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Sep 2, 2004

Super Size Me

A documentary with the sole aim of exposing the evils of fast food culture to the American public by Morgan Spurlock, who undergoes the dangerous experiment of intense "fast-foodization" himself.

As a part of this expose, Spurlock eats at McDonalds, 3 times a day for a month and nothing else - all the food he ever consumed during this month came from McDonalds all over the United States. He started off as a healthy young man, with his blood sugar, pressure, cholestrol in their healthiest of ranges and in just a matter of a month, he gains almost 30 pounds, his liver is poisoned(similar to liver poisoning by years of alcohol use) and has an addiction to fast food charecterised by cravings, high heart rate, pressure on chest, decreased libido and a lot other harmful vital signs.

In addition to Morgan's own adventure, during the course of the documentary we see how the American school system feeds its children almost totally on fast foods and sugar, how "super-sizing" became an everyday phenomenon and how less, the doctors themselves know about the effects of fast food.

The documentary doesn't imply we need to embark on an all-out war against fast food. But its always advisable to watch what you eat, after all you have only just one body and moderation is the key.

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