Supersize Me

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Thing is, they sold the idea as him eating at Mc D’s for every meal. When my family eats there, everyone gets a sandwich (no one ever chooses the double quarter pounder), we all share a fry (that’s five people) and drink. The most either adult would eat is the equivalent of a medium burger meal.

I think that likely applies to most people. Yes, there are a few that will order the super size double quarter pounder meal with a super size shake and pie. I just don’t think that is very common.

That guy ordered enough food for my family sometimes. DUH!

Newsflash! Eating enough food for a family of five will make you sick. Eating that much for every meal for a month could kill you.

McDonalds may not have beansprouts, but it won’t kill you if ingested in reasonable quantities only occasionally.
 
Brian_C said:
Eat big meals at McDonald’s 3 times a day and you can gain weight…

DUH!

I could have told you that without the money for the Netflix/Blockbuster rental…😃

Seriously. Fast food offers a service. That doesn’t mean you have to eat there every meal. Luring kids in is called marketing. Hasbro and Mattel lure kids in with marketing all the time on Saturday morning.

Hmm, I think I’ll make documentary where I shoot a fifth of tequila three times a day. Then I’ll be surprised as can be that I got drunk!!! :cool:
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Wow you had great liver function, before you drank a fifth for 5 straight years, I had no idea it would ruin it. I’m never drinking anything from Seagrums again.
 
What caught my attention was toward the end of the experiment when one of Morgan’s doctors told him (no joke) that his liver was so far gone that it was basically turning into pate. I have never again eaten fast food since viewing this film, and I have soberly reconsidered the food I do choose to eat. If a month of fatty, greasy food can turn your liver to pate, I’m off it for sure.
 
Jason_Hurd said:
What caught my attention was toward the end of the experiment when one of Morgan’s doctors told him (no joke) that his liver was so far gone that it was basically turning into pate. I have never again eaten fast food since viewing this film, and I have soberly reconsidered the food I do choose to eat. If a month of fatty, greasy food can turn your liver to pate, I’m off it for sure.
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Hyperbole in the extreme. If that were the case I’d be living in middle of the “pate” belt…the American South…where everything is fried. Transfats can’t be that much worse than lard…
 
Statistically the life expectancy in the American Deep South is significantly lower than other areas of the nation. The Southern diet is basically unhealthy.
 
:eek: It is???

That was my point. Thirty days of fried food is nothing compared to the typical Southern diet. If my 30 year old liver is going strong (and it is according to most recent cholesterol and liver function), then I’m sure my Supersize’s is gonna pull through.
 
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:eek: It is???

That was my point. Thirty days of fried food is nothing compared to the typical Southern diet. If my 30 year old liver is going strong (and it is according to most recent cholesterol and liver function), then I’m sure my Supersize’s is gonna pull through.
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Frankly, I’m surprised regarding the liver problems that the man in the film experienced. He must have had a fatty liver, which is a unique problem not experienced by most. Some, on the other hand, have unusually strong livers, and can live to be 100 inspite of having drunk a fifth of whiskey a day. That doesn’t mean that we should all drink that much, however. 😉
 
Lol, wine would be a much better way to go…

Fatty liver… For some reason I’m thinking about fava beans and a nice chainte…😃

Eh, all this is pointless anyway. Transfats are being replaced (yes, even McDonalds is caving). Plus, with the combo of high blood pressure meds and cholesterol meds…I’ve tried to get my wife to prescribe me Lipitor. She tells me I’m a touch nutty, though and to start back running.
 
It was a good movie, but i still eat at Mcdonalds all the time.
 
What I found quite shocking, and true, is that a 7 year old kid in our modern consumerist society often knows less about Jesus Christ, and other great historical persons than they do about Ronald McDonald. On that point, in that particular scene where he showed the kids photos of famous people and asked “who is it?”, the film was spot on, even though Morgan may in not be a christian himself.

That is the truly alarming thing about the advertising power of McDonald’s and raises questions over weather a parent can really get the necessary time to teach their kids to eat healthy and be healthy. If Children can, when the chips come down to it learn and know more about McDonald’s than the heathy food alternatives and Jesus Christ himself, how can a parent fight against this when secular media is so oppressive, slanted and pushy.
 
colliric said:
What I found quite shocking, and true, is that a 7 year old kid in our modern consumerist society often knows less about Jesus Christ, and other great historical persons than they do about Ronald McDonald. On that point, in that particular scene where he showed the kids photos of famous people and asked “who is it?”, the film was spot on, even though Morgan may in not be a christian himself.

That is the truly alarming thing about the advertising power of McDonald’s and raises questions over weather a parent can really get the necessary time to teach their kids to eat healthy and be healthy. If Children can, when the chips come down to it learn and know more about McDonald’s than the heathy food alternatives and Jesus Christ himself, how can a parent fight against this when secular media is so oppressive, slanted and pushy.
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hahaha I saw that scene during a showing of Supersize Me on MSNBC a few nights ago.

In the case of a child knowing more about Ronald McDonald than Jesus, I would definitely place the blame on the parents.
 
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