Munchies:I wouldn't say that fast food is engineered to be addictive. However, fast food addiction is a real thing. There are well-established scientific reasons behind this as you can see in this article.
www.addictions.com/blog/does-fast-food-have-addictive-chemicals/It is also possible not to like Big Macs. I personally hate everything from Mcdonald's except for their drinks, and maybe their hash browns if I get a random craving for them. But that happens once every few years or so.
Morbidly A Beast:All food technically releases dopamine it just so happens that meals high in fat carbs and salt tend to release more cause of our innate reward system in our brains. You want more you crave more because we are hard wired to do so, it’s just our bodies aren’t working hardly at all for that meal as opposed to our ancestors who could have maybe had a portion of that meal.
Big Macs are just so good! And the newer 1/4 burger patties are so tasty. You don’t even like a McChicken? That’s wow. Can’t relate.
Yes. All of that is mentioned in the article. They don't put specially addictive chemicals, but it does take advantage of how the human body works. Plus, there are other psychological aspects too. I could go into more detail, but the article covers everything.
I cannot overstate just how much I do not like McDonald's. All the food just tastes flat, chemically, and weird in a bad way to me. Everything on the menu tastes better somewhere else. Hell, I can usually cook it myself and it tastes better.
I also tend to feel gross after eating their food too. So there's no temptation for me. Won't even eat their salads because it tends to be wilted and sad when I get one. It's quite simply not worth it.
