Super Size Me
I know many of you have seen this movie but I just finally got around to watching it. I, like the star's Grandma of the movie, cook from scratch all the time and I think that makes a difference in my family’s health. But the point this documentary makes is that home cooking, for most, is a thing of the past. He starts out this adventure with pretty good health with a normal BMI but I think we all know where this leads. 
The gynormousness of super-sized fries still shocks me, but Morgan Spurlock explains the affect of eating them best by referring to his stomach as McBrick and McStomach-ache, and having McSweats and McTwitches. This is an excellent movie to give a simple look at the role toxicity and laziness has in our overall health.
The deterioration of his body and his health is shocking. Obesity is the obvious problem with fast food, but what is interesting is the fact that the documentary notes the onset of depressive feelings and this mind-body connection is often overlooked in the media.
The worst part for me is the fact that fast food IS affordable and, in this economy, often the choice for families on a budget. Don’t get me wrong; I am guilty of an occasional Filet-o-Fish value meal. But, even if you have already seen this documentary, it might be good to revisit the idea and remember how Spurlock looked and felt at the end before we pull into that drive-thru.
Dr. Lisa Samuel
Reader Comments (7)
this is awesome! i liked the movie it was tight! :)
I caught a part of this movie last night and it literally made me nauseous. The most powerful part was when he was in the car expressing how he felt after he ate the food, as you referenced above. McBrick, McStomach-ache etc. The gagging and vomit topped the cake. His body rejected the toxins. How do we help share the message to the public? I currently write a segment on my blog called "Sunday Supper" that provides a recipe and instruction for a home-cooked meal made from locally sourced or organic ingredients. The intention of getting families around the table and in the kitchen again but I still find that they don't want to participate. Do you have any advice?
After we watched the movie in health class, it just made me crave a burger. Hehe.
The most powerful part was when he was in the car expressing how he felt after he ate the food, as you referenced above.
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Fast food is not a problem with obesity. Food in general, coupled with laziness, is a problem with getting FAT. Obesity is just another excuse for loafers to eat more cake.
"I'm fat cause I can't help it, so *nom nom nom*"
It's not the fast food industries' faults. it yours. you can say no to super size. you can say no to the meal deal and just get the burger. you can order it without gobbing amounts of sauce or mayo. Order the happy meals plain. It's YOUR responsibility - not the corporations' or government's.
Fast Food is faaar from budget food. That stuff gets expensive. Daily , Happies for 3 kids over a week hits about $45. Bread and sandwich stuff that'll last those 3 the same week - $20. Families don't grab McD's cause it's so affordable; they do it for the convenience. It's easier to spend a few $$$ than it is to try and fit in time to cook a meal.
Here's a little something: this man shocked his system. At the time, he was living on his girlfriend's vegetarian diet. You can't just immediately start eating normal food, much less fast food, in copious amounts like that. Not when you've just been on such a restrictive diet. That's a major contributer to how fat and shitty he got. It also doesn't do him much credit how uncooperative he was with his film's reception. Not only did he claim calorie numbers that didn't add up, but he flat out refuses to this day to allow anyone to see his food diaries. Even for other documentarians.
Let us remind people that home cooking and fancy restaurants are just as bad, and often worse, than fast food. We often don't think about it. A plate with cream sauce at a fancy restaurant could be loaded in excess of 900 calories. Your mom's casserole could run you a good 800 with sides and drinks.
The only thing that makes scratch cooking a little better, is that YOU control the ingredients. Gonna thicken that soup the old fashioned way with fatty roux, or just use some flour n water? Gonna fry that shrimp in canola oil, or the much healthier and fat burning coconut oil? Having that 3 egg omelette the usual way, or with one yolk and whites for filler?
Of course this all depends on YOU being responsible for what you eat. if you could do that in the first place, then the fast food thing wouldn't matter to begin with.
*face palm*
Stop being fat and making excuses. Next time you do, try looking in the mirror. Put down the fork, stop eating cake, and get your ass off the couch and GO. OUTSIDE. Do stuff. You'll find it's much more entertaining than another rerun of NCIS and their magical crime solving fantasy computers.
I'm watching the movie right now in health class.
It seems pretty cool, how he could do this task and not get sick.