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I worked for MacDonalds for a year and read their answer to the film in their MDUK staff magazine, so I had to go and see the question. :-)
It is very much Bowling for Colombine with guns being replaced with fries and coke and the NRA being replaced with MacDonalds.
The "30 binge" stunt is really stupid, and just as cringeworthy as MacDonalds, although you do get to hear his girlfriend talking of how it's affected his "performance".
Still, despite the hyperbole, there is an important message shining through and plenty of evidence to suggest that it is a problem in America.
Interestingly, the guy famous eating a record number of Big Macs (it must be nearly 20,000 by now...) actually has a low calorie count.
It'll obviously be partly metabolism, but it was also a lot to do with the fact that he rarely dabbled with coke of fries. The "soda drinks" are what the medical experts recommended ditching the most when the binge eater's health got bad.
It also had a lot of Moore style humour, just aimed at heavy people rather than crazy right wingers or gun toting militias! :-)
I guess it's worth watching but... :-S
It is very much Bowling for Colombine with guns being replaced with fries and coke and the NRA being replaced with MacDonalds.
The "30 binge" stunt is really stupid, and just as cringeworthy as MacDonalds, although you do get to hear his girlfriend talking of how it's affected his "performance".
Still, despite the hyperbole, there is an important message shining through and plenty of evidence to suggest that it is a problem in America.
Interestingly, the guy famous eating a record number of Big Macs (it must be nearly 20,000 by now...) actually has a low calorie count.
It'll obviously be partly metabolism, but it was also a lot to do with the fact that he rarely dabbled with coke of fries. The "soda drinks" are what the medical experts recommended ditching the most when the binge eater's health got bad.
It also had a lot of Moore style humour, just aimed at heavy people rather than crazy right wingers or gun toting militias! :-)
I guess it's worth watching but... :-S
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Chr1s wrote:
> I know the film is trying to make the point that eating at Mcdonalds
> is unhealthy, but realistically, who the hell is gonna eat 3 meals
> there every day.
Have you seen the size of some of the people in America? A majority are now morbidly obese. THAT'S who'll eat there 3 times a day.
> I know the film is trying to make the point that eating at Mcdonalds
> is unhealthy, but realistically, who the hell is gonna eat 3 meals
> there every day.
Have you seen the size of some of the people in America? A majority are now morbidly obese. THAT'S who'll eat there 3 times a day.
I quite enjoyed super size me. I found it quite funny that he finds a hair in his food, this has happened a few times to me and I find it truely disgusting. I would certainly agree with how it makes you feel, I tend to get headaches and feel grotty after eating them. Which is why I tend to avoid Mc Donalds when I can. Much prefer BK and KFC..at least their food appears to be half decent unlike "Maccy D's". The Slogan "I'm loving it" is a complete joke too!
I actually decided to try one of their "Deli" Chicken Tikka things the other day and it was crap. The chicken was awful and you just got salad in a bun, my parents also thought it was digusting too. The way Mc Donalds are going they will have no customers left because their food really is greasy crap in a bun.
I actually decided to try one of their "Deli" Chicken Tikka things the other day and it was crap. The chicken was awful and you just got salad in a bun, my parents also thought it was digusting too. The way Mc Donalds are going they will have no customers left because their food really is greasy crap in a bun.
Chr1s wrote:
> I know the film is trying to make the point that eating at Mcdonalds
> is unhealthy, but realistically, who the hell is gonna eat 3 meals
> there every day.
That's why no one has suffered like he has.
But problems that hit him in the short run would hit a more moderate "abuser" in the long run.
So people who had Fast Food 3 times a week would gradually start feeling the depression and the like. In reply to Sheepy, I know what you mean.
It's weird because it tastes nice (and sometimes not even that) but you feel a bit fatigue and then you feel hungry again later.
Although some of the newer menu items aren't so bad.
The new Premium Salads, for example, sure if you have the dressing on them (which you most likely will) then they have more calories than a Big Mac, but that's not the issue.
As that skinny guy showed, Big Macs themselves aren't the problem.
Fries and Coke are much worse (especially as they've got the salt and sugar) and with the salads you get two portions of fruit and veg, so you get some nutrients too.
That Grilled Chicken Sandwich was lovely while they did it, but funnily enough, such a beautifully delicate sandwich didn't perform well to the average MacDonalds customer! :-)
Still, these "nice" items are a lot more expensive...
> I know the film is trying to make the point that eating at Mcdonalds
> is unhealthy, but realistically, who the hell is gonna eat 3 meals
> there every day.
That's why no one has suffered like he has.
But problems that hit him in the short run would hit a more moderate "abuser" in the long run.
So people who had Fast Food 3 times a week would gradually start feeling the depression and the like. In reply to Sheepy, I know what you mean.
It's weird because it tastes nice (and sometimes not even that) but you feel a bit fatigue and then you feel hungry again later.
Although some of the newer menu items aren't so bad.
The new Premium Salads, for example, sure if you have the dressing on them (which you most likely will) then they have more calories than a Big Mac, but that's not the issue.
As that skinny guy showed, Big Macs themselves aren't the problem.
Fries and Coke are much worse (especially as they've got the salt and sugar) and with the salads you get two portions of fruit and veg, so you get some nutrients too.
That Grilled Chicken Sandwich was lovely while they did it, but funnily enough, such a beautifully delicate sandwich didn't perform well to the average MacDonalds customer! :-)
Still, these "nice" items are a lot more expensive...
It was an interesting film for sure, especially when the first burger made him spew. What a lightweight. Although to be honest if it was me and i started to get heart palpatations i would have stopped it straight away.
I stopped eating it for a few years then I was stuck somewhere and starving so got one... I felt all ill, greasy and still hungry.
Loads of balls, Fast Food Nation is a good book.
Loads of balls, Fast Food Nation is a good book.
Their sales were falling anyway. Because they sell turds in buns.
I know the film is trying to make the point that eating at Mcdonalds is unhealthy, but realistically, who the hell is gonna eat 3 meals there every day.
Amazing how he went from being pretty much 100% healthy to bleurgh. Shocking documentary and have just noticed I haven't eaten a McDonalds since watching it months ago.. :-s
Bet it didn't make an inch of a difference in their sales though!
Bet it didn't make an inch of a difference in their sales though!
I worked for MacDonalds for a year and read their answer to the film in their MDUK staff magazine, so I had to go and see the question. :-)
It is very much Bowling for Colombine with guns being replaced with fries and coke and the NRA being replaced with MacDonalds.
The "30 binge" stunt is really stupid, and just as cringeworthy as MacDonalds, although you do get to hear his girlfriend talking of how it's affected his "performance".
Still, despite the hyperbole, there is an important message shining through and plenty of evidence to suggest that it is a problem in America.
Interestingly, the guy famous eating a record number of Big Macs (it must be nearly 20,000 by now...) actually has a low calorie count.
It'll obviously be partly metabolism, but it was also a lot to do with the fact that he rarely dabbled with coke of fries. The "soda drinks" are what the medical experts recommended ditching the most when the binge eater's health got bad.
It also had a lot of Moore style humour, just aimed at heavy people rather than crazy right wingers or gun toting militias! :-)
I guess it's worth watching but... :-S
It is very much Bowling for Colombine with guns being replaced with fries and coke and the NRA being replaced with MacDonalds.
The "30 binge" stunt is really stupid, and just as cringeworthy as MacDonalds, although you do get to hear his girlfriend talking of how it's affected his "performance".
Still, despite the hyperbole, there is an important message shining through and plenty of evidence to suggest that it is a problem in America.
Interestingly, the guy famous eating a record number of Big Macs (it must be nearly 20,000 by now...) actually has a low calorie count.
It'll obviously be partly metabolism, but it was also a lot to do with the fact that he rarely dabbled with coke of fries. The "soda drinks" are what the medical experts recommended ditching the most when the binge eater's health got bad.
It also had a lot of Moore style humour, just aimed at heavy people rather than crazy right wingers or gun toting militias! :-)
I guess it's worth watching but... :-S
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