America is known for its lazy, fat, savages desperate to find anything that will cost less than a dollar. Fast food fuels the largest epidemic in America, as an easy, quick, efficient way for a busy American to get dinner for oneself, or perhaps an entire family for a low price. The issue is, the food they are selling is not as healthy and fresh as one may think.

Subway, one of the most popular fast food restaurants in the world, is known for serving, large, “fresh” sandwiches. Last year, Subway was caught using chemicals in their bread. These same chemicals are the chemicals found in yoga mats. After this embarrassing discovery Subway announced that they would take this chemical out of their breads.

Although, that’s not all. Another recent study has found that the egg in Subway’s breakfast sandwiches is not egg, rather a “premium egg blend”. This blend contains glycerin, a solvent found in soap and shaving cream. Also found inside this concoction is dimethylpolysiloxane, a silicone that can be found in Silly Putty, along with calcium silicate, found on roofs and concrete. So much for “eating fresh”.

Additionally, McDonald’s sells around 37 billion chicken nuggets a day. A 20 piece of chicken McNugget is sold at $5.00. At Chick-fil-A, a 12 piece chicken nuggets is sold for $4.45, a major difference between the two. McDonald’s is the obvious pick for the average American, receiving 8 more nuggets for just $.55 more. The reason why Chick-fil-A is more expensive is because they use organic chicken that was not raised with antibiotics.

Furthermore, McDonald’s uses “mechanically-separated meat”, a mixture created when the bones and carcass of a left over chicken are mixed together in a food processor. A former employee shares his experience while working at McDonald’s, “I accidentally left a whole bag of about 100 chicken nuggets out on a counter for way too long. They melted into a pile of liquid. I never understood why. But they were completely indiscernible as being the nuggets I once knew.”

It’s understandable – chicken nuggets are fast and delicious, but how can one continue to eat such a substance? Sorry nugget lovers, but this is a health code violation.

As horrible as fast food may be for someone, not all fast food is nonedible. Top chain restaurants were put through a test, reporting their antibiotic policies and sourcing practices. The restaurants were graded on the traditional A-F grading scale, A being the best, F being the worst. Chipotle and Panera Bread both received A’s. They each prohibit the use of antibiotics; this policy stands for all the food they serve, with a few exceptions. Chick-fil-A received a B. As previously shared, the company stopped serving chicken raised with antibiotics. On the down side, Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, and Subway, some of the largest food chains in the world, all failed.

So next time you are at any restaurant, make sure you are able to pronounce the ingredients being put in your meal. Your health depends on it.