McDonalds: cause and effectThere are more than 14,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States and more than 33,000 worldwide ("Number of McDonald's.."). Even though people think they are eating delicious food, they don't know what they are actually consuming. McDonald's attracts its customers with cheap prices and convenience, creating easy access for people to purchase food. McDonald's should offer healthier options because their foods contain unhealthy chemicals, cause obesity, and risk developing diseases. The chemicals in McDonald's foods are used to enhance flavor, but they do much more than that. This means that McDonald's is incorporating unnecessary ingredients into their food that are proven to cause different diseases, showing that their original goal is not to promote a healthy lifestyle, but to create a successful business. Even a basic hamburger bun is made with unnatural ingredients. The bun is made from azodicarbonamide, a chemical found in yoga mats, shoe rubber, and synthetic leather (“That Chemical Subway Ditched..”). Its consumption has been approved by the FDA in the United States, but it has not been accepted in Europe or Australia ("That Chemical Subway Ditched.."). This fact should worry fast food consumers, as they are ingesting an additive considered illegal in other countries. Today, Vani Hari launched a petition to ban the use of azodicarbonamide (“This abandoned underground chemical…”). Currently, this petition has 75,000 signatures (“This abandoned chemical metro…”). Not only are the buns unhealthy, but so is the packaging protecting the burger. Perfluoroalkyls are a chemical used in their packaging, whose original purpose is to repel oil and water, but it is extremely toxic. This substance... middle of paper ...... causes heart disease? » Livestrong.com. Livestrong.com, February 16, 2014. Web. April 10, 2014. "How bad is McDonald's food?" John Robbins." John Robbins. Np, nd Web. April 7, 2014. "McDonald's Fast Food: Toxic Ingredients Include Putty and Cosmetic Petrochemicals endalldisease.com." McDonalds Fast Food: Toxic Ingredients Include Putty and Cosmetics Petrochemicalsendalldisease.com. Np, nd Web. April 6, 2014. “McDonald's Iced Coffee: Just Say No!” Small Notebook, nd Web, April 7, 2014. “Number of McDonald's Restaurants Worldwide.” . » SQ Online, nd Web, April 7, 2014. "This abandoned chemical subway? McDonald's and Wendy's use it too." NBCNews. Np, nd Web. April 7, 2014. “What are the signs and symptoms of heart disease?” - NHLBI, NIH. Np, nd Web. April 10. 2014.