Comments on: Anti-supersize me movie almost finished

By: Megan Bagwell

Megan Bagwell — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:32:43 +0000

I just watched all the clips, and I also found the trailer, too. You sound and look great!! I’m so excited about this and hopefully it will get worked out soon so we all can actually see it…

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:04:28 +0000

i gathered from Super Size me that it was the unnatural engineering of food that was especially unhealthy; in any case Morgan Spurlock goes into a lot more than just physical effects of fast food in that movie… he talks about how people have been bred to eat the food they eat, and lots of it

By: Bruce Kleisner

Bruce Kleisner — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:57:56 +0000

Dr. Eades, I was wondering if you know who the doctor is talking right before you in the clip about Ancel Keys. His name isn’t given, as far as I can tell, but everyone else is identified.

Yes, it’s Dr. Al Sears.

Best–

MRE

By: Camilla

Camilla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:34:38 +0000

Hi!
Thanks for posting the film clips. I’m now looking forward to the whole movie! I’ll spread the word to everyone I know to watch them.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:16:53 +0000

Looks like your link is no longer working, if I’m correct this is the same video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4 , didn’t get a chance to watch yours…

I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while now, enjoying it very much and picked up lots of info on the way, thanks!
Plenty of serious stuff alternated with fun, just the way I like it!

The above link worked for me. And it is the same video.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Rico Vado

Rico Vado — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:52:19 +0000

Regardless of the good intentions and eminently reasonable testimony of Doctor Eades, I think this film will be terribly counter-productive, and I doubt Taubes will be pleased with this movie at all.

This documentary appears to be made by someone connected with the Center on Consumer Freedom. The CSPI criticism, though occasionally apt, parrots the Consumer Freedom CSPI attacks a little too closely (www.cspiscam.com). This whole network of advocacy campaigns are funded by the food industry (including Big Sugar) and are aimed at undermining any government role in determining health standards.

Think Taubes will like this stuff? Check out http://www.obesitymyths.com. Think Gary agrees that Metabolic Syndrome is just hype?

This film is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

I’ll let Tom Naughton answer this question himself, but I don’t think any money from any food industry group (CCF or otherwise) went into the making of this film.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:58:32 +0000

It is so infuriating to listen to these clips and read Gary’s book and find out how we got present day food/ nutrition guidelines. Can’t wait to see it and see how people react to it. I can already see spokespeople from AHA and ADA and every reg dietician screaming foul.

You mentioned somewhere recently about measuring LDL particle size and its importance. Was wondering if you planned writing in depth on this and the whys and hows of particle size, etc. Not that you don’t have enough to do already…fascinating stuff. I just started doing this testing and think it’s a shame people aren’t having these done.

http://www.atherotech.com/content/images/pdffiles/captoday.pdf ..it seems some insurance will cover it and if not, has become more reasonable. Labcorp does the draw for it if needed.

Thank You

Hi Robert–

We wrote an entire section in the Protein Power LifePlan about LDL particle size testing. Back then it was pretty expensive, but it doesn’t cost all that much now. It’s a nice test for those whose LDL goes up on a low-carb diet. The test always shows a switch over to a larger particle size.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Guru

Guru — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:54:12 +0000

Can’t wait to see this movie. Hopefully, it gets family physicians, dieticians and teachers to open their eyes… it might especially if it is funny. It would be huge success even it gets an audience even half as big as the original Supersize me movie. My children, for example, saw the orig. movie in their school as part of health education class. Hopefully there are a few free thinking, bold teachers who will venture show this movie to school kids as well.

Obviously, there is a way to eat fast food (minus the bun and potatoes) and still lose/ maintain weight and health. However, the real problem is what people have been taught to eat and hence what they want to eat … colored heavily by wrong information from our Govt. for an entire generation or more. If only we could have better truthful information i.e. the real food pyramid with carbs on top … it would help greatly because the people will be educated differently, will change what they eat and McDonalds I am sure will gladly oblige.

It is amazing to me how the average person actually knows quite a bit about the low fat mantra and has accepted it unconditionally just like they accept anything else because it is ‘official’. The average physician and dietician accepts this as the truth much like anything else they learned from their text books or from each other. If what they prescribe does not work, it must be the patient’s fault – lack of will power/ exercise / laziness … of course, there are always newer pills ….

Let’s hope the movie gets out there and changes some minds.

Cheers–

MRE

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:09:09 +0000

I’m so excited about this film. Finally! This is something I can show or direct friends and family to. Great timing as well, what with Taubes’ book out. This is definitely more accessible for the majority of people. Can’t wait to see it, and to see what the mainstream media response to it is.

I’m just starting out as a doc/filmmaker, and I can definitely appreciate how much time and effort went in to this project. A labour of love, for sure. Huge thanks to Tom and everyone involved (including you and MD!) for making this film.

BTW, nice accent

By: Max

Max — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:39:13 +0000

I know a lot of people didn’t like Supersize Me for whatever reason (pushing a somewhat veg agenda I guess, or the same old low fat nonsense, or whatever), but it wasn’t that bad. I remember the guy, I think his name was Dan Gorshen, who ate at McD’s every day and was thin and had good numbers (if that even means anything) despite being addicted to Big Macs. His secret, he confided, was that he never ate the fries. Posit, if you will, that he eats the buns and the sugar laden condiments, but that he also has a higher than average tolerance for dietary carbs. I think nearly everyone of your readers would go along with the don’t eat the fries message, right?

Will be interested to see the film, but probably not gonna pay to see it in a theater or to own it. Cannot support Hype/Hater culture, so anything marketed as the Answer to SuperSize Me is not the answer in my book.