Hey everyone,
It was my first time watching the documentary “Super Size Me” even though I’ve heard of it before and knew what it was about. But I have to say it shocked me to see, what can happen to you if you eat Mc Donald’s for 30 days in a row. Unfortunately obesity in the United States has risen tremendously and obesity related illnesses like heart disease and diabetes have risen as well. Listen to this, 400,000 deaths per year are related to obesity related diseases. Wow!! That is a huge number. As a nation we consume too much junk food, and in big portions too (super sized). Morgan Spurlock who made this documentary and for 30 days non-stop ate Mc Donald’s proved to the American people how much you can harm yourself by eating it on a daily basis and three times a day. Mc Donald’s feeds 46 million people per day worldwide. 17 million of those people have diabetes. This numbers are outrageous. Spurlock was a healthy man, with an average weight for his height, with no cholesterol, no heart disease, nothing. Not until he started eating Mc Donald’s. Before he started the experiment, he consulted a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist and a general practitioner, all told him he was healthy. But as the time passed and he ate more and more of “super sized” meals, all high in fat and sugar, he started feeling fatigue, had headaches, felt depressed, gained weight and his sex-drive wasn’t as good as before. His girlfriend noticed the change as well, who I have to mention is a vegetarian and was against the entire experiment but she supported her boyfriend either way. The doctors who in the beginning were ok with the whole experiment and could never imagine how much he could harm his health and specifically his liver, started telling him that he MUST stop what he is doing because he will die! Spurlock continued the experiment. At this point he was addicted to Mc Donald’s. From 185 lbs, he reached over 200 lbs in 30 days. His cholesterol rose tremendously, and his triglycerides too. His liver had been affected, with fat.
Obesity is a major problem is the United States, in adults but in children too. I’m hoping that with the new nutrition acts, and campaigns against obesity, people will change their unhealthy eating habits and their lifestyle in the years to come. Obesity is one of the top major problems that cause death along with tobacco, drugs et.c . This documentary is worth watching, kids should watch it and learn how bad it is to be eating this junk food. Life is precious and short, we need to take care of ourselves and love “ourselves” more!
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It was my first time watching this movie too and I was also shocked at what Spurlock did, specially after 3 weeks that it is when he started to feel sick all the time, however it showed what this type of food can do to our bodies in small amount of time.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you Magda. Life is very precious and at times short. Event though this filme makes great points, it might be alittle to complicated for smaller children to understand fully. Maybe, if a more child-friendly version was made, they would understand better the real effects of junk food.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that some sort of national policy needs to be enforced about the dangers of fast food. Of course, people need to take personal responsibilty for what they eat. However, not everyone has the resources or funds to eat better. I like that the documentary makes it so obvious that we are bombarded with fast food messages constantly -it is practically engrained that we associate McDonalds with other aspects of our lives(children, toys, playgrounds, fun, convenience). The government needs to work on educating the consumer because we are being taken advantage of by the disproportionate marketing.
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