50 Documentaries to See Before You Die - How "Super Size Me" changed McDonald's menus forever

[astralweeks23]

Yeah, this movie made McDonalds get rid of their Supersize size... for awhile.. But, now its back. 

[CripShat27]

@HalflifeDream I understand why they changed their menus. It just really irritates me that they had two. I guess I over estimated the intelligence of the general public. I thought that everyone already knew how unhealthy McDonald's was. But I guess there really were people who honestly didn't know. And now, because of them, McDonald's food is healthier, but it tastes like crap, their portions are 5 times smaller, and yet they charge 5 times more. Big business is a funny thing, ain't it?

[CripShat27]

@HalflifeDream "this is a man who's rarely touched any sort of unhealthiness" And how exactly did he do that? Did he lock himself in a box full of fruit and salad for years? No, he was just a person who knew how to make healthy choices. People who get fat CHOOSE not to make healthy choices. It's not McDonald's fault that people decide to order the fries instead of the apples, therefore they shouldn't have to change their menus. McDonald's didn't "get caught" for anything.

[Poodleinacan]

@CripShat27 And that's what my mom does;healthy food... But I ate poutine once a week, this summer at my job...I didn't take any weight (I'm slim), but the thing is what happens internally...

[Jallandhara]

Super Size Me, aka. How to lie about 5000 calories a day and take almost a year to lose twenty pounds because vegan nutrition doesn't counteract catabolism.

[yoltmb]

This is another way the "Man" keeps you down. It's cheap, but you don't have to buy what they sellin'.

[Poodleinacan]

@CripShat27 well, theirs adds makes kids think that their food is healthy.

[CripShat27]

@Poodleinacan Here's the thing, when you're a kid, you are pretty much FORCED to eat whatever it is that your parents feed you, whether you like it or not. So as long as the parents know better than to feed their kids fast food, then it doesn't really matter what they're kids think. It's the parents job to give their children healthy food. And any parent who blames McDonalds for their kids health is just too lazy to give their kids something healthier.

[Poodleinacan]

Some months ago, I barely ate a breakfast, but I ate a lot of KFC for diner...I was full for the rest of the day and the morning after (I don't eat a lot of fast food... But some times I do eat fast food)...After that, thinking of eating KFC was a no (because I kinda ate to much...but now, I could eat some... Never the less, it good to eat fast food, like once per months, or less...

[timeslush]

Oddly enough, how to eat nutritiously is not really common knowledge. And when bombarded with advertising, chain stores

[jcudal32]

this movie is great. havent eaten McDos since. dont plan to anymore.

[EricPerridon2302]

Love This Documentarie Just amzing

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

Big Macs cause ED and squirrel aids

[athan1214]

you know he ate over 5000 calories a day right? let me level that with you. if you at a large meal for breakfest, lunch, and dinner, and you added dessert to both breakfest and lunch, thats only around 3000 calories. and no, don't say super size would add up to that. he only supersize about 6 times. think about it.

[TheMagicalTouch]

@athan1214 and a daily avarage to a grown man is 2000 calories...

[athan1214]

@TheMagicalTouch true, but that way he ate doesn't add up. that means he ate an extra 2 or 3 meals to do so.

[albnorhyno]

Like most documentaries the problem was the biased one sided view of it.

When I was wrestling I had 2 hour practices, 2 hour weight training and an hour of running/cardio every day...and I ate at mcdonalds ever day because oall my money went to training...and yet I was int eh best shape of my life at 320lbs and 6% body fat...now I don't spend all that time exercising but eat much better and I'm 290 with about 18% body fat...if all you do is eat three doubles at a time your going to get fat.

[luffy346]

@albnorhyno If I recall correctly, to make the experience accurate, he lives like an ''average american'' Walking about 4000 steps a day instead of the recommended 10000, no training. Of cours if you train 5 hours a day, you can eat pretty much anything and still be ok. But that wasn't the point of the documentary.

[albnorhyno]

@luffy346 Thats the rub though, this film had an agenda and that does not make for accurate anythings. I could have made the same type of film with the agenda of helping them showing me working out all the time it's not accurate though, neither is 2 double quarter pounders with a sundae being an average americans meal. I loved this film but he went out of his way to make sure it ruined his health, no water, no training, walking only 4000 steps a day and ordering more than the average person.

[BoredomCorner]

@albnorhyno This film's agenda was illustrating what a regular McDonald's diet would do to people -- and let's be honest, a lot of people eat NOTHING but fast food, and exercise very little.

[milkdud8300]

mcdonalds, is the fricken bommb.

[CripShat27]

Here's the thing,every fucking idiot on the planet KNOWS that fast food is bad for you.We didn't need a movie to tell us that.Not everyone eats at McDonalds everyday. And if you were to choose ANY restaurant and do the exact same thing you would get the same results.McDonalds shouldnt have to change their menus just because some people don't have the will power not to eat their food!I think the whole thing is just an excuse for people to blame someone or something else for their weight problems.

[jhns3n]

@CripShat27 if i remember correctly the point of this documentary was because mcdonalds stated that if a person ate for x amount of days like 30 they will be healthy or something like that so the guy put it to the test. but with most of what u say i agree :)

[IAm18SeriouslyIAm]

@CripShat27 Yeah but people dont always listen to reason unless they see the extreme of the risk

[BoredomCorner]

@CripShat27 So it's fine to you, that McDonald's encourages people to regularly eat what is basically poison?

[CripShat27]

@BoredomCorner Uh, yeah. If you think it's poison then you don't have to eat it. It's as simple as that. It's not like Ronald McDonald is sneaking into your house at night stuffing chicken nuggets in your mouth.

[wwickeddogg]

@CripShat27 You are way over-estimating the intelligence of most people. Your attitude would be right if the rest of us could simply walk away from fat diabetic heart attack victims, but we can't and paying for their health care is a burden on everyone. Sure I don't care if a crack head in Detroit gets fucked up on Meth, but if I am in an inflatable raft in the middle of the ocean with him, you can sure as shit believe that it will be my business.

[dmanjdb]

@CripShat27 Did you see the movie by any chance?

[EternalNomad]

@CripShat27 THIS. A million times, THIS.

[MuteMusicalMorgan]

@CripShat27 That's really an interesting point that you make. I would have never thought about it that way. I agree with you, though. People really just need to develop will power.

[Hottie0926]

I hate McDonald's. And seeing the whole film of the guy eating McDonald's all day for a period of time made me even MORE disgusted. I don't trust McDonald's & i'm sure as hell no going there anymore.

[gotohellgooglization]

....and yet McDonalds "super sized" thier PRICES. 

[WavesOfVideo]

cooler. :)

[BrownEyedGirl828]

cool. :)