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Originally posted by smirkley
It's good to see some corporate responsability considering it is a product packed full of heart attack juice already.
Most people connot control their habitual intake or lifestyle, as cigarettes have clearly demonstrated.
Spurlock, a tall New Yorker of usually cast-iron constitution, made himself the guinea pig in this dogged investigation into the effects of fast food on the body. He ate only at McDonald's for a month - three meals, every day - and took a camera crew along to record it. If a server offered to super-size his order, he was obliged to accept - and to ingest everything, gherkins and all.
Neither Spurlock, 33, nor the three doctors who agreed to monitor his health during the experiment were prepared for the degree of ruin it would wreak on his body. Within days, he was vomiting up his burgers and battling with headaches and depression. And his sex drive vanished.
When Spurlock had finished, his liver, overwhelmed by saturated fats, had virtually turned to pate. "The liver test was the most shocking thing," said Dr Daryl Isaacs, who joined the team to watch over him. "It became very, very abnormal."
Spurlock put on nearly 12kg over the period and his cholesterol level leapt from a respectable 165 to 230. He told the New York Post: "I got desperately ill. My face was splotchy and I had this huge gut, which I've never had in my life ... It was amazing - and really frightening." And his girlfriend, a vegan chef? "She was completely disgusted by me," he said.
Originally posted by KrazyJethro
Yes, it illuminates the obvious, but more importantly, it sticks it in the foreground of thinking.
It SHOULD be obvious to everyone, but again, some are not that bright. Seems to me that anyone who couldn't figure out that a two patty greesy half meat burger with cheese, a 42 oz coke and a literal vat of oiled up french fries is not healthy in the least, should just be ignored for the intellectual midget they are.
Originally posted by PEACEMONGER
You surely don't think they changed for the good of the regular people. People will eat the same they just will have to pay more for it. Thus adding to Mc's profit margin
Originally posted by smilingsarah82
Originally posted by PEACEMONGER
You surely don't think they changed for the good of the regular people. People will eat the same they just will have to pay more for it. Thus adding to Mc's profit margin
you've got a good point there, they can 'claim' that it is for the good of the american public, but just want to make more money. hmmm..... something to think about.
Originally posted by chrisnolefan
Mickey Dee's is probably loosing their @ss somehow on not chargin enough for their supersize fries. This whole thing so stupid. Maybe they are counting on america becoming outraged that we can no longer supersize our Big Macs, then theyll bring the option back and charge 20% more. McDonalds Sucks Anyway!!! Whataburger is much BETTER
[Edited on 7-3-2004 by chrisnolefan]