EXPOSED: How Fast Food Chains Use Raw Meat, Paint, And Glue To Trick Your Eyeballs

This is why we need truth in advertising, and better regulation of the tricks these obesity peddlers can use in their commercials.

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Mischa Nachtigal More from Mischa »

This is why we need truth in advertising, and better regulation of the tricks these obesity peddlers can use in their commercials.

You know those fast food commercials you see every day on TV? The ones with the impossibly good-looking food? They set you up to expect this:

So you go in and order it, but you get this instead:

Which makes you wonder what the heck happened.

I mean, how do you go from showing this:

To serving this?

The way fast food actually looks is disgusting. Here's how they trick you into thinking their food looks appetizing:


ORIGINAL: Made in 1990 by HBO and Consumer Reports. The photos were taken from The West Virginia Surf Report. Just in case you think we can gloss over or ignore this issue, here's a study linking fast food advertising to childhood obesity rates, and op-eds from both The New York Times and Fox News that agree on the benefits of limiting these kinds of advertisements.
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