"Super Size Me!"

There's something else that happened to me recently on a health note.  I watched the film "Super Size Me" and I have never been more disgusted over fast food than I did after watching this movie.  For those who have not yet seen it, first of all you should, but I'll give you a synopsis about the film.

It starts with a real lawsuit filed by two teenage girls who are suing McDonald's for not educating them about their food, thus making them overweight and obese.  The narrator, Morgan Spurlock, investigates this claim, from the teenage girls, that one will become obese and put themselves at significant health risks if they continually eat McDonald's.  He decides to eat food from McDonald's for 30 days for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  And he also limits his walking to that of the average american, five-thousands steps a day.

I don't want to ruin the rest of the show for you, so here are some things of note.  After 1 week on the diet he gains about 5 pounds, and 5 more pounds after week two.  After three weeks his doctors, which he has three monitoring his health, all recommend him to stop his diet because it is affecting his health significantly.  His liver appears like it is beginning to fail, he wakes up at night with a shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, and he experiences what he believes are heart palpitations.  Pretty scary stuff, right?  Oh, and my favorite part is you get to see footage of a gastric bypass surgery... mmm...  Ya know, it says this in the film, McDonald's actually got rid of their "Super Size" after this film.  They claim it had nothing to do with the movie.

Needless to say, after I finished watching this film I felt disgusted.  I even had to go on a run just to overcome that feeling!  The run felt great!  So I'll probably limit my fast food intake even more, and continue to exercise.  If you haven't yet seen it, watch it!  Even though I was disgusted, I recommend it!  If you've already seen it, let this be a reminder, fast food is dangerous!