Tell us something we didn't know

Thanks to Bernie for this news tidbit:

One of the movies showing at the Sundance Festival is a documentary called Super Size Me. The film maker ate three meals a day at McDonald's for thirty days. The results were not pretty.

After bingeing on everything Ronald's menu has to offer at least once -- and supersizing when offered -- the previously trim and healthy Spurlock had spent about $850, gained 24 pounds, raised his once-normal cholesterol levels by 65 points, sent his blood-fat levels out of the Playland roof and, in one of his doctor's words, turned his liver into pate.

Plus, he became emotionally and physically addicted to the grub despite repercussions of headaches, chest pain, mood swings, exhaustion, depression, etc. "I felt depressed constantly when I was eating this food," he said. "I was a horrible person to be around most of the time."

I hope America will pay attention.

Me too, Bernie. But I'm not holding my breath...

Posted by Evo Terra at January 24, 2004 02:06 PM | TrackBack (0)