Supersize ME - McDonalds for 30 days

[Genacide]

So last night I watched the movie Supersize Me. The movie is about a guy that eats McDonalds 3 times a day for 30 days. If McDonalds doesn't sell it, he doesn't eat it. Before doing all of this he goes and gets checked out by 3 doctors, a nutritionist, and other health professionals. It's really intresting some of the info that he talks about, finds out, and how his health changes.
Also the movie talks about the public school system and what "our kids" are eating, among other food related stories.

One of the special features in the movie is that they take a bunch of McD's food and watch it break down in containers for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks you would be surprised what those fries look like. I was.

I would recommend this movie to anyone that has, does, and will eat at a fast food place.



Last word: I'll never eat a chicken McNugget again!

[J450n]

Erm, where have you been hiding?

[fixationdarknes]

Well, keep in mind that he also purposely limited his physical activity to a bare minimum (because many Americans live that way). And I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that none of us WBBers live that way.

[MrWebb78]

he should have gotten an oscar for his acting in this movie.

in other words, he could have been more honest.

secondly, it baffles me as to how it's mcdonalds fault that people are fat. personal responsibility is always thrown out the window now in order to blame someone else. sickening.

[ericg]

I prefer Wendy's Triple Classic burger anyways, so I am safe!

[Paul Stagg]

http://www.spurlockwatch.typepad.com/

[Genacide]

he should have gotten an oscar for his acting in this movie.

in other words, he could have been more honest.

secondly, it baffles me as to how it's mcdonalds fault that people are fat. personal responsibility is always thrown out the window now in order to blame someone else. sickening.

Totally agree that personal responsibility is very important. Just thought it was intresting how his health quality went to crap.

[VDubb]

For me, it wasn't about the food itself, but how they go about promoting it, and selling it directly to kids.

[-TIM-]

For me, it wasn't about the food itself, but how they go about promoting it, and selling it directly to kids.

But in that case, it's the parents responsibility to limit their children's diet and/or fast food intake. You can't blame McDonald's for marketing to children. They're a business, and they're going to market to who will help make them profitable. The same as any business. It all comes back to people not taking responsibility for themselves. In this case, it's those few obese people that blame their problem on a fast food chain. Next we'll see people pointing the finger at M&M Mars for making sugary, fatty candy bars that were just too hard to resist.

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I thought it was a cool movie

[Genacide]

But in that case, it's the parents responsibility to limit their children's diet and/or fast food intake. You can't blame McDonald's for marketing to children. They're a business, and they're going to market to who will help make them profitable. The same as any business. It all comes back to people not taking responsibility for themselves. In this case, it's those few obese people that blame their problem on a fast food chain. Next we'll see people pointing the finger at M&M Mars for making sugary, fatty candy bars that were just too hard to resist.

(from the movie, talking about brand imprinting) "...whenever I drive by a McDonalds I'm going to punch my kid in the head"

[MixmasterNash]

http://www.spurlockwatch.typepad.com/

You know you've succeeded when reactionaries go crazy and waste time debunking you.

I mean, seriously, who doesn't know that (1) eating a lot of McDonalds is bad for you, and conversely (2) overeating a lot of McDonalds doesn't prove anything about normal consumption.

The difference is Spurlock made a lot of money, and his debunkers have not. They are so reactionary, they'll waste all of their time fighting something without any real gain whatsoever. They're powered by their own sense of self-satisfaction. Just like liberals!

[Hatred]

I prefer Wendy's Triple Classic burger anyways, so I am safe!

WORD!

[Kiaran]

I would say that the Americans who sue corporations like McDonalds for their poor health conditions are among the most irresponsible people on this planet. I mean they are so irresponsible that they can't even take care of their own body. This is the one thing that is supposed to be basic to a human being's nature and suvival I thought? Life is far too easy for many Americans.

[-TIM-]

What's worse, Kiarn, is that sometimes the court systems rule in favor for the most idiotic lawsuits involving people like those we're describing. As long as they think they have a shot at easy money, they'll go for it.

Kind of brings me back to that dumb ass who sued McDonald's for being burned by their hot coffee and won. We might as well sue every coffee pot maker, because I'm pretty sure they brew coffee hot enough to burn you as well. I have the swollen tongue to prove it too.

[ShockBoxer]

I'd love to see someone do a "Supersize Me" ... only do it in a manner where they eat at their maintenance.

Or below it and lose weight on pure McDonalds.

Not that I love McD's (one of my first childhood memories is throwing up a big mac. I should have taken the hint back then....); it's just that I hate this excuse for everything mentality of the world. Because I share it and dislike it the most about myself.

[-TIM-]

So how long after throwing up the Big Mac did it take for you to order another? Once I threw up Taco Pizza. I didn't touch another slice for a good 8-10 years. Now it's my favorite again.

[ShockBoxer]

Well, I was 4 so not exactly in a position to be ordering anything for myself... but, uh... well, actually I didn't order another Big Mac until in my 20s. Didn't like it much then, either.

I've mostly eaten chicken nuggets when at McDonalds for the past 20 years.

[Genacide]

Kind of brings me back to that dumb ass who sued McDonald's for being burned by their hot coffee and won. We might as well sue every coffee pot maker, because I'm pretty sure they brew coffee hot enough to burn you as well. I have the swollen tongue to prove it too.

I hate when ppl bring this up...

http://lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm

"For years, McDonald's had known they had a problem with the way they make their coffee - that their coffee was served much hotter (at least 20 degrees more so) than at other restaurants."
also
"The woman involved in this infamous case suffered very serious injuries - third degree burns on her groin, thighs and buttocks that required skin grafts and a seven-day hospital stay."
and
"On appeal, a judge lowered the award to $480,000, a fact not widely publicized in the media"

Just the highlights, the rest of the webpage is well worth the read.

[Genacide]

Just found this:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_control...nts.index.html

This is reassuring
Beef Patty:
100% pure USDA inspected beef; no additives, no fillers, no extenders.

This is not
Big Mac® Bun:
Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, reduced iron), water, high fructose corn syrup, sesame seeds, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, yeast, contains less than 2 % of each of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, calcium silicate, wheat gluten, soy flour, baking soda, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of fatty acids, ethanol, sorbitol, polysorbate 20, potassium propionate), sodium stearoyl lactylate, dough conditioner (corn starch, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, calcium peroxide, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, enzymes), calcium propionate (preservative). Contains wheat and soybean ingredients.

[MrWebb78]

Totally agree that personal responsibility is very important. Just thought it was intresting how his health quality went to crap.

this is where i think his acting came into play. no one can deny the weight gain, but to say he wakes up in the middle of the night and cant breathe, has chest pains, addictive symptoms etc is pretty silly.

[MixmasterNash]

This is reassuring
Beef Patty:
100% pure USDA inspected beef; no additives, no fillers, no extenders.

Fed, of course, on the brains, spinal tissue, and fecal matter of other cows, and pigs and chickens.

Then again, I ate a big mac yesterday. It was very tasty.

[Genacide]

Yesterday I had a nice T-bone steak for a local cattlemen that has his butchering done locally... Now thats good meat.

[HahnB]

What's funny is he acts as if he's suprised by the fact that he's gaining weight eating 6000 calories a day, what did he think was going to happen? He would have gained the same amount of weight eating chicken breats if he ate 6k worth daily. He might have been a little healthier but he still would have gained the weight.

[MixmasterNash]

Yesterday I had a nice T-bone steak for a local cattlemen that has his butchering done locally... Now thats good meat.

Yep, the best beef I ever had was eaten not 50 yards from the slaughterhouse.