Dawn and I just finished watching the documentary movie Super Size Me. That is a truly scary movie. It is all about this relatively healthy guy (Morgan Spurlock) eating nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days. He had 3 doctors, a nutritionist and physical therapist follow his work, as well as his vegan gourmet girlfriend. At one point in the movie everyone, including the guy and his mother, expressed concern that he may suffer permanent damage or death as a result of this experiment. His doctors compared what he was doing to binge drinking and said appeared just as likely to destroy his liver.
Now I’ve never liked McDonald’s. As a father of four, my oldest being 7, it is very difficult to persuade my kids that it is not a good place to eat, so I’ve occasionally given in. After watching this movie I am sure we will make a significant change in my families eating habits.
The movie reminded me of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, where he exposed the Chicago meat packing industry. It looks like it may be having a similar impact on the fast food industry.
If you have not seen this movie then I recommend it. I found it entertaining and educating. We all know fast food is bad for us, but do we really realize how bad for us it is? This movie really just scratched the surface of this subject.
Super size me was a scary movie! I can’t believe that Morgan went so
far to prove that Mcdonalds was bad. He almost killed himself. I
would never do that… It is too bad that those two girls who did
the law suit against Mcdonalds lost… Morgan is very brave for
doing this experiment and has helped us all realoize how bad Mcdonalds
and all of the other fast food places, they can be. Because of Morgan
Mcdonalds has been really carfull about the things that they are
selling and have stoped selling there supersizes. They also came
out with the newer alittle more heathier salads. Thank you Morgan
Super size me actually shows everyone that eating fast food is
really unhealthy. Every day in the week or so you just tell yourself
that this is the only day that you’re going to eat fast food. But
later on those days are going to expand and before you know it you’re
overweight. Therefore, the movie shows all of us that eating
Mcdonald’s everyday will kill you eventually