A very well made documentary about the dangers of fast food - in specific McDonalds. Its pretty funny, and scary at the same time, and it definitly affected me and I now actively try to control how much fast food I eat. If you guys havent seen this yet, I highly recommend you guys do.

http://www.supersizeme.com/

not sure where you can get/watch this movie, as I got it off the school network.

phiwha

United States158 Posts

October 15 2004 09:16 GMT

Ooops, wrong forum, can a mod please move this to general?

Manifesto7

Osaka27166 Posts

October 15 2004 09:22 GMT

Yeah, it really amazed me. McDonalds truely is the devil. Salt, sugar and fat are the only things that make up that garbage. I spent three years working in that dump, and I saw things that turned me off that food forever.

Thre real eyeopener is the psychological aspect fo the food. If I do eat McD's, I really do feel better for about thirty minutes, and then I hit a real wall.

I know there was a topic earlier about this movie, but it really is something that anyone that eats that food should eat.

JoeUser

United States684 Posts

October 15 2004 09:31 GMT

I'll have to take a look. I read Fast Food Nation a few years ago, opened my eyes.

XDawn

Canada4040 Posts

October 15 2004 09:33 GMT

If you ask me, I'd say food that people eat in asia and such are the healthiest compared to western MCDONALDS (OHH GOD, STOP SAYING IT! T_T) and crap.

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

October 15 2004 09:34 GMT

that clown was scary.. if i had 1 of those and i saw it in the niht i'd FREAK THE FUCK OUt

I like mcdonalds but i only eat it once a week =]

0wNaG3-

333 Posts

October 15 2004 09:34 GMT

The movie was ok...... I think anyone with a brain can pick between a subway or a mcdonalds....

seeyoulater

970 Posts

October 15 2004 10:03 GMT

I just read an article that said something like Obesity in China has doubled in the past 10 years.

Refrain[FriZ]

Canada4337 Posts

October 15 2004 10:04 GMT

great movie

eigenSpace

United States122 Posts

October 15 2004 10:10 GMT

#10

remember the guy who ate a lot of big macs, yet he manages to maintain his cholesterol. perhaps big macs are an acceptably healthy food?

0x64

Finland4605 Posts

October 15 2004 10:12 GMT

#11

I went to mcdonald today and enjoyed my food

Had those new fried shrimps, cost a lot and doesnt feed a man.
Well the problem with the fast food is the food you eat before and after it, and/or the "get a lot more product, for just a little more money" system. It's not the fact that its fast food that makes it bad, but the fact that its cheap food. And to make cheap food good, you add salt and grease :D.

KOFgokuon

United States14908 Posts

October 15 2004 10:15 GMT

#12

wtf mcdonalds has shrimp? since when? this documentary was definitely interesting though, i watched it with my sister's new husband

0x64

Finland4605 Posts

October 15 2004 10:24 GMT

#13

Its a new campaign in finland at least... I dont know if there are shrimps anywhere else.
8 shrimp + soda, 5 bucks.

eigenSpace

United States122 Posts

October 15 2004 10:25 GMT

#14

the stark differences between the joints in europe and here are real, i suppose.

iLoveLulu

Venezuela457 Posts

October 15 2004 10:34 GMT

#15

McDonals sucks, they just make some sh!t that taste good, but does not do something ncie for your body, so...=P

Really nice

lingwu

Japan321 Posts

October 15 2004 10:41 GMT

#16

i only like McDonald's ice cream..

SiS

United States753 Posts

October 15 2004 10:49 GMT

#17

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DJEtterStyle

United States2766 Posts

October 15 2004 10:52 GMT

#18

Good movie, but it's nothing really new. McDonald's is bad for you. Everyone knows that.

Businesses cater to demand, and it's not like McDonald's is any worse for you than Wendy's, Burger King, Carl's Junior, or Jack in the Box. If people didn't buy their food, they wouldn't sell it. It's the same as the tobacco companies: you can harp on them all you want, but they're just satisfying a demand. And if they don't, someone else will.

But yeah, check out the movie. It's entertaining, and the diet's impact on his liver is pretty astounding.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 15 2004 11:09 GMT

#19

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gLyo

United States2410 Posts

October 15 2004 11:43 GMT

#20

at the end isn't he at risk of death if he continues his diet? i've never seen the movie but i've heard this...