The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

At Fat Head the Movie premiere

A couple of years ago I got an email from a guy named Tom Naughton asking if he could come interview me for a movie he was making that was supposed to kind of be a counterpoint to Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me! I hadn’t seen Spurlock’s film at the time, but I knew enough about it that I was wary of anyone who wanted to make a film maybe showing fast food places in a positive light.  I wrote Tom back and suggested we talk.  Once he had me on the phone, Tom was able to make me realize that his film was not pro fast food, but was pro personal responsibility.  And that it was pro low-carb, since the diet he went on and lost weight on eating at nothing but fast food restaurants was a low-carb diet.

He came to visit with all his movie making paraphernalia and we set to the interview, which I wrote about in a previous post.  We kept in contact over the intervening years, and I watched multiple versions of the film as it evolved and got better and better with each new iteration.  Finally, Tom called to tell me Fat Head was finished.  MD and I attended the premiere of the movie a few weeks ago (we are pictured above with Tom at said premiere), and I can tell you that folks were laughing their heads off.  It’s a very funny movie made by a guy who is a professional comedian.  Along with being funny, however, the film is exceedingly thought provoking.  I can’t imagine anyone who might be anti low-carb watching it and coming away feeling the same.

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I apologize for my lack of attention to this blog over the past week, but I’ve been extremely busy.  MD and I left one conference weekend before last, came home for a day, and left for another conference, from which we just got home last night.  During the one day we were home, we were running errands and had the clutch go out on our car in exactly the same place it went out two years ago.  We were pulling off the exit from the freeway we always use when the clutch pedal went to the floor.  We pulled to the side of the off ramp unable to move and sat waiting for help.  We got the car safely to the shop and got home, but it took a few hours out of an already busy day.  So, as Bob Cratchit said to Scrooge, I’ve been behind my time since it seems.  If you’ve had a comment languishing in awaiting moderation purgatory, mea culpa.  There are about 30, and I’ll try to get them all dealt with within the next 24 hours.  By tomorrow I should be back on my regular schedule.

I planned to put up a regular medical/nutritional post today, but in view of the financial crisis, I figured I would instead put up this video that I saw earlier this year, months before the financial crisis exploded.  These comedians were very prescient.  I find it interesting that they discuss Bear Stearns by name long before Bear Stearns bought the farm.  I’ve always found it amazing that comedy (including political cartoons) seems to be able to encapsulate a situation and present it more understandably than an in depth investigative report.

See what you think.  I’ll be happy to post all comments.

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I was clicking through a blog about cake disasters that have befallen professional cooks, when I came across a post about the cake above. The post is titled: “Cake” Cruelty. Seems the cake is actually made of meat, and the blogger isn’t happy about it. Writes she: Read more »

It would never have occurred to me that Jessica Simpson and I might have something in common, but this photo proves otherwise.

For those readers here in Seppo-land, have a happy and safe 4th of July.