TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThey don’t mix in nicotine, no need for all of that when MSG exists. They do mix in MSG to the meats and cheeses. Pretty much all fast food does, because it makes it addictive, and tasty.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWhen I was a kid, I don’t think I knew what MSG was, so this reasoning would have been lost on me.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWhen I was a kid the racist “MSG in Chinese food” panic was happening. I knew about Chinese salt when I started cooking around 6 or 7
They don’t mix in nicotine, no need for all of that when MSG exists. They do mix in MSG to the meats and cheeses. Pretty much all fast food does, because it makes it addictive, and tasty.
When I was a kid, I don’t think I knew what MSG was, so this reasoning would have been lost on me.
When I was a kid the racist “MSG in Chinese food” panic was happening. I knew about Chinese salt when I started cooking around 6 or 7