Calvin's Soapbox

Saturday, June 11, 2005

super size me!

just watched this documentary thingie 'super size me'. its about this guy who actually goes on a 30 day diet on ONLY mcdonalds to see if fast food is really bad for you. well, the gist of the whole thing is that he started off a fully fit (he got certified by 3 different doctors) with a healthy percentage of body fat etc etc and after 30 days, he became fat, lazy and easily irritable - "americanization" so to speak. hehe.

so anyway, in other words this actually confirms the theory that fast food is bad for health and makes u fat (like duh, who didnt know that in the 1st place anyway) and that fast food companies have been misleading us that their stuff is healthy was all a big lie (who in the world buys into that crap anyway?!). i mean, do u think it'd be a wise move for fast food chains to advertise: "eating our stuff will make u fat and lazy, but we hope that because of our honesty u'll eat it anyway"?! well, this was the whole argument of that 2 overweight kids who tried suing mcdonals for making them fat. although the judge started out by saying they could have a case, the case was eventually thrown out.

sigh.. sometimes i wonder what in the world is wrong with this picture?! is advertisements really so powerful that whenever u see a bigmac on the telly u just HAVE to go out and get one?! it does play a part but obviously if u know ur putting on weight, the last thing u wanna do is go out and get a supersized happy meal rite? in the 1st place if ur getting fat u shouldnt even be getting a supersized tofu burger set.

as always everything boils down to common sense. if u dont have it, ur probably gonna be screwed in much bigger and worse ways, and being fat would be the least of ur worries.

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