Please Don't Super Size Me!

Dawn and I just finished watching the documentary movie Super Size Me. That is a truly scary movie. It is all about this relatively healthy guy (Morgan Spurlock) eating nothing but McDonald's for 30 days. He had 3 doctors, a nutritionist and physical therapist follow his work, as well as his vegan gourmet girlfriend. At one point in the movie everyone, including the guy and his mother, expressed concern that he may suffer permanent damage or death as a result of this experiment. His doctors compared what he was doing to binge drinking and said appeared just as likely to destroy his liver.

Now I've never liked McDonald's. As a father of four, my oldest being 7, it is very difficult to persuade my kids that it is not a good place to eat, so I've occasionally given in. After watching this movie I am sure we will make a significant change in my families eating habits.

The movie reminded me of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, where he exposed the Chicago meat packing industry. It looks like it may be having a similar impact on the fast food industry.

If you have not seen this movie then I recommend it. I found it entertaining and educating. We all know fast food is bad for us, but do we really realize how bad for us it is? This movie really just scratched the surface of this subject.