Fuck You Ronald McDonald

I have noted on this blog once or ten times that my asshole has been unhappy for a while. For someone with chronic intestinal issues, this should not come as a surprise. However, since I have been steadily eliminating wheat/rye/barley/oats from my diet, I have enjoyed a relatively happy bowel existence. I use the word "steadily" because I am constantly finding that foods I enjoy are contaminated with one of the above grains. For example: soy sauce. Most soy sauce companies use wheat. Why the fuck for I have no idea. Gluten-free (read: no wheat) soy sauce tastes the same. Compounding my diet restrictions is a slightly OCD habit of eating a particular food DAILY until I tire of it and move onto something else.

Lately my daily compulsion has been McDonald's french fries. McDonalds is one of the few fast food companies that cooks their fries separately from other foods (like McNuggets). Their website proclaims them to be "gluten-free". Fuck, yes! Until today, that is... McDonalds announced that not only is beef flavoring used (something they admitted to several years ago) but wheat and dairy products are used as well.

"While the company wanted to make consumers aware that fries were derived in part from wheat and dairy sources, [McDonald's director of global nutrition, Cathy Kapica] said, those who have eaten the product without problem should be able to continue to do so without incident."

From an article in the Burlington Free Press

A director of global nutrition should have at least a rudimentary grasp of gluten intolerance I believe. This knowledge should include the fact that some gluten intolerant people are completely asymptomatic while their intestines are perforated and the nutrients from food are leaving by the fast train before being utilized by the body. I attributed my recent bowel issues to stress, and had NO idea that I was poisoning myself EACH and EVERY day because McDonald's LIED.

Therefore, I say FUCK YOU Ronald McDonald. I will never patronize your golden arches again.