Tuesday, December 9, 2008

"Super Gag me"


Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary "Super Size me" is the cure for any one's fast food cravings. This man chooses to go on a McDonald's binge for 30 days to show the affects their food will have on his overall health. First of all, who wants to do that? I would rather die. I mean he almost did, the doctors had to beg him to stop contaminating his body with those "poisons". Gaining 10 lbs. in one week isn't good for any one's health. I got the point of the documentary and give Morgan much credit for doing it, but is he crazy? I know he was trying to convince McDonald's to make a change but they are just like any other business in America; as long as their making money off millions of people, their going to continue doing what it is they do. No matter how many Americans become obese, there will still be McDonald's and they will always have loyal fans. But why can't fast food industries make their foods just a little bit healthier? And I'm not talking about those salads that contain as much calories as a cheeseburger.
According to http://www.truthinlabeling.org/, Processed Free Glutamic Acid (MSG), which is used by many food and beverage companies, is a harmful neurotoxin and excitotoxin that leads to and/or worsens many health problems ranging from headaches, migraines, mood change, nausea, pains in joints/bones, sleep disorders, chronic post nasal drip, heart irregularities and excessive perspiration to Asthma, ADD, Depression, Obesity and many more. It is also implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as Lou Gehrig`s (ALS), Parkinson`s and Alzheimer`s.
Life has become so fast pace for some people that stopping at a McDonald's, Wendy's or Burger King becomes routine. I mean every ones gotta eat right? But it doesn't have to be and shouldn't be a large french fry and big mac everyday for lunch. Anyone in their right mind knows that, and that's just my point. If you eat fast food everyday, you're out of your mind. If you care about your body you will respect it by eating nutritional foods and working out regularly. And if you don't respect your body, you will end up unhealthy and overweight. McDonald's is not forcing any of us to eat their food. If you are overweight because you haven't taken care of yourself, then no one is to blame but yourself. What about cars, desk jobs, and t.v.'s? Whatever happened to riding a bike, walking to the store thats a quarter mile away or going to the park instead of sitting on the couch watching t.v?What about my 16 year old, 230 lb. brother in law who plays video games for like ten hours a day? Aren't all these things contributing factors to obesity too?
Although Morgan's documentary didn't result in much improvement with the fast food industries, he was able to help public schools improve their lunches and hopefully had an impact on many people's lives. So if McDonald's corporations don't want to be responsible for the harms they are causing to our bodies than we must. We are responsible for what we put in our bodies, not what some fast food dump in selling at every street corner.

1 comment:

Paul G. said...

Great title.

Great job on the outside research too.