How Mcdonald's Affects The Human Body

The movie "Super Size Me" is a documentary on a man who has decided to consume only McDonald's food for a period of thirty days. This man, Mr. Spurlock, has embarked on this adventure to assess the health issue of McDonald's food. Of course, there are a couple of rules. He has to eat McDonalds for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He also has to devour everything on the menu at least once. If he is asked to super size his meal, he must submit. His experiences during this thirty day trial period are astonishing. Even more startling is what happens to his physical wellness during this McDonalds rampage.

Contrary to the popular belief of the time, Morgan Spurlock’s amateur documentary “Supersize Me” pushed reform in both fast food culture, and eating habits of citizens, being one of the first catalysts in a new movement in America. This 2004 film, being the first of his works to establish Spurlock as a filmmaker, focuses on Spurlock’s 30 day journey in which he vowed to eat solely McDonalds for three meals a day, and track his overall mental, physical, and social changes over this span of time. Throughout the film, Spurlock consults three doctors (a gastroenterologist, a cardiologist, and a general practitioner) as well as a nutritionist to monitor physical change and gather quantitative data supporting his claim. The film often exhibited

McDonald’s is killing Americans, at least that is what Morgan Spurlock believes. In his documentary Super Size Me he embarks on a quest to not only describe and use himself as an example of the growing obesity trend, but to offer the viewers with base-line nutritional knowledge that will allow them to draw their own informed conclusions. Spurlock's primary intention is to prove through self-experimentation that eating solely McDonald's food is dangerous. His secondary intention is to denounce the rising obesity rate in American by using statistics, his own research, and the opinions of experts. His broader message is for a general audience while he tailors select chapters towards more specific demographics such as parents or McDonald's

Now, what justification does Mr. Spurlock get for going on a McDonald’s diet for a month? Well before we get to that let's talk about the story that started his McDiet. Two girls sued McDonald's because they felt it was McDonald's fault that they were obese. Ashley Pelman was the young 14-year-old girl who was 4 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed about 170 pounds. Well the other girl, Jazlyn Bradley was 19 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighed about 264 pounds. Multiple courts had all said that the claimants would win the case if the somehow proved that McDonald's is dangerous if eaten on daily basis. After Mr. Spurlock heard about their story he was intrigued, and being a starved director wanting more than 10 minutes of fame he orchestrated an experiment in which he found out first hand how McDonald's would affect the average American if eaten every day for the next 30 days straight.

The doctors help appeal to logos through quantitative data and expert testimony by examining him before the experiment and determining that he is in great health condition with a body fat of ll% and a body weight of 185.5 pounds. They also examine him during the experiment to determine the effect of eating McDonalds on his health. In the course of eating McDonalds three times a day he gains weight and by the end has gained a total of 24.5 pounds and gained 18 percent body fat. The doctors concluded that his chance of developing heart disease had double due to his elevated blood pressures, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels. By having the doctors provide the data and expert examinations the credibly of his experiment was reassured. Along with the doctors lawyers that were suing the company were interviewed and a former US surgeon general. They all agreed that fast food was a problem but that eating out had increased over the years causing the increase in obesity. After completing one month of eating nothing but McDonalds, Spurlock and the doctors concluded that McDonalds’ fast food was the main cause of his dangerous

Morgan Spurlock, a filmmaker, created a documentary film called Supersize Me which accentuates the message of what dangers of fast food and consequently their effects on our health. This belief was inspired from a lawsuit case of two girls who, at the time were suing McDonalds for their health issues, such as obesity. However, the girls lost to the lawsuit, the judge ruled that was no evidence of their sufficient health obesity was the cause of eating from McDonalds. Due to this lawsuit, he conducted an experiment only to eat McDonalds for a maximum of 30 days and investigate the impact of fast food on his health. During this documentary film, the following viewers went on the journey with Spurlock to witness the extravagant changes McDonalds

Do you ever think about what you eat when you go to eat some fast-food? These fast-food restaurants have taken over the world. In “McJobs,” By Eric Schlosser, states that, “All along the interstate, fast-food restaurants and chain stores started to open. Family-owned historic businesses downtown closed. And Martinsburg started to look just like any other sprawling American suburb.” If fast-food continues, the country of America might become a business without wilderness. It may convenient when you are out late and have no time, but is that really worth the health issues it causes? We need to stop fast

In the documentary, Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock takes a big risk and sets out on what he calls “every eight-year-old’s dream.” He undergoes a month long, three-meal-a-day binge at McDonald’s to expose the tragic health effects. In one month he eats the same amount of McDonald’s food that nutritionists recommend eating over the course of eight years and gains nearly twenty-five pounds in the process, along with numerous health problems. I was shocked to see how quickly his health began to decline a week into the experiment, not only physically but emotionally as well. The more he ate the fast food, the more his body craved it. I think Morgan took a big risk jeopardizing his own health, but I think he really proved a point of the negative impact

Research has shown that people who consume fast food more than twice a week increase the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic problems. In 2004, Morgan Spurlock released the movie called, Super Size Me. He was the director of the movie and starred in it as well. Moreover, Spurlock dedicated himself to a 30-day plan of only eating McDonald’s food three times a day. Not to mention, he had to consume all of the food items on the menu at least once over a 30 day period. This experiment had taken its toll on Spurlock’s body both physically and psychologically. As a result, he gained 24 ½ lbs. His body mass increased by 13% also increasing his cholesterol to 230 mg/dl. Spurlock experienced fat accumulation in his liver,

When I watched this film it made me think about the fast food I eat, but I never pay attention to what it might do to my body afterwards. It made me never want to eat McDonald’s ever again in life or any fast food. In just 3 days, Morgan gained 12 pounds. It was definitely an eye opener for myself to know that even one day of eating out can change your body. This film looked extremely old, it took me back to my childhood, showing what McDonald’s packaging use to look and how the actual McDonald’s buildings use to be. While he was going through this “experiment” you could see his body going through a lot of changes, even psychologically. Throughout this film, many people say that fast food places are not forcing anyone to buy and eat their food. To me it’s not about being forced, it’s about how addictive their food can be, which makes people come back for more. During an interview called “Morgan Spurlock on SuperSize Me”, Morgan explained more of the affects the McDonald’s had on him. Some of the effects he expressed in the interview were depression, sexual dysfunction, and ADHD. These symptoms were interesting to me, but I wasn’t surprised. The depression symptom was interesting to me because it was weird that food could make someone feel depressed. I would like to know more of how depression is linked to eating fast food, I wish he would’ve explained that

Supersize Me is a documentary about the dangers of eating fast food, specifically McDonald’s. In Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock sets out on a quest to eat nothing but McDonald’s for every meal for thirty days and see how it affects his health. Spurlock must only eat what only at McDonald’s, he must have everything on the menu at least once, and if workers ask him if he would like to supersize, he must. Spurlock had a thorough medical examination prior to beginning this experiment. Throughout the thirty days, he experienced different side-effects of eating McDonald’s.

“Super Size Me” is a documentary film that focuses on the effects of fast-food, McDonald’s in particular, to the human body in terms of physiological and psychological aspects. The film is directed, produced, and starred by Morgan Spurlock whom investigated and experimented on himself by eating McDonald’s every meal, every day, for 30 days. Spurlock, who in the beginning was a particularly healthy middle-aged man, began experiencing weight gain, addiction, depression, mood swings, sexual dysfunction, liver damage, and other health-related issues. During the 30 day period, Spurlock must: 1. eat three McDonald’s meals a day; 2. sample/eat every item on the McDonald’s menu at least once; 3. not purchase anything, not found on the menu; 4. “super size” his meal whenever the opportunity is presented. Also, as much as possible, he must try not to walk exceedingly past 2,500 steps per day, which is the average step-per-day for an American at that time. This extreme diet was overlooked by three doctors/specialists: a general practitioner, a cardiologist, and a gastroenterologist. All three

The obesity is the first and the most noticeable health risk in the film. Meals in fast-food chains like McDonald’s contain large amounts of sugar, fats and other such components that accumulate in person’s body in the form of fat. The situation is worsened by the existence of big portions of foods and drinks and people’s inactive lifestyle. Disorders in the gastrointestinal tract are the second issue. Morgan Spurlock vomited during the first day of the experiment; his condition showed it is difficult for the body to digest such huge amounts of unhealthy food. This diet can lead to problems with stomach and intestines as the fast-food can affect such sensitive systems like the gut microbiota. Diabetes is the third

In 2003 Morgan Spurlock launched on an experiment of sorts to fully understand the effects that fast food, in this case specifically McDonald’s food can have on one’s physiological and mental health by eating nothing but McDonald’s food for thirty days. Before embarking on this quest, Spurlock visited a general practitioner, a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist, a dietician, and an exercise specialist. He began his McDonald’s journey with exceptional health, by the end of the thirty days he had suffered serious health consequences both physically and mentally. From an addiction to McDonald’s food to a major increase in cholesterol levels there is no doubt that Spurlock’s health greatly declined in the month long period. Spurlock documented his journey in a film entitled Supersize Me, which has served as a call to action for the years since its release.

Obesity is probably the most significant issue facing the McDonald’s Company today. The corporation has been severally blamed for the menace due to its wide range of junk foods. As the world’s largest fast food company, it has become a target of most health related films such as Super Size Me. This is because the public blames the company for failing to give nutritional information concerning the items on its menu (Baron, 2010).