Supersize Me

Okay everyone has raved about this movie and it was actually one of the few times that I actually agreed. For those who have had their noses buried in the sand, Supersize Me chronicles the adventures of one Morgan Spurlock who took on the challenge of eating McDs for 30 days. His only rules were: that he could only eat whatever was on the McDs menu, that if he was asked to Supersize he would and he had to eat each menu item at least once in the 30 days. To say that it had a dramatic effect on his health would be an understatement. He was sick, his libido went awol, he had very low energy levels, he seemingly killed his kidney, and of course he put on a ton of weight that took him more than a year to complete lose again.

Not surprisingly McDs brought out its healthy eating range soon after this movie was released. Coincidence? Perhaps. I?m not saying that the movie gave an absolutely unbiased view of the effects of McDs on the body ? after all, who is going to eat it three times a day, every day of the week. If you ate anything in that manner I?m sure the body would react in the same way. However, it was a very entertaining piece and is worth going to see ? even if its only to laugh at America and its obsession with super sizing.