Last night I watched Morgan Spurlock's film, "Supersize Me." Spurlock's the guy who did the experiment of eating nothing but McDonald's for 30 days to see what the effect might be on his body and spirit. Well, even the three doctors he consulted prior to and throughout the experiment did not anticipate how quickly his numbers (the level of his cholesterol and many other constituents of his blood) would go to hell. And he gained 25 pounds.
I was amazed that, after about three weeks, when all three doctors warned him to abandon the experiment, he persevered and finished, and only then went on an eight-week regimen to try to get his numbers back to their original excellent levels. I couldn't have done it.
Hard movie to watch. Made me feel really thankful that I've never been hooked on "fast food" and have eaten Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and Whoppers only rarely. "Hooked" isn't just a metaphor. Spurlock's investigative reporting documented that the American food industry's tactics for attracting children are as disturbing as those of the cigaret industry have been. McDonalds especially, with its playground, its toys, its clown....
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