SuperSize Me! is a pretty powerful documentary that I’m guessing will stay in my head for a while. That’s probably why I had to write about it. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a documentary by Morgan Spurlock, who willingly goes 30 days eating nothing McDonald’s food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now you can probably guess how that went for him. I heard here and there from others that it was pretty surprising, so I was expecting pretty crazy stuff, but I was still shocked at what I saw. Even the 3 doctors and nutritionist on the documentary were surprised at what happened!
Some of the tidbits that will stay in my head forever…
- In the first 5 days of his new McDiet, Morgan gained 10 pounds
- Morgan health seriously declined, to the point that the doctors he was consulting were pleading with him to go off the diet because it was becoming life-threatening!
- He was actually physically addicted to the food–going through minor withdrawls in between meals
- It took him something like 9 months to get back to the same weight he was at when he started the expiriment
- In a separate expiriment, after 10 weeks, McDonald’s fries looked exactly the same as the day they were bought!
I think he was trying make the case that fast food is largely responsible for this country’s obescity, but I still don’t buy it. Taking personal responsibility is completely non-existent in this country.
Lem had a slightly different response to the movie than normal people.
Fortunately, since about the end of college, I personally have been grossed out by burgers (with the exception of an occasional In-n-Out burger), so I haven’t had much nasty fast food in a while, and haven’t gone to McDonalds in years. So at least when I die way before Chesney because of my junk food tendencies, it won’t be because of fast food.
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I liked the movie as well. And though I have always been a fan of fast food the movie did change some of my habits. However, like you, I don’t think that the fast food places are the main reason for this country’s obesity. People choose to eat at these places. McDonald’s doesn’t hold a gun to your head while they shove Big-Macs down your throat.
What really disgusts me is the fact that these fast food joints now offer healthy foods like salad and fruit. What?! You’re a fast food joint, just serve fast food. If people want to eat healthy they can eat somewhere else or cook for themselves.
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I used to work at a McDonald’s. Based from personal experience, that place is greasy all over. I would leave the place covered in grease and smelling like fries. Nasty!
I haven’t seen the movie yet. And I do plan to. I agree with Tim. Fast food joints aren’t the problem. Americans are just lazy. They would rather sit and watch TV all day than do active things. Excercise is the key.