Watch It Wednesday - FAT HEAD

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT RECOMMEND FAST FOOD FOR THESE DIETS

So I'm sure everyone has heard about the MAJOR documentary of 2004 - SUPER SIZE ME, if you havent...click here which aided in McDonalds getting rid of the Super Size option.

Basically the "film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003 during which he eats only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effects on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit."

"As a result, the then-32-year-old Spurlock gained 24½ lbs. (11.1 kg), a 13% body mass increase, a cholesterol level of 230, and experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and fat accumulation to his liver. It took Spurlock fourteen months to lose the weight gained from his experiment with a special vegan diet supervised by his future wife who was a chef specializing in vegan dishes and gourmet."

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1. Eat, Pray, Get Big!

FAT HEAD basically attacks the premise of SUPER SIZE ME pointing out that the "author intentionally consumed an average of 5,000 calories per day and did not exercise, and that the results would have been the same regardless of the source of overeating."

I agree with this completely. I don't care if you're vegetarian or omnivore this rule applies. Remember this simple rule No exercise means Th

2. Why so many people labeled obese in America?

Being 6' and at 205 I was labeled OBESE in college fresh man year even though I had an athletic build and we heavily in weight lifting. It took some research to find out that Body Mass Index was flawed especially for normal people. As it was invented for athletes at Ivy League schools. Its just about as crazy as getting OBESE from being around OBESE people, I did not make it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectobesity

Spurlock claimed he was trying to imitate what an average diet for a regular eater at McDonald's—a person who would get little to no exercise—would do to them. Spurlock's intake of 5,000 calories per day was well over twice the recommended daily intake for a sedentary adult male, which would amount to only about 2,300 calories.[23] A typical man consuming as many calories as Spurlock did would gain nearly a pound a day (which is roughly how much Spurlock gained), a rate of weight gain that could not be sustained for long periods. Additionally, Spurlock did not demonstrate or claim that anyone, let alone a substantial number of people, eats at McDonald's three times per day. In fact McDonald's is mentioned during the movie to have two classes of users of their restaurants: There are the "Heavy Users" (about 72% of customers, who eat at their restaurants once or twice a week), and the "SUPER Heavy Users" (about 22% of customers, who eat McDonald's three or more times a week).

3. Has the FDA lied to us?

This was the most interesting part of the film to me. As it goes in depth to explain the food pyramid and causes of heart disease and cancer. Cholesterol protects you from heart attacks but often we have pharmaceutical giving us drugs treating symptoms rather than causes, which is common in modern medicine which has been compartmentalized and specialized ruling out common sesne.

So long story short...watch FAT HEAD, stay active, stay away from foods with high sugar (including soda b/c you can get diabetes even if you are thin o.O), and eat some fruits and vegetables.

peace.