Supersize Me!

[saimyoji]

Anyone seen this docu-drama yet? Truly frightening. I especially like the first supersize meal he had to eat, hurled it all right back onto the McD parking lot. Very appropriate. I do love Big Macs though.

[steve hiker]

Even worse: Reefer Madness. Frightened me so bad I didn't touch my bong for a week.

[PhatNate]

Hey Man, Since I saw "Super-Size Me" (last June), I havn't step foot in a fast food joint, or put something that's been packaged past my lips. Im pretty sure I can't survive the trail without eating packaged foods however Im deffinately off the the fast food for good. I think eating less organic foods and vegetables on the trail will take some time for me to get used to on my thru hike. Afterall, I cant believe all the junkfood thru hikers eat on a daily basis to keep thier calories up, sometimes I think its a excessive and unhealthy, but then again what do I know...

[rocket04]

I wasn't surprised by the documentary. What surprised me was that others were surprised by the results, including some of the doctors he hired.

[illininagel]

Nobody should be surprised at the results.

The man was on a mission. He specifically went to McDonald's to consistently make the worst possible choices every day. If you selected the items off of the menu with the highest fat content every single day and then refused to exercise, of course you will gain weight and suffer consequences. He would have experienced the same effects had he chosen to eat Dunkin' Donuts or Snickers candy bars for every meal!

McDonald's does not claim that it is nutritious to eat every meal in their restaurants. However, McDonald's can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. If you end up eating at a McDonald's frequently, it is highly recommended that you try a Grilled Chicken, Yogurt Parfait, Apple Slices, Carrot Sticks or Garden Salad once in a while.

C'mon...this stuff is common sense. It's about time people assume responsibility for their own actions. And, it won't kill anyone to eat at McDonald's once in a while.

[rocket04]

Nobody should be surprised at the results.

The man was on a mission. He specifically went to McDonald's to consistently make the worst possible choices every day. If you selected the items off of the menu with the highest fat content every single day and then refused to exercise, of course you will gain weight and suffer consequences. He would have experienced the same effects had he chose to eat Dunkin' Donuts or Snikers candy bars for every meal!

McDonald's does not claim that it is nutritious to eat every meal in their restaurants. However, McDonald's can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. If you end up eating at a McDonald's frequently, it is highly recommended that you try a Grilled Chicken, Yogurt Parfait, Apple Slices, Carrot Sticks or Garden Salad once in a while.

C'mon...this stuff is common sense. It's about time people assume responsibility for their own actions. And, it won't kill anyone to eat at McDonald's once in a while.

Couldn't have said it better. There was really no groundbreaking discovery made by this documentary. It was entertaining though...

[Rain Man]

The man was on a mission. He specifically went to McDonald's to consistently make the worst possible choices every day. ...

And here I was, thinking he made a point to rotate his orders, so that he ate everything on the menu! Foolish me.

Rain Man

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"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

[Tha Wookie]

Nobody should be surprised at the results.

However, McDonald's can be part of a healthy, balanced diet.

Which part would that be?

[Frosty]

However, McDonald's can be part of a healthy, balanced diet.

I guess their water is okay, and they have 2% milk, but it's hard to think of anything else coming out of McD as healthy.

[grrickar]

Theres just as many bad things on the shelf of your local supermarket. Tons of carbs, things loaded with high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated fat. Try finding most any processed food or drink without one or all of the above. Even once-healthy fruit juices are mostly water and high fructose corn syrup. I used wonder why a fruit drink would need sweetener, but now I realize it doesn't - it's just cheaper for the manufacturer.

I quit eating fast food a long time ago, but I still find that some of my choices at the grocery store aren't as healthy as I once believed them to be.

[saimyoji]

My school friends and I used to joke about the nasty things in hotdogs, and that if you were to read the actual label on the hotdog package that you would never eat again.

Now it seems that most ALL foods in packages are things to be afraid of. Foods I hold innate fears of: anything in a package. I am one of the many Americans who know the stuff I'm eating is considered poison in large doses, but I still have to eat! I know, I know, vegetables and fruits you say. Do you know how long I have to wash lettuce to get the slimy stuff (pesticides, waxes) off? Or how about the cucumbers that double as candles? I have not succumbed to the hogwash that I need to eat 17 different vitamin supplements a day. 99% of those pills aren't soluble enough to be completely absorbed anyway. My cousin is a plumber, he has great stories about septic systems backed up by literally mountains of these little gullibilities.

They'll never take my beer away.

[rocket04]

Do you know how long I have to wash lettuce to get the slimy stuff (pesticides, waxes) off? Or how about the cucumbers that double as candles?

True, but in spite of that something tells me that you won't suffer liver failure on a diet of those vegetables as opposed to a McDonald's one. Just because it's not optimal doesn't mean you might as well go with the worse. And I'm not saying that's what you meant.

[minnesotasmith]

Use SOAP (like Dawn) when washing them. I even do this with fresh spinach, so it ought to work for iceberg lettuce (which I don't buy, since it is nutrient-free, and IMO a complete waste of money). You have to rinse them thoroughly after, but it's not that big of a hassle.