Movie Review : Star Diet

Supersize Me is a movie where Morgan who goes on a diet for 30 days with McDonald's only. His health deteriorates throughout the 30 days of eating McDonalds only. His doctors was wrong with the outcomes of Morgan’s health. His health decrease dramatically after his diet. Not only his health decrease dramatically, his relationship with people decrease too. His emotions vary sometimes throughout the month.

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

The viewers were able to witness the pain that he was going through and the emotional toll the challenge had on him. Spurlock told Newsweek when the film was released, “My body just basically falls apart over the course of this diet.” (Lambert, 2004). It was also effectively shown in the documentary how Spurlock’s relationship and sexual intimacy with his girlfriend was affected by the challenge, so again, the viewers were able to feel the emotion that he was feeling. As if these were not enough, the documentary also showed how being overweight can have such a big impact on people’s lives as there are around 400,000 deaths associated with obesity illnesses annually (Spurlock, 2004). Spurlock was effective in appealing to viewers when he stated that diabetes is now more common in children every year as a result of fast food and the numbers will just keep rising if nothing is done to stop

The Grapefruit Diet has been around for a long time, in fact it may be the longest lasting diet plan in existence. Also known as the "Hollywood Diet", this plan touts being able to lose 10 pounds in 12 days. The rationale behind this diet is that grapefruit contains enzymes that reduce the amount of insulin the body can produce. This in turn will encourage fat metabolism. What it consists of is a regimented meal plan, mostly low in carbohydrates and high in protein. With each meal, a small glass of grapefruit or juice is consumed. The meals can be prepared in any fashion. Dieters are encouraged to drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. Some variations require the dieter to consume as much black coffee as possible. Snacking is not

If you want to lose weight and cut out on junk food, then maybe you should try watching Food Inc. Food Inc. is a very well-written documentary directed by Robert Kenner. This documentary has created nightmares for many Americans as to where their food comes from. It explains that the food we eat isn’t always produced the way we think it is. From harsh chemicals to foul pesticides that these foods receive, go straight to our stomachs. It reveals how once farms owned by families now is handed over to multi-millionaire dollar corporations. Food Inc. shows the inhumane way the industry makes food by abusing the animals and workers without regarding food quality, health, or the environment. The film features Vince Edwards,

In a recent movie “Super Size Me”, director Morgan Spurlock examines the effects of a steady diet

The South Beach Diet is a diet plan designed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon. In 1995, Dr. Agatston developed a diet to prevent heart disease for his cardiac and diabetes patients. According to the South Beach Diet website, Agatstaion knew that a low-fat diet would reduce cholesterol and prevent heart disease, but patients had a hard time sticking to the diet. Agatson wanted to find out the reason why his patients had a hard time sticking to the low-fat diet. So he turned to David Jenkins, who was working with insulin resistance. After researching with Jenkins, Agatstion found out the reason why the low-fat diets was not working because patients on low-fat diets where consuming more

I know it sounds far-fetched, but it's not. The military diet can help you lose up to 2 pounds of body fat each day in a week and then almost a pound a day for the next 2 weeks. And you don't need to drink cayenne pepper to get these results! All you need to do is get on a science-based diet created by Brian Flatt that will have you feeling better than you've felt in

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,

Almost everyone goes through a time in their life when they would like to lose a couple of pounds, whether it is after having a baby or before a high school reunion. No matter what the reason, it is important to lose the weight in a healthy manner, rather than trying a new fad crash diet that can be bad for the body. There are several different healthy weight loss diets available that give great results, but they require time and dedication in order to lose the weight.

This movie will not change the way I eat. My family and I try to stay away from food that is not good for you. Also, I do gymnastics, so I have to stay on a semi-strict diet so that I gain muscle and not fat. There is one obvious suggestion that most nutritionists and most people would make when it comes to how often you should eat fast-food: The answer is never. Nevertheless, people who eat a diet such as the one Morgan chose to experiment with, never is not the answer. There are more reasonable options to help them achieve a more healthy lifestyle. When you are at fast-food places, you should choose healthier options like the salad rather than the burger. You can also limit portion size by opting for the small rather the large. With portion control, you could also try to not drink your calories… try the water rather the

Dieting is an American obsession with millions. Take a look at health magazines, beauty magazines, and family magazines. Every publication features a diet plan that is designed to help their readers shed the pounds like magic. Well, that is exactly what this book is about, losing weight in sensible, fast steps. Not magic. This book is specifically targeted at people that go on diets trying to lose weight fast.

Usually when someone wants to lose weight, they are eager to get it off as fast as possible. Waiting around for months for the pounds to drop away is not a pleasing thought and they want something to happen right now. Luckily, there are many different diet plans to lose weight fast that do give results.

“Preparing to play Mr. Jobs back in 2013, actor Ashton Kutcher got really into the movie role and even followed a fruitarian diet himself…Kutcher ended up in the hospital just two days before he was supposed to begin shooting the movie ( ).” An all fruit diet or fruitarianism can be a struggle to maintain because it is a diet that only consists of natural organic fruit and nothing else. This diet has been around for a long time, since the first two humans that walked the earth Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden were considered fruitarians. Ashton Kutcher is not the only celebrity who has followed an extreme diet. Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson have experimented with the a diet called raw food diet better known as raw foodism. Raw foodism is a diet that consist of eating unprocessed and uncooked foods. Each of these two diets are hardly well known to certain people in the world because it consists of giving up multiple foods or preparing food differently. Fruitarianism and Raw foodism are extreme lifestyles that have many health risks, but there are benefits and negatives to both these diets.

We can conclude that there are two ways of losing weight, and it is up to each individual to follow one or another. Everyone is responsible for its own health, and sometimes we won’t feel able to wait, so we will try to find the easy way to lose weight, that will definitely not be the best