(Not that I’d recommend Chicken McNuggets anyway simply on the basis of vegetable oils…)</p> http://paleohacks.com/questions/46940/is-chicken-mchealthy/46981#46981 Answer by ChenZhen for Is Chicken McHealthy? ChenZhen 2011-06-24T05:46:36Z 2011-06-24T05:46:36Z <p>Just look at the ingredients and decide for yourself ;) </p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets#Ingredients" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets#Ingredients</a></p>