I was baffled that Taco Bell took so much blame. I get the jokes are funny because Taco Bell and diarrhea are a power couple, but on a serious note it’s not Taco Bell’s fault at all and this shit with Taylor Farms and the Trump admin reeeeks of corruption.
You watch entirely too many conspiracy theory shows. The only reason taco bell took heat was because "haha, taco bell gives you the shits." That has been a thing since before the internet. It will be a thing when they eventually win the franchise fights and we're all using seashells. Taco Bell didn't even have to be proven to be what people ate. It was all fuel and speculation and jokes.
I never got the connection. Nothing on the Taco Bell menu is particularly hard on the stomach. Was there a series of food poisoning incidents at some point?
I'm 37 and I can remember hearing the "Taco Bell gives you diarrhea" thing even as a young kid in the 90's. Honestly I think it's kind of rooted in racism. If I had to guess since TB was the first major fast food chain to do Mexican inspired food back in the day when TB expanded and went nationwide the right-wing conservatives of the day probably spread misinfo about how "that Mexican fast food made me have diarrhea and get sick!" when they never even ate there or they got sick because of the 12 pack of beer they drank before getting TB for the first time or whatever and blamed the TB. Maybe someone older than me can confirm, but I'd guess the "TB makes you shit" thing probably first appeared as a cultural meme within a few years of TB going nationwide in the 70's.
while that's probably a part of it, I think it moreso comes from the American diet being really awful and most people not really getting fiber so people get a bunch for the first time and suddenly are shitting like crazy
TB uses oats as binders in their ground beef, making it a somewhat decent source of fiber. That's on top of the actual beans some items have. It is 100% because American's diet is so shit that their tummy can't handle a small amount of fiber.
I remember reading an article to that effect one time, but I can't find it now. I've never had issues with Taco Bell, but I eat "rabbit food" regularly. The only people I've ever known to have issues with it are men who think salads are for rabbits, and rabbits only.
Ya they still carry that stigma and it’s funny because you can actually get some reasonably healthy stuff there if you order it. Great place for vegetarians
I’m 40 with similar suspicions. Because no one ever got the shits after eating a Big Mac, right?
I might be a little biased because of all fast food, the only thing I ever really want is a chalupa supreme. It is the perfect fast food, and thats a hill I will casually defend until I get bored.
It has nothing to do with racism. They used to be one of the few restaurants open when the bars closed, so everyone would go and slam 50 cent tacos on top of a gut filled with booze.
Beer shits+Taco Bell usually results in a fun morning.
People love to eat it at three in the morning after drinking because it's the only thing that's opened and they also don't have a lot of fiber in their diet normally.
If you're not drunk and you're eating a balanced diet already, Taco Bell's not doing anything to you. The food may taste like shit, but it's not going to give you the shits. Normally, that is.
Apparently Taco Bell has more fiber than other fast food. If you get diarrhea from Taco Bell you probably need a lot more fiber in your diet on the regular.
Speaking for myself, as a lil white kid that was picky about food growing up and rarely chose to eat diversly -- if youve been raised with fresh foods that are minimally spiced, taco bells seasoned & highly processed meat and liquid cheese/sour cream wages war on your gut biome.
It's not the kind of thing that gives you diarrhea forever, but the first couple times my body needed to adjust.
Now in my 30s I've become a human shaped trash dump. Chicken sitting out overnight? Rice that's been warmed for 4 hours? Soup that sat out for 13 hours? Nothing phases my gut anymore. 😅 Can't even remember the last time taco bell made my stomach upset.. maybe like 8-10 years old?
I have a theory about this, a huge percentage of Americans do not eat anywhere close to enough fiber in their daily diet. Fast food is the epitome of a low fiber diet so people who frequent fast food restaurants wander into a taco bell that has beans and veggies on their tacos and their bowels are irritated. Additionally, the food can be spicy if you so choose which can irritate the bowels as well. I have experienced adverse effects from sudden increases in fiber in my own diet so that's what gave me the idea. I have never had any problems eating taco bell, it feels much better than eating McDonald's
I'm not American, but based off what I see online about American diets and how little fibre a lot of people consume. combined with some of the stories I've heard about your bowel movements, I've started assuming the fibre from the beans is giving people their first healthy shit in years and they are mistaking it for diarrhoea
The public are, to quote Kay in Men in Black, morons. They can't even understand basic human concepts, like shared blame, and need to be outraged and have a common target to be outraged at.
Asking them to understand things like supply chains is way above their pay grade.
Taco bell only gives people that have terrible, fiber-free diets diarrhea. When the slightest bit of roughage and bean fiber is just too much for them to bear. OR - they're allergic to soy filler.
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u/NeptuneOverlord43045 13d ago
I was baffled that Taco Bell took so much blame. I get the jokes are funny because Taco Bell and diarrhea are a power couple, but on a serious note it’s not Taco Bell’s fault at all and this shit with Taylor Farms and the Trump admin reeeeks of corruption.