[Rataxes]

Not saying McDonalds make healthy food, but it wasn't the quality of their food that caused Spurlock to nearly eat himself to death. Living on mainly saturated fats and fast carbs for a month doesn't do that to you, many people live like that for decades before they eventually clog their veins and die.

The thing that really devastated him was the vast amounts he ate (which I admit is also mainly McDonalds fault for serving grossly oversized portions). Someone said he gained 16 pounds in 12 days, which probably amounts to at least 3000 calories above his base energy need per day. If I ate that much energy for a few weeks I'd probably feel as bad as Spurlock regardless of whether that energy came from McDonalds or from fruits, nuts and fish.

[ 04-12-2005, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]