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Originally posted by irseg
Wasn't it revealed that the guy in this movie was eating something like 5000 calories a day? That much of ANY food would be harmful. Wow.. eating over double what a normal adult should will make you unhealthy. What an astounding revelation.
I guess next year's blockbuster movie will demonstrate how jamming a red hot poker in your eye is bad for you, along with commentary about those big evil poker corporations who are trying to kill us all.
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Yet, the point is that the guy ate one meal at McD's for each common American Meal time. There are people out there who eat fast food once and twice a day. this man ate it for all three meals and took the suggestion of "supersizing" when asked, only.
So, he simply ate what McD's called a "Meal." Tho, their meals were, hm.. let's see, 5000/3, well that would be 1666 2/3 calories. One damned unhealthy "Meal" at that. It is called a logical extreme. With help from the outcry that this documentary caused, we now have McD's putting "healthy" alternatives in their everyday menu.
Just like cigarette and alcohol advertisers utilizing strategies to acquire early users, and getting beat with the Govt. stick for it, fast food joints focus their advertising on children. This and the fact that their foods are physically, not chemically, addictive is also included in this film.
Please, don't over simplify things you do not understand.
(just wait, i am going to be called a "Libbie" or something for being in depth about and liking this documentary)