Entry for June 09, 2006

I’ve heard about a movie called Super Size Me for a while and Kevin Trudeau mentions it in his book. I finally decide to rent it and see what it’s all about.

Half way through the movie and I start feeling sick. I don’t think I can ever eat at McDonalds again. It’s truly amazing how fast food can have such an effect on the body and everyone does it. No wonder everyone is so sick. I used to love the chicken McNuggets but not after watching how they make them. No thanks.

The best part of the movie for me was the bonus material. He did an experiment where he had a McDonalds product in a sealed glass jar and left it for weeks to watch it break down. He compared it to a burger and fries from a local resturant. After two weeks, the Big Mac still looked good without any mold or signs of age. Week after week various types of mold would form on the burgers but the amazing thing was the fries. After ten weeks the fries still looked perfect with no sign of any mold. Makes you wonder if it is really food at all?

I’ll never have McDonalds fries again…