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DirtBasedSoap posted...

is eating really unhealthy food every day really that bad for you???

yeah that question could have been answered without the documentary but it was still very interesting

I think the more egregious part is almost a total lack of any real food science, and he basically set himself up for failure with his rules. Calories in, calories out is pretty much what it comes down to, but the movie doesn't tell you that. I haven't seen it but I heard someone did a rebuttal film where they also only ate McDonald's, except they controlled their portions and actually exercised, and were more or less healthy. And Spurlock had such a hard time choking some of the meals down it kinda disproved his angle that Americans stomach this kind of diet too easily... either that, or he should've gotten someone who is obese to do it.

OhhhJa posted...

I will say that he made an impact I guess. They stopped asking if you wanted to super-size your meal after that

I remember before that film it was rare to see calories openly on menus, chicken items/salads weren't very common, and "fast casual" wasn't really a big thing. Of course a lot of those things end up not really being all that healthy either, and it's probably more of a domino effect from the movie at best. I'm hesitant to give him too much credit, though that movie was pretty big at the time... seems like everyone around my age has a shared experience of seeing it in HS health class