Super-Criti-cize Me
Many of you will have heard about Supersize Me, a recent documentary film, essentially denouncing McDonald's' line of food. In it, Morgan Spurlock vows to eat only McDonald's food for 30 days, and has his health closely monitored along the way. The result was of course, massive weight gain, vital damage to the liver and other organs, and decreased energy, morale, etc.

People told me I wouldn't eat fast food for a long after seeing that movie. If only it were so. I've eaten three meals since then, one was a breakfast at A&W, and another was a lunch at Wendy's. I'm young (so I generally have a feeling of indestructability), I'm skinny (so I probably afford to gain a few pounds), and generally too lazy to make my own food, so I think it'll take a lot more than some guy with a bad moustache gaining a few pounds to scare me off of the stuff.

Also, his doctors were concerned, and his health specialist urgently suggested he give up the diet. Of course they will! Specialists, including in the world of health, are most often just extremist. If you buy a bike from bike specialists, they'll almost force all sorts of extra doo-dads on you that you don't need. If you get your hair done by a specialist, you won't even be able to understand the meaning of all of the stuff she's doing to benefit you. Specialists, especially the one's in this movie, are out of touch with the status quo. I don't live a hard-core active life, and I certainly don't have a hard core muscular body, nor do I want any of those, so why would I need a hard core nutritional plan.

Sorry Morgan, as much as I liked your movie, I will still eat at McDonald's, until my metabolism drops, that is, at which point I'll actually have to care. To those of you with lower metabolism, who have to actually work for a chiseled physique like mine, this may sound arrogant and ignorant. My diet allows my body to perform the various physical tasks I require of it, and until it doesn't there is no impetus to change.

   [ posted by William @ 10:07 PM ]