Comments on: Appearing in the anti Supersize Me movie.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0000

WOW/ that movie was really good. Except for the throwing up on the 2nd day. That was disgusting I almost trow up myself. I really liked it though……when I was really young my mom made me I mean made me eat healthy foods. And now I LOVE it. It’s really good.

By: Migraineur

Migraineur — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:13:16 +0000

If you go to Burger King’s website and analyze the nutrition info for a Whopper, medium fries, and a medium regular coke, you’ll see that it’s around 1200 calories. 250 of these come from the meat. All the rest comes from plants. (The egg in the mayonnaise is negligble – mayonnaise has 1 measly egg per cup!)

I trot this fact out every time someone tries to convince me that a plant based diet is healthy.

Brian – if you’re still watching this thread – how is it even possible that your father is doing both low-carb and vegan? Is he consuming mostly isolated soy protein? Or just not consuming any protein at all? There are very few low-carb protein foods that are not from animal sources.

By: megan

megan — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:53:23 +0000

i watch this movie and it is iscustions

Hi megan–

I can’t figure out the word ‘iscustions’ so I’m leaving it as written.

Cheers–

MRE�

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:16:22 +0000

Oh, and in the post above I forgot to mention that my father-in-law who got himself off of insulin is 100% vegan. He suggests that there are problems with animal fats and proteins (meats, dairy products) that complicate or contribute to diabetes, according the research of the people who put him on that program nearly a decade ago. I have my doubts because they are also promoting veganism as part of their faith (7th Day Adventist). Any knowledge on this potential connection between animal fats/proteins and diabetes?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:44:54 +0000

With a diabetic father-in-law who got himself off of insulin by following a low (and I mean *LOW*) carb diet combined with daily exercise about 8 years ago (thankfully, he stumbled upon this treatment that early, since it is only coming grudgingly to be accepted by a broader swath of the practicing medical community at this point), I have been paying close attention to how sugars and starches affect the body. At the time that I saw Supersize Me, I was about 25 pounds overweight, though I had been working out with weights and eating extra protein for about a year. The one thing of lasting value for me in that movie (aside from a new disdain for vegetarianism for health reasons alone–ethically, there are many, many other reasons to be vegetarian or vegetarian-minded, but that chick’s holier-than-thou BS needed to go, without a doubt) was that Spurlock talked about the addictive properties of sugars and simple carbs. At the time, I was eating a donut every day at 10am and another starchy, sugary something at 3pm. I couldn’t seem to resist the temptation at those times of day to get that fix. I thought of it differently after watching that movie, though. It wasn’t just weakness, but a body habituated to that reward of a quick fix, a body without a steady, reliable influx of protein. Once I thought of it as addiction, it became much easier to understand, because then you know you need an extra bit of commitment to get through that first month, but then it gets easier after that to cut them out. And like cigarettes, you can fall very quickly and easily back into that addiction, so you have to be mindful not to make it a habit. So I lost those 25 pounds in about 6 weeks after switching to high-protein snacks at those times of day and switching a couple of weight training days to cardio days. I try not to be too preachy about anything and understand that diet trends come and go, but a balanced diet has always been the key to long term success. A little less carbs and very, very few sugars or non-whole grain carbs (white bread, as you know, spikes insulin and fat production like nothing else) in that mix seems like a good solution right now, so I’m staying with it and keeping my eyes and ears open, too.

Hi Brian–

Sounds like you’ve stumbled onto the secret.� Keep it up.

Cheers–

MRE�

By: Floyd

Floyd — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:47:14 +0000

Seriously, you aren’t a doctor, are you? Wait, with the half-baked logic, you probably are.

You’re right, I am a doctor.� How about you?� What is your academic pedigree?� It would be nice to know since you’re the one calling names.

Cheers–

MRE�

By: All your AOE belong to us

All your AOE belong to us — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:25:52 +0000

A study that tries to duplicate Super Size Me and gets somewhat surprising results.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,1866485,00.html

Hi AOE–

Interesting write up. It’s pretty well established that it’s a lot more difficult to gain weight than it is to lose it. This study seems to bear that out.

Best–

MRE

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:02:41 +0000

I am living proof that a person can lose weight while eating at McDonald’s. I have lost 134 pounds eating at McDonald’s. See my story at my blog…http://weightloss-story.blogspot.com/

I would be interested in interviewing Tom Naughton, the director spoken of in the article…can anybody get me in contact with him?

Hi Mark–

Congratulations on your weight loss however you did it. I’ll pass your email address along to Tom.

Best–

MRE

By: Michael Donofrio

Michael Donofrio — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:23:59 +0000

I saw the movie only once when it was first released on cable, but I recall that one of the nutritional “experts” interviewed to comment on the McD’s diet is Neal Barnard, president of the “Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine”. This group is well known as an anti-meat, egg and dairy, pro-vegan, pro-PETA animal rights group. When I saw this, I realized that there was a political agenda that pretty much eliminated the movie from having any merit for me.

(Apparently, that the PCRM distributed DVD copies of the movie to every member of Congress after it was released, and Morgan Spurlock has appeared at PCRM functions.)

Hi Michael–

It was indeed that twit Neal Barnard, head of the PCRM, on the movie. I’m not at all surprised that Spurlock in involved with PCRM.

Thanks for writing.

MRE

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:58:22 +0000

I’ve never seen “Supersize Me,” but would love to see this new film coming out. Will it go directly to DVD or is it going to hit the big screen first?

I have no idea. I think the plan is for it to go to the big screen.

MRE