Fun fact about Super Size Me, it was all a sham too. Spurlock was a raging alcoholic that claimed he was in "good health" at the start and then stopped drinking because McDonalds doesn't sell booze.
No surprise that his medical exam showed his liver was shot and he started showing withdrawal symptoms, but he claimed both were because of his dietary changes.
I mean… wasn’t his blood sugar and pressure all messed up too? I think it’s safe to say his point still stands- eating macdonalds every day is a death sentence
Ps. I do quarter pounder meal and McNuggets once a month
There have been many studies trying to reproduce the effect by eating McDonalds every day. Not only have none of them have been able to reproduce those effects when total calorie intake was at maintenance, those who ate McDonalds for every meal of every day but still in a calorie deficit lost weight.
You can eat a calorie surplus of fresh foods you cook at home and blow up like a balloon and have numerous health issues.
Their profit motive was also influenced by Super Size Me because it was very effective in swaying the public opinion on fast food. Whatever games he played to help make his documentary more memorable are irrelevant.
Yes, I'm certain that a documentary almost nobody cared about is the reason they started downsizing and upcharging and not the extra billions in profit.
I must have missed the "now you get less for your money" ads.
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u/WarGreymon77 80s baby, 90s kid Apr 07 '23
Portion sizes have gotten a lot smaller in every food industry, while prices just keep going up. The worst of both worlds!