Extra Credit Blog--Supersize Me

I watched the documentary “Supersize Me”.

First of all that man has more determination than I do. I would have lasted about a day.

Today the media has made it plainly known that Mcdonalds is bad for you. McDonalds neatly packages all the bad things about food in one package. The consequences of McDonalds and other processed foods are something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. When the doctors were asked if people should eat fast food, you could just tell they wanted to bluntly say “No!” Instead they said that fast food can be eaten as long as a healthy lifestyle as incorporated, as if fast food has anything to do with a healthy lifestyle. It’s like obeying the speed limit most of the time, but doing 95 on the interstate every once and a while. The two things don’t go together.

One thing I thought was intriguing was the man who eats big macs all the time. He eats a big mac with every meal, but hardly has any health problems and is not obese. It points to the particular parts of McDonalds food that is unhealthy. Things like their fries, coke, and other sugary products appear to be what hurts people the most.

Just a side note, my family back home raises grass-fed livestock. This is a healthier alternative to other processed meat. At one point my father told me that I could not work for a fast food chain (besides Wendys) because of the poor quality of their food.