It's right. Super Size Me was fabricated--no one could replicate the results.
Spurlock's reputation was ruined because of it, and rightly so--but they still managed to kill the actual Super-Size meal.
I once got the documentary Knuckleball!. Imagine my disappointment when Morgan Spurlock's name appeared in the opening credits. I had no idea he was involved until that moment.
Haven't seen it, don't know about the first claim, but Supersize Me is definitely full of shit. Dude was a full-blown alcoholic and never disclosed that fact. Scene where the doctor tells him his liver looks like an alcoholic's is blamed on McD's and not the handle he was drinking every day
Anyway, this documentary is worth checking out. It talks a lot about how the CDC and Government has been lying to people about what they should be eating that led the switch from fats to carb. and advocates going back to what was working before that.
He even went on a fast food diet and lost weight, although I believe he didn't eat fries and stuck with diet soda, water, or an iced tea.
Fathead is a good documentary in my opinion. It emphasizes personal choice and that government intervention has only made things worse which I can always get behind. It was the first thing that opened my eyes to what was behind the food pyramid too.
Yeah, it's a good documentary. I didn't retain all of it because I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff in the first place, but I do have the gist of it and I did understand what was going on when he and the doctors explained it.
And, like you mentioned, I also liked the history lesson of how government and CDC were lying to people.
They go into how the government messes with the numbers like they always do but I don't think they're downplaying obesity. The main idea in the documentary is that we all have agency and we can choose to eat well or not. Also carbohydrates are trash.
Never saw it and watched at 1.5x. Kind of Facebook style humor but, I get why.
Good content, a little too much ad homonym against some bad players like Spurlock when I don't think it's necessary, but, again, anyone could get why it's done that way.
But the overall message that carbs, sugars, and refined vegetable oils aren't as good for you as the government says is sound and jives with my experience. I've got a thing or two to say about artificial nutrition ("enriched" flour) and it's combination with artificial flavors, but the world isn't ready for that conversation yet.
At the time this was originally released, if you had told me there's collusion between government, medicine, and science to make people unhealthy and live shorter lives by deliberately disseminating terrible advice, I would have scoffed. But, knowing what we know now...
At the time this was originally released, if you had told me there's collusion between government, medicine, and science to make people unhealthy and live shorter lives by deliberately disseminating terrible advice, I would have scoffed. But, knowing what we know now...
For real, right? I feel the same way. Like, I wouldn't have doubted it, but the more you learn, the more you wonder just how long this has been going on.
But the overall message that carbs, sugars, and refined vegetable oils aren't as good for you as the government says is sound and jives with my experience
Same. The best I've ever felt is after cutting back the first and cutting out the latter two completely. Decided to cheat on my diet after a year with a Big Mac meal and my face felt like it was swollen.
I don't think so. What I do think though, is that the solutions proposed and implemented don't adress the problem and are just used to control people and enrich grifters.
It's quite good. His experiment isn't scientific per-se, because he changes more than one variable. However, it is a great exposure of how the nutritional guidance given to us by the American government was thoroughly wrong and contributed to many of the health problems of modern society. I recommend it, and his two speeches: "Big Fat Fiasco" and "Science for Smart People"
Also, he's was right about COVID well before most people, so that's another feather in his cap. It's a shame that he hasn't updated either of his blogs since 2021.
It's right. Super Size Me was fabricated--no one could replicate the results.
Spurlock's reputation was ruined because of it, and rightly so--but they still managed to kill the actual Super-Size meal.
I once got the documentary Knuckleball!. Imagine my disappointment when Morgan Spurlock's name appeared in the opening credits. I had no idea he was involved until that moment.
Knuckleball was great though, assuming you're referring to the 2012 doc about knuckleballers.
Yes, that one.
Haven't seen it, don't know about the first claim, but Supersize Me is definitely full of shit. Dude was a full-blown alcoholic and never disclosed that fact. Scene where the doctor tells him his liver looks like an alcoholic's is blamed on McD's and not the handle he was drinking every day
I didn't realize that about the Supersize Me guy.
Anyway, this documentary is worth checking out. It talks a lot about how the CDC and Government has been lying to people about what they should be eating that led the switch from fats to carb. and advocates going back to what was working before that.
He even went on a fast food diet and lost weight, although I believe he didn't eat fries and stuck with diet soda, water, or an iced tea.
If I was forced to eat McDonalds every day I'd probably be driven to drinking, too.
Fathead is a good documentary in my opinion. It emphasizes personal choice and that government intervention has only made things worse which I can always get behind. It was the first thing that opened my eyes to what was behind the food pyramid too.
Yeah, it's a good documentary. I didn't retain all of it because I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff in the first place, but I do have the gist of it and I did understand what was going on when he and the doctors explained it.
And, like you mentioned, I also liked the history lesson of how government and CDC were lying to people.
It goes from an "epidemic" to a "issue"
Way too many fat people in this country
They go into how the government messes with the numbers like they always do but I don't think they're downplaying obesity. The main idea in the documentary is that we all have agency and we can choose to eat well or not. Also carbohydrates are trash.
Never saw it and watched at 1.5x. Kind of Facebook style humor but, I get why.
Good content, a little too much ad homonym against some bad players like Spurlock when I don't think it's necessary, but, again, anyone could get why it's done that way.
But the overall message that carbs, sugars, and refined vegetable oils aren't as good for you as the government says is sound and jives with my experience. I've got a thing or two to say about artificial nutrition ("enriched" flour) and it's combination with artificial flavors, but the world isn't ready for that conversation yet.
At the time this was originally released, if you had told me there's collusion between government, medicine, and science to make people unhealthy and live shorter lives by deliberately disseminating terrible advice, I would have scoffed. But, knowing what we know now...
For real, right? I feel the same way. Like, I wouldn't have doubted it, but the more you learn, the more you wonder just how long this has been going on.
Same. The best I've ever felt is after cutting back the first and cutting out the latter two completely. Decided to cheat on my diet after a year with a Big Mac meal and my face felt like it was swollen.
Yes
I don't think so. What I do think though, is that the solutions proposed and implemented don't adress the problem and are just used to control people and enrich grifters.
It's quite good. His experiment isn't scientific per-se, because he changes more than one variable. However, it is a great exposure of how the nutritional guidance given to us by the American government was thoroughly wrong and contributed to many of the health problems of modern society. I recommend it, and his two speeches: "Big Fat Fiasco" and "Science for Smart People"
Also, he's was right about COVID well before most people, so that's another feather in his cap. It's a shame that he hasn't updated either of his blogs since 2021.
Edit: It looks like he's active on Twitter now, so that may be why.
Also, I have no idea why that documentary is age-resticted on Youtube. I don't think the film is actually rated, but it's PG-rated at most.