Super Size Me

Some people don't know that fast food is not good for you, and some do. Other people just don't know how unhealthy fast food is. This documentary shocks people not only in what he is doing but FACTS that are going on in the US.

Some rules that were set that they set in the start of the movie:

1. He MUST eat everything that he orders. (even the condiments and toppings that are added)
2. He MUST Supper Size if they ask
3. He will eat McD's for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
4. He will have to walk what the average American walks in a day. (1 mile or less a day)
5. Lastly he can't exercise (the average American doesn't exercise).

In the start he is at the peak condition for his age range. He asks three doctors what they can expect through the duration of this experiment. Pay very close attention to what they will say, also pay very close attention to what they say through out the experiment.

Yea, many Americans don't eat fast food for all three meals, also he is not trying to bring down McD's. He doesn't even show an answer for what to do at the end. The purpose of the film is to raise attention about the epidemic of nutrition deficiency, and for you to make up your own answers using your best judgment.

Its time for us Americans to take responsibility for our actions, especially what we put in our mouths and how it affects our bodies. THis movie will make you think twice about what you eat and definitely makes its point. Let's take care of our bodies and live healthy, its the only one we have.

I will never eat Mc Donalds again. This is not a slick film, but it is real and shows the ups and downs of this type of project. It is clear that anyone who eats this type of food for every meal is a nutter. What about a sequel though run over the course of a year? On second thoughts don't, I don't want someone's death on my conscience.

I think that the guy who made this movie was trying to be like Micheal Moore in that he was trying to bring down "McDonald's" in a very sensationalist and dramatic way. I think that a 20 minute expose on the health value and marketing strategies of "McDonald's" would be sufficient to bring forward the points he was trying to make, but a full-length movie on the subject was too much for me. After a while it was just making me hungry for "McDonald's".

By the way, I love "McDonald's". I understand that it is a big capitolist money-making machine that markets junk food to children. However, they do have healthy foods on the menu such as chicken salad. They also raise money for children with cancer. Every month or so I just have to fill my craving for a Big Mac, a Fish Filet or an Egg McMuffin.

My belief in healthy eating has to with moderation. of course, as the movie makes clear, eating "McDonald's" every day is bad for your health. But I don't think there's anything wrong with taking the family out to "McDonald's" every other month or so, especially if your on a road trip.

This is not the kind of movie that you'll want to buy and watch over and over again. I would rent it and stop at "McDonald's" on your way back to returning it.

All the naysayers are missing the point. Let me address each critique:

1) Who would be so stupid to believe that eating McDonald for a month is not unhealthy for you?

McDonald it seems. The reason for making this movie was the judge claiming that there was no proof that McDonald food (or food in general) could cause any physical problem. Besides McDonald worked hard to censore an article that suggested to limit McDonald foods.

2) Is this some sort of revelation? Are we supposed to be shocked that Mr. Spurlock gains weight and doesn't feel well after the month is over?

Apparently so, since McDonald and a judge declared there's no evidence food can make this to you. Hence the reason for making the movie.
Most of the value of the movie is not in the McDonald attack but in showing people that indeed you can cause your depression, weakness, tiredness, apathy, mood swings, irritability, migraine and much more with foods. Many people believe it's impossible for a wrong diet to cause problems and whenever they feel sick or chronically sick they blame genes or germs and gulp down pills. Not many believe that what you eat can make such a difference in your life and hence this movie is a real eye-opener.

My mother depression was caused by her diet. Once she started eating smaller portions, more often, an healthy protein and an healthy carb, healthy fats and dropped the sweets and sugars and processed food her diagnosed manic-depressive-compulsive depression disappeared completely. But she just laughed at me when I suggested that the way she ate was causing her sickness ... until she saw this movie and made the choice to change her diet.

The most important scene in the movie is the way school students on an healthier diet feel and function. No one can deny the eye-opening effect of such clearly explained information.

3) No one is forcing people to eat at McDonald, it's their choice!

An important aspect of the movie is how McDonald food is addictive for the brain causing dependency at which point it becomes a drive you have no control upon. If you miss your dose you feel sick. So people might say "I will just have one" but they found out they can't control their impulses to have more. Such effect (expecially from sugar rich foods) has been demonstrated on the medical literature.

4) Exercise makes the difference.

There's no way exercising can bypass the damage caused by a wrong diet.
If you knew someone who ate lot of McDonald and exercised and was healthy and slim it just means you were dealing with a fast-metabolizer probably young person who had a system strong enough to deal with such massive junk overload and nutritional deficiencies. Eventually comes the last straw that breaks the camel's back and from there it's all downhill. Besides being in high school and slim and exercising doesn't mean being healthy. A lot of people call themselves healthy but suffer from a lot of food-related issues like mood-swings, tiredness, indigestion, stomachace, chronic headache, nausea and so on.

5) They could choose healthier foods when eating at McDonald

Another important aspect of the movie is how the healthier alternatives are not that healthier but filled with hidden fats or extra sugars. Even the salad are not that healthier.

Going back to point two it is easy to see that many people might be mislead to eat McDonald foods ignoring it causes neuroendocrinological dependence and believing to be safe by choosing the healthier options.
Hence it's right to consider them victims of misinformation, misleading compaigns and poor food quality. If we can agree on this we can agree that this movie is indeed useful.

I have bought this movie to show it to as many people as possible, not to demonstrate that McDonald is unhealthy but that food can indeed makes the difference between health or sickness, between feeling radiant or feeling miserable.