09/20/2005
Fat Nation
I got an eriee feeling of Farenheit 911 as soon as the narrator started talking at the beggining of Supersize Me. As he pointed out all the familiar images of overweight people in our country, and the health risks sourrounding it, I thought to myself, "okay.. so what?" McDonald's is McDonald's is McDonald's. It looks good, tastes good, and as long as I don't "OD" on it, I'm safe.... right?
Right. Until I got to the bonus section called the "Smoky Fry", where a pack of fries showed NO signs of breaking down after spending 10 full weeks in a glass jar. While its meat sandwich peers were turning into rainforest-like creatures, that pack of fries looked as pristen as the day it was bought from the store. And I bet it smelled just as "good" if they had the guts to open the jar... That little experiment gave me chills all up and down. I don't think I"ll be eating fries from McDonald's, or any fastfood place, or a long long time.
So all in all, please watch the film--just as a motivator for you to at least take a break from the omnipresent fastfood restaurants.
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