Paul Saladino· MD
nope there's 10 ingredients in McDonald's pickles including potassium sorbate polysorbate 80 and aluminum salts none of those are good for humans
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
nope there's 10 ingredients in McDonald's pickles including potassium sorbate polysorbate 80 and aluminum salts none of those are good for humans
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McDonald's pickles contain potassium sorbate a preservative with concerns that it will damage DNA genotoxicity and carcinogenicity that's cancer causing
they also contain polysorbate 80 a thickening agent that has been studied in animal models and found there to cause damage to the intestinal lining that is leaky gut and decreased microbial diversity of the microbiome