What Happens When You Only Eat McDonalds For 30 Days

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Super Size Me is one of the most well-known and successful documentaries of all time. In the early 2000s, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock challenged himself to eat nothing but food from McDonalds for an entire month. He had witnessed the explosion of fast food in America, and with growing numbers about obesity and other weight-related health issues, he wanted to do an experiment and see what would happen to his body if he only ate from the Golden Arches. Despite his doctors stern warnings of the risks involved, he did it anyway, and the results are fascinating. I remember seeing this movie long before I was a doctor, but now that I am a practicing physician, I wanted to watch it again with a fresh perspective. Big Macs, gigantic cokes, mountains of fries, apple pies... you name it, he ate it. I have some strong opinions about the methods used in producing this doc, as well as our current conversations around weight in this country, and I'm sure you do to! Let me know your thoughts down below.
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@christina1986ify Рік тому

McDonald’s didn’t actually have salads at all locations in 2004. This documentary actually had an impact. They started offering healthier options, had to list the nutritional value, and got rid of super sizing.

@herps4life33 Рік тому

People aren't getting salads at MCD lol stop lying

@christinaify Рік тому

@@herps4life33 their salads aren’t actually bad buuuuut if you’re online go check out the calories once you add the provided dressing. A low-cal option they are not.

@marymae8307 Рік тому

@@herps4life33 my friend was obsessed with a salad there called the southwest chicken or something like that? so there are some people out there ig😂

@vinnieg6161 Рік тому

@@marymae8307 Going to McDonalds for a salad is like going to church for info about evolution. Just stupid

@Rastaferrari829 Рік тому

They stopped serving salads in my area since COVID for whatever reason.

@shroomyk Рік тому

Wow, 2004 seems like a lifetime ago. I remember when that doc came out. Also thank you Dr. Mike for pointing out that people with limited income are more likely to eat unhealthy food because it's usually all they can afford. When I was making $9/hr I would go to McD almost every day. One guy asked me why I'm always coming there and I said, "It's what I can afford". "Fair enough," he said.

@robm6726 Рік тому

@@aytcs Holy Chicken is also an eye opener. I would like that chain he started to expand as well. As an honest product that causes people to have a discussion.

@viazuaga Рік тому

That's strange, where I live McDonald's are for rich people.

@ShadowsDML Рік тому

@@viazuaga Yup, here a meal at a restaurant is 8€ - 10€, a McDonald's menu 8€ - 11€

@Gl-my8fw Рік тому

it wasnt a documentary and was proven to be fake, none of his health problems were due tio eating mcds. he was drinking like a bottle a day during this.

@Barnesofthenorth Рік тому

I don't know if it's different in the US, but buying food at the supermarket is WAY cheaper than from any fast food place I've ever seen.

@properantagonist 8 місяців тому

I think one factor that really contributes to the popularity of fast food in the US is the low price point. Here in Poland fast food restaurants tend to be similarly priced to traditional restaurants and far more expensive than "home cooked" style joints. They're still fairly popular, but they're more of an occasional treat for most people (and i feel like other European countries share this sentiment)

@kaiward8163 8 місяців тому

It's not cheap at all no matter where you go. People just say that as an excuse because they want to eat kid food like nuggets and chips for every meal. Real cheap food is cooking a large batch of rice, mince and veggies and spreading it out to 10 meals. It can be as cheap as $1-2 for a healthy meal whereas fast food is $10-20 a meal.

@properantagonist 8 місяців тому

@@kaiward8163 Exactly, cooking. I'm talking strictly about ordering food. Not saying it's in any way better, but many people choose to order, for various reasons, which I will not be judging. It might be time constraint, inability to cook well, convenience or anything else really. It's definitely more affordable here to order home cooked style, healthy meals, that's all I'm saying.

@kunalahuja5073 7 місяців тому

@@kaiward8163you must br eating at some upscale fast food restaurants if you spending 10-20 a meal. I never spend more than 10 when I eat fast food and its cause I use their apps for deals on their food. And fast food is actually cheaper and convenient for folks depending on what groceries you get. Today you are shamed by others if you dont buy organic produce and organic produce is not cheap. Same for meats, especially chicken breasts. However if you stick with store brands, you can save a bit more. But dont say fast food is more expensive than buying groceries cause its not

@hittingyouoverthehead 7 місяців тому

Same is the case in India as well. For a middle class family, eating at McDonald's (or KFC or Burger King) is usually a once in a while treat because it is priced the same as a lot of high quality high-end Indian restaurants. Usually when I personally like to eat out, I go to the food court of a mall and then decide if I want to have McDonald's or maybe a nice paratha kurma or maybe Masala dosa. And for people with lower income, McDonald's is just out of the question. Even though there are no 'burger equivalent' food joints at their price range, they still don't eat at McDonald's and stick to Indian food that they cook at home or buy from a cheaper restaurant.

@kaiward8163 7 місяців тому

@@properantagonist I was responding to how you said fast food is cheaper than other food options. It isn't. Fast food has an inflated price tag and usually comes much more expensive than healthier options. There isn't a single place in the world where it is the cheap option anymore. People are just good at making excuses. Everything people don't want, they can't afford or they don't have the time for.

@CAMarg-zs1xq Рік тому

I remember this ..I found it odd he never shared his food blogs. McDonald's stopped the super size but obesity hasn't gone away. The documentary was certainly eye opening.

@lazymass 8 місяців тому

Sadly obesity is only getting worse worldwide... Its almost unbelievable that every second human outside is overweight now from where I am... And every 5th obese... Insane numbers

@MuhammedChand 8 місяців тому

So in ny country they stopped super size but basically got rid of the small portion of sides and drink and the minimum you can order is "regular" which used to be medium, "medium" which used tk be large and "large" which used to be supersize. I suspect this is a worldwide move McDonald's made to get rid of the stigma

@urusledge 8 місяців тому

Well a high school science teacher had his class construct an only McDonald’s meal plan and he lost weight.

@windwaker0rules 8 місяців тому

@@urusledgehe also are exclusively low carb egg muffins that were removed from the menu because no one eats healthy food at McDonald's, started exercising way more just as the documentary started, and was distanced from McDonald's after publishing a book on how to get more horny.

@cocochill1464 7 місяців тому

@@lazymasswell yeah with Covid there was nothing else to really do but be depressed and eat that’s why there’s even more

@IcyMisty20 Рік тому

I was literally forced to watch this for health last semester and I’ve really wanted Dr. Mike to react to this.

@flipper5594 Рік тому

@@l4g i wont

@adnantasin485 Рік тому

The same here

@karendixon2250 Рік тому

I watched this at least three times in middle school for various health classes

@sleepyote Рік тому

I watched this year's ago in health in middle school, interesting that this movie still gets shown.

@Lucas_Clan64 Рік тому

@@l4g I translated that and I'm not cursed and I will not die and I will not subscribe

@ArchieZeroOne Рік тому

My cousin worked on this documentary. I can answer some of the questions you asked because I asked him many of the same ones. Bringing in the extra doctors and the dietician was seen as pointless by most of the production but it was decided that the viewer would take it more seriously coming from a larger group of professionals. The dietitian was there to outline what a healthy persons caloric intake would be to better highlight how awful this diet was. As for ordering a salad? It was 2004. There was barely any healthy options available.

@ThePurpleCheesecakeZebra Рік тому

i figured it was something to do with people more likely to believe a specialist even though a gp would know it all. and i think this documentary ia what led maccies to get healthier options

@inlinechris Рік тому

They literally showed a clip of the menu WITH a salad on it in this video. From the documentary. What are you talking about?

@Widdekuu91 Рік тому

I once had a salad at McDonalds as a kid, my mom wanted me to try it. It was a few bits of lettuce with two carrot-shavings, half a radish and some slime on top. I don't recommend.

@IIIGioGioStarIII Рік тому

@@inlinechris during the time that the documentary was made, very few McDs had salads. They came out before the movie but majority but only one or two of them per area served them. And let's be real, are you going to drive down the street where there's a McD that doesn't have the salad but is close to your place or drive an extra 10 minutes for it?

@IAmebAdger Рік тому

@@Widdekuu91 Gotta try the McDonald's salad in Vienna, Austria. I got a properly dressed bowl with a whole boiled egg cut into halves on top, it was actually tasty.

@eezey 6 місяців тому

Spurlock was an alcoholic. He was asked if he ever abused alcohol by one of the doctors and he replied "No" and then a couple years ago he said he hadnt been sober for a week in over 30 years

@Psilomuscimol 3 місяці тому

Maybe he was talking about not being sober from other substances? Idk but probably not.

@brandonstone120 Місяць тому

Alcohol consumption (1000 daily calories), would be a likely source of calories for the 30 days Source: Fathead documentary

@chadleydudechadbro2262 Місяць тому

Regardless, they took his blood markers twice 30 days apart and noted such drastic changes. Seems more plausible that it was tied to the food, seeing as he would’ve already been 10+ years into his alcoholism at the time of the documentary.

@20biomed08 10 днів тому

He meant not that day

@gjergjaurelius9798 3 дні тому

Vegan girlfriend.... what's vegan? Oh that sounds stupid. Luckily that will never catch on.🫠🤦🏻‍♂️

@wfly81 9 місяців тому

Morgan Spurlock was also drinking heavily during the production of this documentary, which wasn't revealed until years later. Even he has admitted that his steady decline in health had WAAAY more to do with his drinking habit than his poor diet.

@renotv3860 8 днів тому

He was also eating 5000 calories a day which is basically impossible if you're just eating three square meals. He had to have been eating extra servings and multiple desserts each sitting.

@saucyraucy Рік тому

I feel like the other thing that often gets glossed over when discussing this movie is that his wife at the time was a vegan, and he therefore ate mostly vegan for a long time leading up to the movie. So, not only did he change his eating habits in terms of fat, sugar, etc, but also with meat and dairy.

@BickyToya Рік тому

no wonder the boy wanted to do this challenge lol

@soarinpenguinlive6372 Рік тому

There was a really good counter documentary made called fathead that people should watch. It show you a lot of the bias in making a documentary

@lollie7141 Рік тому

@@soarinpenguinlive6372 Can you sum it up

@soarinpenguinlive6372 Рік тому

@@lollie7141 it address the factors of person choice and being in control of your diet.Also fat head i fell treat the viewer intelligence better. It a good documentary and the guy who made it a comedian so it a fun watch. I recommend it cause it goes a lot deeper than I could explain. I don't think either documentary are perfect but they give you a more well round picture of the issue. That lead to the best decision making cause it let you take in everything and make your own choices. I think it free on UKposts still

@kfprewcev1592 Рік тому

@@BickyToya yeah like 99% of the people would say no for free food + getting paid for a month. Judgmental kid :D

@trstmeimadctr Рік тому

For reference, this documentary was before Mcdonald's offered any comparatively healthy options like salad and was one of the major factors that led to their addition

@brothersandsistersofvalhalla Рік тому

??? Salads have been a thing long before this movie came out.

@mandie17 Рік тому

Many McDonald's stopped selling salads during covid and have still left it off the menu in order to simplify the menu

@largeshake9601 Рік тому

The healthy options arent even that healthy and the food is still hot garbage.

@iiGoku_Gaming Рік тому

The issue with that is, that their salads are a trap, too. Some of their salads have more calories and fat (due to dressing) than the burgers. It's not a healthy option either.

@jasonhsu4711 Рік тому

@@mandie17 In other words, McDonald's is doubling down on the deep-fried grease. Meanwhile, it's been over 2 years since I last ate any junk food or restaurant food. Unhealthy foods weaken the immune system and promote inflammation. Gone are the days when higher blood cholesterol was the biggest health risk. Oh, and I've been avoiding McDonald's ever since I first watched _Super Size Me_ back in 2004. Yes, I was so grossed out that I've been avoiding the Golden Arches ever since, long before the pandemic prompted me to ditch all unhealthy foods.

@donmac5124 22 дні тому

The "Super Size Me " documentary was busted and ended up in a lawsuit. It was a scam.

@rogergeyer9851 День тому

I've seen questionable UKposts videos claiming that. But how good is the (credibly documented) PROOF of that, re multiple citations? Just spewing X on the internet in a comment (like "The earth is flat") or even making a video on it (to harvest clicks) does NOT make it true. How credible are other documentaries like "Fat Head" making counter-claims? Without GOOD evidence, no more credible than "Super-size Me".

@helpfulDeathgod 11 місяців тому

I remember watching this as a kid (it was being shown to us for a class) and even though I was definitely a young child, I still felt like there was something about the entire thing that rubbed me the wrong way. Imagine a 9 or something year old kid literally asking something along the lines of "if the point is just to eat only mcdonald's when you're hungry, why eat THAT much" in their own way. It still rubs me the wrong way, but at least people know why now.

@R1532K1LL Рік тому

I remember having to watch this several times over the years after it came out because of health class. My biggest issue with it though is it doesn't explain how he went from being a vegan to eating McDonald's everyday for 30 days. That drastic change is going to cause all kinds of issues, including a lot of the symptoms he experienced early on.

@melodicsatisfactionproductions Рік тому

Not to mention he was also a heavy drinker, and included the liver issues in the documentary as part of the issue with fast food. You can't say it wasn't a result, but the fact he didn't say that variable doesn't make him look good.

@R1532K1LL Рік тому

@@melodicsatisfactionproductions agreed! The show was definitely not anything that should be taken as undeniable fact but it did have some truth to it. Over the years mcdonalds and a lot of other fast food have changed their offerings so I wonder how this would go if it were to be repeated today. There are a lot of salads, the chicken is not as bad as it was, and there is no more super size (that is in part due to the documentary).

@ad_kk16 Рік тому

@@R1532K1LL I'm surprised that McDonald's uses whole wheat tortillas, unlike other fast food places, they still use white tortillas,. The grilled chicken is not even that bad, so, the salads are awesome, even without the dressing (not a huge fan of dressings)

@Irish25cent Рік тому

I remember watching it, and he was throwing up so early. So I knew there was something else going on because I don't remember anyone I knew throwing up for the longest time over fast food.

@karn33333 Рік тому

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who is aware of his vegan life style before taking this "project" on.

@Jay-yr9oi Рік тому

One thing not really touched on in your discussion of this documentary is that he also stopped exercising, which has a big impact on both the physical and mental health metrics he was talking about. He also seems to have been eating more during these 30 days than he normally would have. Not to defend McDonald's (I can't remember the last time I went to one, since I'm not a fan of the food), but his claims got a lot of pushback when this came out because he changed so many variables in his life at once.

@jsaunders2152 Рік тому

Yeah, I remember that he was emulating some of the most unhealthy averages in the country, one of them being walking less than 5000 steps a day I think. So he drove a lot more during the month.

@Jay-yr9oi Рік тому

Yeah. Like, in terms of making a message about how unhealthy fast food can be, and how they sometimes push things (like asking if you want to supersize your order for a very small amount of money or the free refills on sodas and how many of them charge roughly the same price for all sizes and encourage you to drink so many refills) to make it more unhealthy, it’s good. But, in terms of any real scientific value, it’s pretty weak, and not just because of the sample size of one. Like, there are people who have eaten McDonald’s every day and lost weight or maintained their weight, because they kept track of calories. It’s hard to separate out which of his impacts were from the general unhealthy food, the increase in quantity consumes, the not working out, or a mix. It was mostly about shock value.

@theendofit Рік тому

Theres also strong evidence he heavily drank the whole time and beer has alot of calories and effects on sex drive/mood and metabolism

@Joeybsmooth Рік тому

He also drank a lot. Theybdont have that at McD

@leifmeadows3782 Рік тому

I did notice that when they showed us this in health class. It wasn't just that he changed his diet, he also said "I walk a lot, and most people don't, so I need to walk less." and I was like... okay but wait a minute, that's too many variables. At that point, it's not just McDonald's.

@JackieOwl94 9 місяців тому

I watched this in health class in 2009. We later learned that this documentary was partially responsible for the inclusion of calories and nutrition facts being placed out in the open in these places

@ThistleLP Рік тому

I remember we had to watch this in High school health. The teacher was one of those very strict, judgy vegans (Like she could have been related to That Vegan Teacher). One of the few times I became kinda popular to my class I legitimately just asked her what this was supposed to teach us. Like...Everything in moderation is what I learned from doctors growing up. Like it's okay to eat junk but make sure you eat healthy things too. She was pushing "Fast food and meat bad! Look what happened to this guy!" She didn't like me very much.

@SykoMuffin 9 місяців тому

my health teacher in middle school was the exact same! he showed us vegan “documentaries” about how eating meat will cause you to die a horrible painful death and how animals are tortured to death (with uncensored footage). he then made us write an essay about why veganism is the right choice. i rebelled in a similar way and wrote about why a balanced diet is best.

@gianna526 Рік тому

I'm glad he's still willing to talk about obesity in a negative way, and explain why it's an issue and that it is one to begin with. No one cares what you look like, we care whether you're going to die young or not.

@happypunky4129 Рік тому

It should also be understood if someone makes a choice to look a certain way and doesn't want help, they shouldn't be forced, that will basically feel like harassment. At the same time, they should understand that a doctor will not have good things to say about their health as a result, the same way a smoker shouldn't expect to hear about how good his lungs are.

@solarflare_1940 Рік тому

I’m not sure why everyone think it’s their business to dictate fat people. Leave them alone, it’s between themselves and their GP.

@bulletproofweasel Рік тому

@@solarflare_1940 its good to atleast make them aware and teach them. true if they dont want it they wont but let them know so they atleast can say they dont regret it because they knew it was gonna happen

@0xic644 Рік тому

actually, people care a LOT about what people look like. Psychology tests have shown that people prefer others who are more physically attractive. and thats just the way it is; our genes just tell us that prettier people are better

@ogustas Рік тому

@@solarflare_1940 problem is, nowadays there's pro-fat movement, actually encouraging people to be fat. If you wanna be fat, fine by me, but don't peddle this bullshit to everyone else

@dustyfox6511 Рік тому

I think a big thing to remember is that McDonalds was only just considering the health benefits of its foods when Supersize me came out. While some of the side-effects of Supersize Me were disproportionate and played up, it did lead to a wider conversation of what fast food places are providing. It certainly had a big impact in Australia, of all places, where McDonalds did a full 180 on its menu and actively tried to make things healthier. It's still not healthy, but it's better. A lot of the alternate options that Mike specifies came out after Supersize Me.

@eboniclarke177 Рік тому

What people seem to miss most of the times with these places is that if they offer you super size you can say no. They don't force you to buy it or compel you

@JackGardiner1 Рік тому

Aus doesn't have that much Maccas compared to the rest of the world XD

@leftysheppey Рік тому

They did the same in the UK. Got rid of extra large, double quarter pounders, changed the sauce in the "big tasty". It used to be you could get a super size big tasty meal with a milkshake and it'd be over 2000kcal

@MrAB-fo7zk Рік тому

McDonald's in the US doesn't sell salads anymore or grilled chicken. Post COVID menu.

@methatron3002 Рік тому

Bruh wtf is supersize is it something American because the biggest thing we have is a large

@x_ed Рік тому

Doctor Mike saves the day as always

@dapianoman20 Рік тому

I can say I got addicted to Macca's whilst I lived in Singapore. It was cheap, convenient and I didn't really have to think about what I wanted to eat. I was convinced that because I was hitting the gym 5 times a week, I'd just burn it off. I ate meals with lots of salad options so thought I was fine. After about a year of this though, I hit a brick wall and suddenly had no energy, brain fog, kidney stones, aches and pains in my joints etc and I was only around 30. Fixed my diet, but it did take a few years to fully get my health back on track again, so I can 100% vouch for this, even if you think you're picking the "healthier" options.

@winklenator Рік тому

I know a lot of this may seem a bit exaggerated or over the top, but this documentary actually got McDonalds to eliminate the super size option and really put focus on the unhealthiness of the fast food industry. *edit: thanks guys I’ve never gotten this much likes before 😂😅

@thunberbolttwo3953 Рік тому

Which is till unhealthy.

@0xszander0 Рік тому

@@thunberbolttwo3953 Yeah but less unhealthy, which is a good thing. The corporation did change a bit. People expect to get a burger at McDonalds. So not selling a burger won't be an option. However people themselves need to make the decision whether to get one every day or maybe once a year. I eat a burger sometimes, just like once half a year. Nothing wrong with that type of consumption.

@thunberbolttwo3953 Рік тому

@Isaac Simpson Agreed plus the food still is not healthy at all.

@MarcosAugustine Рік тому

@Isaac Simpson but it makes them spend a lot more than they need too

@koljkimm Рік тому

I don't know how it is today but earlier Mcdonalds did add sugar in salads also.

@CLNCJD94 Рік тому

Something else that was discovered about this “documentary” is that he suffered from alcoholism and was drinking during this experiment, hence why his kidney looks like “somebody who drinks every day.” Honestly this documentary did help shine some light on the dangers of fast food, but the fact that it was mostly staged to show the extremes of eating nothing but fast food.

@andianderson3017 Рік тому

Wait a minute. I didn’t know McDonalds served alcohol back then! He only ate stuff in the menu, right?

@CLNCJD94 Рік тому

@@andianderson3017 to my knowledge no McDonald’s has never served alcohol in America. But pretty much the idea goes that he relapsed into drinking heavily again during the experiment.

@Jonny5Fails Рік тому

Also explains the impotence

@rmslefttoe9024 Рік тому

@@andianderson3017 he was drinking alcohol while doing the doc. Thats why his liver was in such a bad state

2 місяці тому

@@CLNCJD94 He never relapsed because he was never sober for more than a week (that were his own words in 2017)

@TedsHoldOver 11 місяців тому

Thank you for not making us suffer through the 🤢🤮 scene. 🙏

@gercey3314 8 місяців тому

We watched this in health class sometime in the early 2010s I don't remember much but that movie will always stick with me.

@bofoshow5189 Рік тому

Doc you should check out the counter to "Super Size Me" where a science teacher did the same challenge of 30 days only mcdonalds, but he actually tracked his nutrients and calorie intake with his class, and he ended up getting healthier. It shows you are right that it's not just "McDonalds unhealthy urgh bad" it's about what you are eating and how much and how often.

@miguelpadeiro762 Рік тому

McDonalds is still unhealthy though

@runelt99 Рік тому

When did that happen though? Read somewhere that this documentary made mcdonalds remove supersize option and make the menu healthier.

@nixel5695 Рік тому

But he probably wasn’t tracking stuff before. Simply being aware of your diet and actively controlling it will give you a better life. even if you still eat at less than ideal places

@zachcreaghcoen2389 Рік тому

You seriously trying to defend McDonald’s my guy it’s still full of sugar and sat/trans fats. It is not good for you!

@bofoshow5189 Рік тому

@@zachcreaghcoen2389 read what I typed bro. The point isn’t that eating McDonald’s inherently makes you healthy/unhealthy, it’s that tracking nutrition is healthy and means ANY source of nutrients can lead to positive results. If you eat like a pig and only down milkshakes and soda and all the only high fat high sugar stuff in unhealthy proportions, yeah it’s bad.

@83gemm Рік тому

My issue with his experiment was that he also stopped a rigorous workout routine at the same time he changed his diet so the side effects were from BOTH.

@isisbleck8780 Рік тому

He also was an alcoholic so the liver testing isn’t controlled

@83gemm Рік тому

@@isisbleck8780 Didn’t know that. That’s very sad!

@wil2560 Рік тому

@@83gemm yeah. He only admitted his addicted in 2017 and said he'd been drinking since 13 and in his 30 years since starting he hadn't been sober for more than a week at a time. So it's highly likely he was STILL drinking massive amounts of alcohol leading up to the final week of the 30 days.

@meatusshaft300 Рік тому

But the thing about the lack of a workout routine during this was because he was mirroring what more than 2/3rds of Americans are like in that they don’t get enough exercise in their day-to-day routine and many of those same people are the ones who choose to eat this food way too often. Therefore the results are still pretty much the same in terms of drastic effects.

@noneofyourbusiness4294 Рік тому

@@meatusshaft300 doesn't matter in this. If you want to show upsides and/or downsides of a diet, you have to do it under the same circumstances you usually have. Fast food is by no means healthy, but stopping to work out while you did it before dilutes the outcome. Same thing with alcoholism. That one I know first hand. Appetite varies. At times you wolf down unhealthy amounts of any food, at other times your body just rejects it. Not even throwing up, you simply can't bring yourself to swallow anything solid, as it feels like it impacts your breathing. That can be helped with vitamine b12, but show me an alcoholic who keeps that in check

@BelleRose11000 5 місяців тому

I love how Dr Mike deals with these topics in a fair way, open minded and looking at facts.

@sinistersaiyan7531 Рік тому

Would love to see a full reaction of this documentary with Dr Mike

@Dekedence Рік тому

One thing I think Dr. Mike didn't pick-up on when he said that "you could choose healthy options", is that Supersize Me is from 2004, and a lot of the 'healthier' options we have now in 2022 just didn't exist back then. Fast food still sucks, but the options from EIGHTEEN years ago to now are like night and day.

@livelifeincolour Рік тому

I don't know if it was the same in the US but I worked at a McDonald's in Canada when this movie came out and I am pretty sure we had side salads and parfaits at least.

@jonny8688 Рік тому

@@livelifeincolour yeah a sallad that has such a high suger content lol. I see people defending garbage fat foods saying you can choose salads but when they checked the salads (this was some time ago) they all had a high suger content not at all like when you do your own salad.. Same in schools where the carots can be 50% sugar.. its disgusting. And one of those salad with 1ton ranch on top is just as unhealthy as there disgusting burgers

@JennyTroutstanding Рік тому

@@livelifeincolour I worked at McD's from 1999-2001 and they definitely sold salads because I had a customer I LOATHED over her salad dressing complaints and I remember her twenty years later. The whole "they're just as bad" isn't true in the least. the calorie count from the dressing or the toppings (which were like, eggs and ham) could be high, but compared to the burgers with all that grease run-off and the deep fried foods? Not "just as bad," lol.

@osnatashtaralevin8944 Рік тому

Not to mention that we technically owe all of those "healthy" options to that movie.. I think Dr. Mike wasn't paying much attention, or got only shown parts of the movie (11 minute reaction ??) B/c there's a whole section there about Morgan trying to find the nutritious poster and what a salad looked like back then..

@danielland3767 Рік тому

yeah this documentary changed on how McDonald's changed the script on "do you want to super size that order".. sad part is they quietly dropped the salads during the lockdown & got rid of the wraps...I'm sad about the wraps because I loved those things

@Pepperrelish Рік тому

I believe that after this documentary aired it was discovered that Mr Spurlock actually was not nearly as healthy as it was put forth in the film. He had drinking issues that were not disclosed to the medical professionals he visited.

@gaarara3323 Рік тому

Ye he also didn’t even eat the food everyday

@GamingGardevoir Рік тому

And also intentionally gave up his normal exercise routine to try and force the lard to build

@i_need_sleep_2034 Рік тому

He was also a vegan apparently, so the effects he felt were worse then if anyone else did this challenge lol

@Krystal-O Рік тому

Where'd everyone learn all these facts?

@samanthaparris6379 Рік тому

so the fatty liver was probably more so from the drinking than a month of mcdonald’s. although they didn’t say anything about his liver enzymes being elevated before the challenge

@joseabraham777 Рік тому

Thanks doctor Mike I agree with the way of how you aboard the content of that documentary

@BeccaRantz Рік тому

We had to watch this episode in health and then had to write an essay on it and how he could have a better diet during this challenge and I used your video to help me write it

@KazuYuuu Рік тому

I remember watching this documentary as a kid in middle school and it was actually one of the first times I started to think more about diets and health related to our consumption of food. I really enjoyed Doctor Mike's commentary, it's not where you're eating that necessarily matters as much as what you're eating and how often you're eating it. The food industry needs to take some responsibility but we also need to be aware and educated when it comes to health and nutrition. Not just in a general sense, but health as it pertains to you- the individual.

@QueenKatania_4077 Рік тому

YO I WATCHED THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TOO

@SimplyThatGuy12 Рік тому

Me high school.

@calla7484 Рік тому

@@QueenKatania_4077 me too!

@jadedone6900 Рік тому

While I agree with most of what you're saying, the part that is missing is that most of us grew up on fast food... maybe not everyday, but at least once or twice a week. What none of us understood is we were being fed food that is formulated to trigger the brain's reward center and trigger cravings for more. So while there is a degree of personal responsibility... there is also manipulation on the part of the fast food industry.

@LoganGamings Рік тому

Hey man! Could you rate my most recent recording from 1-10 and what I could improve? Thank you!!!!❤️.

@Xelvriia Рік тому

I love how he’s not making fun of obese people, he politely explains what are the non-benefits of it and what you can do to help. Congrats on 10 Million!

@Sabs_222 Рік тому

@@jaydhanaraj5823 They are speaking it into existence.

@Xelvriia Рік тому

@@jaydhanaraj5823 just rounded it up :)

@sergicalcantara Рік тому

Non benefits? What’s a benefit of being overweight? Lol.

@PoopMaster-sl5gf Рік тому

@卐-Lakehuntist-卐 seek therapy.

@sunny_snail1199 Рік тому

@卐-Lakehuntist-卐 you did not just do that

@BanhChui1968swe Місяць тому

Perhaps a little late to the party but Morgan Spurlock released a document in around 2017 where amongst his statements of mistreating people, he also stated that he'd been drinking since the age of 13 and hadn't been sober for more than a week straight. So during his challenge in 2004, he was drinking and apparently a lot since when he went to the doctor again to get his tests done. The doctor told him that the results looked like someone who's abusing alcohol and not a fatty diet.

@gwenpicchi5719 Рік тому

Your videos on food are to me what McDonald's is to overweight people: addictive but bad for me. Last time I checked, I was a healthy weight. These videos force me to remind myself of this multiple times. They make me want to lose weight that I don't have. Even though they have a negative effect on me, I can't stop watching. This show has the same positive qualities as helping people. I can't stop.

@lordhallibel3604 11 місяців тому

you fool

@floram9481 Рік тому

There's a really neat documentary that acted as a rebuttal that we were shown in my college health class called Fat Head. I remember we were learning there were some issues with this movie with how they went about it, transparency, the science, things they left out, etc (essentially iirc a lot of the stuff Dr.Mike is saying here). I would really love if Dr. Mike watched that one too to see what he says!

@g0git Рік тому

Yeah Fat Head was a great response doc would be great to see Dr.Mike compare both.

@jenzu_h8798 Рік тому

Yes! Thank you. He should react to this one next.

@applesauceisgood32 Рік тому

I enjoyed Fat Head much more, it seemed more honest while Morgan just seemed to try to prove his point rather than conduct an actual experiment.

@natalieann80 Рік тому

I definitely think he should react to Fat Head next. I’m surprised he didn’t notice how many calories Spurlock ate every day supposedly only super sizing when they offered.

@sitizenkanemusic 7 місяців тому

That's crazy that they are still showing this documentary in middle schools, high schools and colleges. The sheer impact of this film is phenomenal. I remember seeing it at the theaters because I didn't want to see iRobot with my brother and dad. It blew me away and got me away from eating MacDonalds (I can count on both hands how much I've ate McDonald's since 2004).

@user-kx1mb9qq4z 7 місяців тому

Good on you for eating healthier, that's the correct choice. But know that this documentary is very sketchy. He was drinking since he was 13 years old and claimed he was drunk every single day of this experiment...and he didn't tell his doctors about this drinking. People have tried to recreate this and can not recreate his results. He didn't create accurate food logs to track what he was eating. Fast food isn't particularly healthy, and again you made the correct choice. But please take the information given in this documentary with a very large grain of salt. Its just overindulgent propaganda, even if the propaganda has peoples best interests at heart...its still bad info. Also keep in mind this was done in ridiculous excess, and some things you eat there are just worse than others.

@letsplayg Рік тому

Yea the part where you talked about sustainability very true, I wanted to eat perfectly, almost no sugar but I absolutely love chocolate, so... It didn't last, now I just eat it from time to time and now it's much more sustainable for me.

@michellehawk282 Рік тому

I remember we watched this Documentary in school during health class. As a swiss kid in fifth grade, i was shocked at how many ppl in the US were that intensely overweight. While there are certainly ppl in switzerland that are obese, you don't really see ppl that are overweight to that extend here. Also to me and most of my friends, McDonalds was something you'd go to maybe a few times in a year, definitly not regularly, especially not as a kid.

@MoiraWillenov Рік тому

Fat is disgusting.

@kloklon Рік тому

when we did a trip to Zürich in high school i remember we only ate at McDonald's and at the hostel, because all the restaurants were like 2-3x more expensive compared to € countries, but McD was about the same.

@danieltatum4262 11 місяців тому

Afew times a year? Every kid nowadays have a dollar or 2 to buy a burger

@michellehawk282 11 місяців тому

@@danieltatum4262 Well you won't get sht in a swiss mc donalds for 2 dollars.

@ghostflame9211 11 місяців тому

@@michellehawk282 $2 doesnt buy anything in switzerland McD? that's probably why you only went every so often then. back in high school, when a parent only gave ~$5-10 a week as allowance, kids had to stretch that dollar if they wanted to go out with friends. it wasnt about quality of food, it was about price and thats it. fast food dollar menus were the saving grace in the lives of kids like me, and thats just high school. even before that, mcdonalds would advertise happy meals and the play place areas like crazy. it was absolutely marketed for children here in the US. and interestingly they are still doing it; those same kids now are old enough to buy the adult happy meals and mcdonalds took advantage of the nostalgia.

@MystyLena Рік тому

I randomly started watching Dr.Mike one day and I couldn’t stop watching him since❤️

@lilithmezza4829 Рік тому

Same

@dannyk4370 Рік тому

Same

@catsrus9478 Рік тому

Same

@emmdits3904 Рік тому

@@l4g BOT

@khalilahd. Рік тому

He’s the best

@sarahm1159 8 місяців тому

I remember watching this movie in health class in highschool (graduated ‘06) and I’m pretty sure it played a roll in me no longer eating fast food.

@rainboSnails Рік тому

i watched this in health class in 7th grade. i had been overweight most my life and only recently lost weight, and there was a kid in my class recovering from an eating disorder. it made us feel horrible lol

@Jessie_Helms Рік тому

As someone who used to weigh 335, I really appreciate how Dr Mike addressed obesity. I’m down to 310 now (yay!) and it’s a journey. Soda is a major factor, when I manage to cut it for a few weeks I usually see pretty good losses. I understand that I _need_ to lose weight. I have a bad ankle, and weighing this much only exacerbates the injuries. I don’t have as much energy as I did when I weighed 280 back in the day. Some of my old suits don’t fit properly. And, I’ll admit, I don’t look as good as I could. I want to lose weight and I _need_ to lose weight, medically speaking. I’m not “fatphobic” and I’m not “body shaming” myself, I’m looking at a 23 year old man who’s well into the obese category (39.8 BMI).

@airget Рік тому

Ya, I've told this to most people who were unaware of just how bad a large cup of Soda is, the fountain drips give you the information, but people barely read it, plus it's of course in small text. But when your realize that based on the size you could be ingesting 300-600 calories from sugar water alone, it makes sense why so many people end up gaining weight without realizing the why.

@vicmartone Рік тому

Been there, done that. It can be frustrating, speciality with all the horrible medical advice that floats around when it comes to nutrition (and I'm including this channel. Nutrition is a minimal part of medical school unfortunately). Check out Dr. Jason Fung channel. He's being doing wonders with patients, reversing diabetes and a bunch of other conditions associated with obesity. Really good and scientifically sound information.

@kaylasimpson4458 Рік тому

Soda I’d so hard to give up I’m trying too

@ionayaan Рік тому

@@kaylasimpson4458 try finding alternatives to soda, possibly sparkling water, gives that same fizz but is barely sweet

@LiesiLy Рік тому

Good job! It’s so hard to lose weight nowadays, there’s carbs sugar tons of sodium and fat in EVERYTHING. I’ve dropped 48.6lbs in the last 4 months myself. Had Covid twice in January and it has wrecked my digestive system, had to cut out sugar and carbs completely and limit my sodium intake. Granted the pounds are falling off, and my binge eating disorder is mostly reversed but I miss cake lmfao.

@rachelbroughton6457 Рік тому

I remember when this came out - while he didn't put McDonalds out of business he made a huge difference. This was the time that McDonalds brought out salads and stopped asking to supersize their meals (at least in Australia). McDonalds lost a lot of business over it. They're a multimillion dollar company so they recovered, but this guy and his doco definitely put a (small) dent in the profits and made them become at least a little bit more responsible with their food offerings!

@Ailieorz Рік тому

Correct! He wasn't ordering healthy options because they simply weren't on the menu like they are now. This film was a game changer

@samurphy Рік тому

@@Ailieorz Not true at all. Salads and grilled chicken had long been available by the early 2000s, at least in Canada. Perhaps he changed how the US mcdonalds did their business, though I suspect all they did was start marketing those items more heavily, and that they had long been available there.

@joebob1538 Рік тому

What was that green stuff I used to get from McDonald's at lunchtime in 1989? They even had low-fat Newman's Own dressing.

@joebob1538 Рік тому

@@Ailieorz Just wrong.

@nexusfoxy6351 Рік тому

@@samurphy salads at McDonald’s in the early 2000s had as much salt and trans fat as 3 burgers regardless if they were grilled chicken or not. They were NOT healthy by any means.

@kaitlynboehm3721 Рік тому

Me eating McDonald’s watching this 🥲

@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhghgggaaaagh Рік тому

They showed this in my 9th grade health class just a few days ago and the only thing watching it did was make me crave mcdonald's fries and subway, since they mentioned that too

@froniccruxis1049 Рік тому

The main problems with super size me is that he always ate even when he wasn't hungry and always supersized when asked even if he wasn't that hungry. The other problem is afterwards he went on a "detox" diet that was vegan because his wife is a self-certified nutritionist. Then there have been multiple attempts to reproduce this experiment and with vastly different results(sometimes positive). The guy didn't log his diet and apparently he was drinking a lot of alcohol. There is a lot of problems with fast food but this doc was extremely misleading.

@shadoudirges Рік тому

Calling it a documentary is a stretch, it's more like reality programing.

@froniccruxis1049 Рік тому

@@shadoudirges I mean that is all documentaries. Even simple ones like wildlife documentaries tend to be misleading but when they get into social issues they are almost guaranteed to be setup to sell something or appeal to a bias. They can be good to open issues up but they often create more problem than solutions.

@shadoudirges Рік тому

@AlyFrederi That's my biggest problem with the film, it was presented at schools to children/minors with minimal critical thinking. Now we have many adults that think fast food is poison and the main reason for obesity. _(Which neither reflect reality.)_

@alypialpha2712 Рік тому

@@RaindropsOnLichen if this movie was purely meant for entertainment, then I have no problem with that. The problem with this film is that it was paraded around as a documentary and shown to kids in school everywhere. If you’re trying to change the minds of children, glossing over facts and scientific methods should be the last thing you do, even if you’re trying to bump up the entertainment value.

@SimplyThatGuy12 Рік тому

At the end of the day, it is a reality tv show. Not everything is gonna be real.

@GlitchCrunch Рік тому

My biggest issue with this documentary is that we never see him exercise or try to do anything other then sit in his car/hotel room when he eats. I also remember that he actually was on a vegan diet, because of his girlfriend, before starting the diet. MAJOR change from a vegan diet to one where you have meat in every single meal is gonna have a BIG effect on how your body responds to certain foods.

@Kaimax61 Рік тому

YES, I hated how biased this documentary is, and I don't even eat mcdonalds that much.

@lolmao500 Рік тому

You think he has the energy for exercise eating that much Mcdonalds? LOL Thing is, this was made in 2004 and the number of fat americans has skyrocketed since then.

@ryanjv Рік тому

Exactly. The documentary fathead calls put the holes in this whole premise

@minhuang8848 Рік тому

Yeah, we're talking about a systemic issue where the healthier alternative (which is likely more satisfying at lower calories and good for you on top) is displaced by calorie dense foods everywhere. McD isn't even that freaking bad (well, bad enough) in comparison. Try pastries, fat-sugar dough rolls you can just inhale are completely insane, all things considered. But well, watermelons cost way too much if you're a poor family with kids who want sweets. It's a huge thing. So much nonsense, starting with the "preservatives bad"-argument where they demonstrate how "bad" McD is by showing us the oldest trick in the book... old, not very moist fries that don't rot. Great, my oven fries I yeeted behind the counter don't really do that either. What's the point? The core message is "don't freaking eat over your calorie budget and don't order the unhealthiest items all dang day long." Just the most basic nutritional advice. Turn that into a documentary, leaving people with more knowledge about how all this works without being constantly alarmist about things that are pretty well manageable, and people wouldn't call him such a hack. Not a great documentary.

@saschamayer4050 Рік тому

He was sitting more and walking less to make his lifestyle more comparable to the average American man. He said so in the beginning of the documentary. I don't remember how much he decreased his daily steps but it was a significant percantage.

@alvinsphan Рік тому

It would be interesting to hear Dr. Mike’s opinion on the animal based diet, specifically what Paul Saladino MD recommends.

@pandabytes4991 11 місяців тому

2:22 the video in reference says it is both. It is asking how much is each party responsible. While some may argue it is solely on the consumer for choosing bad places, I personally would only accept that if the restaurant in question is 100% transparent about the their food... and not limiting their "transparency" to offering nutritional information.

@TopSecretManga Рік тому

There was a documentary that counter argues Spurlock's "Super size me", it's called, "Fat head". He did the same thing except ate below 2000 calories a day eating nothing but fast food and actually lost weight after 30 days.

@justakidtrainingforstrengt1258 Рік тому

Yeah, but that's because calories in calories out always causes weight loss. Doesn't mean he's healthy. Plus, one meal at McDonald's is about 15/1600 calories. So 2000 is still too low 😐

@chetelam7172 Рік тому

Doesn't matter what you eat if your in a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

@yureiiTV Рік тому

you can lose weight but still have fatty deposits on your arteries. not all people who died w/ heart attack are obese. the documentary is shitty because it's not transparent but that doesn't debunked the fact that fast food aren't meant to be consumed everyday

@lang0162 Рік тому

@@justakidtrainingforstrengt1258 watch the doc before saying it’s wrong. Fat head actually showed data and explained everything properly. It wasn’t to show that fast food is good but to show how flawed supersize me was.

@karazsteel Рік тому

@@justakidtrainingforstrengt1258 when you remove the bread, sugar and salt you're left with perfectly normal plates of meat, vegetables and dairy products.

@captsteve1963 Рік тому

Several other “researchers” have tried to duplicate Spurlock’s results and he refused to release his food diary. And I think he was only offered supersized meal a few times during the 30 day period.

@garaj1 Рік тому

Was looking to see if anyone else commented this. As influential as this documentary was, Morgan Spurlock's overall douchiness has not helped in going deeper. Kinda makes you wonder what his actual goal was if not science

@hefejp Рік тому

@@garaj1 💰

@elenaluca8941 Рік тому

@@garaj1 It wasnt for science, i think it was because he was getting paid. Society is messed up.

@gezzarandom Рік тому

Nine times he was offered to super size.

@ProfessionalNoob01 Рік тому

Doctor mike saying the sponsor: Everyone: skipping through the sponsor

@masamimuniz Місяць тому

3:47 "Liver inflamation" could stem from a prior (if not recent) history of alcoholism.

@rodjones117 5 днів тому

It did - he admitted that he was along-term alcoholic.

@beaglebaby95 Рік тому

The thing I love most about Dr. Mike and what a lot of negative reviewers need to understand is that he never makes fun of situations like this and takes a very professional approach to how he discusses each problem. Even during the one piece, mentioning how he would never tell you not to eat the way you want, he WOULD remind you of the health factors you are risking by eating foods like this regularly. No doctor should tell you to eat outright, not the way you want. Dr. Mike is so professional and so polite when addressing this topic. As an obese person myself, I appreciate his take and advice and pray that he does more videos like this.

@jonny8688 Рік тому

I found his approch pretty weak. He is always so cautious tip toeing around to not step on an a fattys toes.. Like srsly its disgusting being fat as a fockin mountain.. Needs to be whiped with motorcycle chains (not the drive chain i mean the chain you lock it with like the big thick 20pound chains)

@saveyoutub Рік тому

Doctor Mike. You say there's exceptions to the BMI index however said you cannot become depressed by eating McDonald's. I would disagree and say there are alot more exceptions in regards to diet vs BMI inaccuracies

@usmh Рік тому

That particular comment was a bit misplaced. There's no need for him to preach about not controlling patients' lives when it wasn't even about a patient. The doctors were _asked_ , and it was a general question. Of course they can say what they think.

@fumoffu_l Рік тому

He literally diagnosed a patient with lime disease after multiple doctor told him "you're not sick, you're just fat." But people conveniently don't remember that video.

@00kidney Рік тому

Loved that movie when it came out. While everyone was expecting him to get some kind of damage to his health, the amount of bad things that actually happened surprised me (and even his doctor, if I recall correctly). Besides, the scariest part was that he really liked eating at McDonalds, after 30 days he was basically addicted that that food.

@mysterionz Рік тому

Hi Katherine!

@itsinugami Рік тому

To the best or my recollection, there are actual addictive additives within food at McDonald's, as well as, I'm sure, other fast food chains.

@Mythilt Рік тому

@@itsinugami Yeap, they are called Salt, Carbohydrates, and Fat.

@candykit5382 Рік тому

Part of it is he lied. Nobody could actually replicate what happened to him in these experiments with what he ate. He was not being truthful about his diet, and he was doing something not on camera. Not to say this kind of diet ISN'T bad... but he definitely falsified some things in order to make it a bigger headline, which is really too bad.

@zogar8526 Рік тому

@@candykit5382 Was going to say this. It wasn't just some of it. He lied about basically everything. None of what he did was real, at all. As you said, this kind of diet is absolutely bad and will cause damage to you. Just not in this timeframe. The entire movie was fake. Not sure if anyone remembers when Animal planet aired "Mermaid the body found" or the megaldon shows, but those are as truthful as this was.

@PeterPancreas-bt8zc 7 місяців тому

For a middle school science class I made a keto diet using only McDonald’s and gas station food and nobody believed me

@michaelgoldstein8516 Рік тому

A BMI over 25 increases your risk for VTE in the perioperative period regardless of body composition. So you’re definitely correct in that while it has its flaws, it does provide good stratification for risk.

@Rabaheo Рік тому

A Swedish study couldn't replicate his results even with a 5,000+ calorie a day of junk food requirement. Might look that up. Supersize Me! struck me as a very dramatized "documentary" and he may have exaggerated his results to align with his point, he isn't exactly conducting a rigorously controlled experiment. We know fast food is not good for you, but it's not 'nearly kill you in a month' bad.

@ryanjv Рік тому

He absolutely lied in this. Fat head was a good call out response to this

@DrGero15 Рік тому

@@ryanjv It was, you can lose weight eating at McDonald's if you want to.

@shadoudirges Рік тому

Since the original reason of the film was about McDonalds pushing customers to supersize their meals, hence people overeating fast food, and was only offered to supersize 9 times over that month, Spurlock couldn't prove that McDonalds was being willfully negligent. But he sure did infer that McDonalds adds some unidentified nefarious chemicals to the food and that's what make it addicting _(I'm like, you mean sugar, salt, and fat Spurlock?)_ but never dug further into it, because there was none. Instead he focused on his health when he completely changed his diet and lifestyle over that month. _(Which of course your health will be affected when you make such abrupt and drastic dietary and lifestyle changes like that.)_

@thetalkingstick9214 Рік тому

@@Asaintheclouds He wasn’t vegan pre-Supersize but he was after to reduce his weight, that and actually exercising and not overindulge himself ever chance he got.

@robopolygep7184 Рік тому

Being a personal trainer, there is a lot of misconceptions about Body Mass index. My own Dr. Once told me I was considered obese (BMI scale) even though my body fat percentage was 12% and I had muscle. You always explain things very well and seem like and amazing Dr. Thank for all the awesome content. 💪💪

@joebob1538 Рік тому

I agree about BMI. I disagree about Mike's response. It's as useless as saying 98.6 is "normal" body temperature. BMI's problem isn't that it's one size fits all. It' problem is that it is one size fits no one. I'm 6-3. According to BMI I should weigh ~185lbs. Which is what I weighed when I was 17-years old. By the time I was 18 I weighed 200lbs, and you could still count my ribs. I couldn't get down to 185 if I lopped off a leg. BMI is a dangerous farce.

@Anny-sy9wn Рік тому

I'm a 140 lb female and I can comfortably fit into a size 6 in jeans. Weight really shouldn't be used as a health indicator. 🤷‍♀️

@jasminespencer2872 Рік тому

@@joebob1538 It works for some people though, like myself

@ThatLaggyNoob Рік тому

@@joebob1538 I'm a climber who can hang off a 10 milimeter edge and according to BMI I'm overweight, I can absolutely relate to your experience of how ridiculous BMI can be.

@dylanmorgan5589 Рік тому

BMI is a statistical tool amd not entirely linear. The human body works differently at different heights. If you're over 6 foot 5 you need a smaller BMI to maintain heart health than a 5 foot person. This is why tall people are naturally skinny with longer limbs. The human body ia only designed to work within a certain size range and anything beyond requires a different design or else you run into problems. Statistically the risk to the heart at 300 pounds at 5 foot 5 is pretty much the same. Most doctors prefer individual analysis though as this is more valuable. The ideal BMI is a huge range but if your muscles are taking you beyond that range then you are risking health for performance. It's a common trade off athletes make, this should show people that the risk of being heavy is actually small and the real danger is malnutrition and sugar.

@cowfurby9542 Рік тому

4:57 they didn't start serving salads until after the documentary came out Fun fact: The salads had more calories in them then the Big Macs!

@nicolelove4313 10 місяців тому

They made us watch this in high school All I really remember was half the class falling asleep disinterested and me thinking there are so many other variables not though out for this

@salkjshaweoiuenvohvr Рік тому

Dr Mike this documentary I'm afraid has been called into question in a few places due to others attempting to replicate the experiment. I think you did a fantastic job on your end sharing your medical input, but do you think you can discuss those points as well?

@AbbeyMarieEsp Рік тому

I was like 12 when this came out and felt it was shady. It also felt very much "look how much better I was, and then I became like you, and now I can't get a boner." As an adult, I still think the guy is a prick, and all the criticisms levied against the documentary are genuine. I was hoping Dr. Mike would be more critical tbh. But the doc changed fast food as a whole, so I can't judge too much.

@NeilBlanco Рік тому

There's a documentary called Fat Head which debunked this film which is really good. Morgan is a douchebag...

@joebob1538 Рік тому

Medical input without actually investigating the facts - one of the points he stresses doctors have to do to provide adequate care to their patients - is worse than worthless. And what Mike did. I like Dr Mike's videos. Usually. But this one is a HUGE FAIL.

@salkjshaweoiuenvohvr Рік тому

@@joebob1538 I mean not really. Nothing Dr Mike really said was wrong and even pointed out the flaws to the documentary's challenge. He also pointed out the false dichotomy between market and personal responsibility. And even if we're concluding super size me wasn't accurate I don't think any sane person can say eating EVERY item of McDonald's menu at the time wouldn't screw up your body on some level.

@GeckoLadie Рік тому

I remember watching this back in like 2010 and my biology teacher basically did a live commentary on why this isn't good science. Basically a continuous multi-hour version of this video. 12 years on I hope that teacher is going as strong as Dr Mike is.

@Chls05 Рік тому

I remember watching this! It’s old so I know it’s changed since then in regards to the way they cook the food and portion sizes etc but it’s still true to this day that the unhealthier food can be cheaper. I worked for subway for 3 years when I was a student and ate it day in and day out as I used to get it for free and I actually lost 2 stone 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ I was going to the gym every day too tho…

@luckyduck2928 Рік тому

Subway is like $15 a sub. That's expensive.

@fckoln-tr3rr 8 місяців тому

@@luckyduck2928 All Fast Food is more expensive than cooking yourself.

@jamesbyrd3740 7 місяців тому

did you ever find them?

@Chls05 7 місяців тому

@@luckyduck2928 not in the uk, it’s about £6

@austinblackburn8095 6 місяців тому

@@fckoln-tr3rrThat is true today, but it hasn't always been that way. Back in the day fast food was such an insane value at worst it would be as expensive as cooking at home without the labor and at best cheaper and without the labor. Nowadays even the cheap crappy fast food chains like McDonald's and Taco Bell want to reinvent themselves as fast casual restaurants like five guys or chipotle, because they can charge more. However back in the day the prices where pretty hard to beat especially when both parents had jobs and couldn't find time to make meals at home.

@nicholeurban288 4 місяці тому

I remember seeing this in theaters LOL feeling older. was really good watch about 20 years ago! 😵‍💫

@abeytuhanu Рік тому

Spurlock stopped exercising, which is fair since he was trying to emulate the average ameriacan, but he also refused to release his food log. When others tried to recreate his meals they found the most calories dense options added up to about 3500, 1500 short of his claimed 5000 average. Spurlock also later confessed to being a major alcholic, unable to go a week sober.

@azazellon Рік тому

Thank you! I just commented this somewhere else. But there are genuine criticisms to this documentary that just make Spurlock look...more than a bit sketchy.

@WilliamParkerer Рік тому

Well, that is also true for a lot of Americans.

@lenagraham2093 Рік тому

He couldn’t be sober? Then he’s a high-functioning alcoholic because I don’t think I have ever seen someone speak so clearly and have such completely normal motor skills while drunk. And if he was already a drunk prior to the documentary, it’s great that all his blood levels were in such great shape! He must have amazing genes to be constantly drunk but not a single one of his doctors noticed!

@azazellon Рік тому

@@lenagraham2093 I can tell you're being sarcastic. At least I hope you are. Spurlock's alcoholism was intentionally left out of the docu and hidden by all the doctors/professionals. It's a misleading documentary.

@dbsagacious Рік тому

You joke about him "wanting to take McDonalds down", but when this came out, it was EVERYWHERE, and was actually instrumental in McD's making several changes to add healthier options to their menu, and remove the "supersize" option

@lokidokey7586 Рік тому

I'm pretty sure this was also the reason they started printing nutritional values on the placemats and burger wrappers. I miss the supersize option.

@CesarGarcia-nd5xz Рік тому

I’m on a 40 days of just eating fast food and I’m fi…………… ☠️

@stefanjovanic6570 9 днів тому

I saw it briefly referenced in the comments, but it would be interesting if Doctor Mike saw and commented on 'Fat Head', the Tom Naughton documentary that addresses the narrative in Super Size Me from an alternative angle.

@kuroocat8281 Рік тому

Doctor Mike is the only person I can watch who pauses every 10 seconds without being annoyed.

@Basilissa_Sunight Рік тому

Fun fact: I have seen this film back in school, in Italy. The funny part is that our bigger McDonalds servings are basically a little less than an medium in the US; also, a McMenu will probably cost as much as a dish of pasta or a business menu in a restaurant (or a poke, if we want to stay on fast food). Just a quick comparison between a system that wants you to get sick throu food and a decent food culture. P.S. Sorry if the comment sounds a bit harsh but what I read about fast food vs healthy food in the US really seems a huge fattening scheme

@V1NAY007 Рік тому

Yup here in India, McDonalds and other fast food are much more expensive than home cooked food, Also local restaurants are much cheaper than McDonalds etc

@merpcat3497 Рік тому

Very sad indeed. : (

@thepinkestpigglet7529 Рік тому

It's less a scheme to fatten us up and more a scheme to take our money.

@pineconetrees Рік тому

Poke is fast food for you?? I am so jealous 😞😞

@Basilissa_Sunight Рік тому

@@pineconetrees well, the poke stores concept is very similar to the fast food ones so I have always though of it as fast food (but healthy)

@S0ur_l3m0nz 4 місяці тому

I remember watching this in my middle school health class

@Prismalpink 3 місяці тому

Spurlock’s documentary is not 100% reliable because he was found to have been drinking and dealing with alcoholic addiction during that period.

@Empoweremotion 22 дні тому

It doesn't make any sense

@Foodgeek Рік тому

As a tall person (6'4", 194 cm), I am considered overweight at 95 kilograms (25.24 BMI), but I've tried lowering my weight to 90 kilograms (23.91 BMI), and I look downright unhealthy. As you say, the BMI system can be pretty inaccurate. The problem is that it's often used in the medical profession to gauge individuals.

@ramblingmillennial1560 9 місяців тому

This sounded off to me so I looked up what healthy weight for your height is and I got 82.5-100.7kg. And then when I checked BMI for someone at your height at 95 kg it did give overweight like you said. So I digged a little deeper and apparently BMI isn't a very good metric for extremes. So it's not very accurate for very short people and very tall people and it says BMI shouldn't be used for people 150cm and shorter or those 190cm and taller. Sounds like you're better off sticking to 95kg. :)

@Jkjoannaki 8 місяців тому

@@ramblingmillennial1560it's not just that, muscle mass matters as well. Muscle is more dense than fat, you can have a very low percentage of fat, very very high percentage of muscle be absolutely jacked but be considered obese in bmi even with 10% fat , which isn't obese, neither overweight, just jacked and strong.

@kronaperthro 8 місяців тому

I'm 6'5 and at my lowest I was 195 lbs. I couldn't see how I could get lower without looking like I was starving. My BMI at that weight is 23.1 seemingly just barely below the overweight point. (25) It goes all the way down to 18.5 before considered underweight. I know I have muscular thighs, but I doubt they are that muscular to "Throw off" my BMI.

@joecurran2811 2 місяці тому

ABSI is better

@Justsomebody009 Рік тому

Yeah we watched this in home economics. Which is a class that teaches you how to cook from scratch and they try and make the meals really healthy like soup, spaghetti, cottage pie, quiche. Even healthier treats. It also taught us what a balanced diet is and nutrients/vitamins in food. Probably the few classes I took the most from.

@kittenmimi5326 Рік тому

That's cool, and I bet it tastes 100x better too

@xquahd Рік тому

In what world is spaghetti healthy? It's just McDonald's with less sat fats, and you don't have lettuce or tomato etc.

@laurent.9968 Рік тому

I was force to watch this documentary in my health class

@Justsomebody009 Рік тому

@@xquahd making spaghetti bolognaise is much healthier than eating macdonalds. I buy mince, tomatoes onions garlic carrots and it all gets cooked in a small amount of oil. I also buy 20% less fat mince. Also do I not understand how much extra stuff is in that burger. When they say a 100% beef they mean the meat is a 100% beef. There is sugar in the patty on top of all the additives that aren’t naturally found in meat. Also portion size is really important but do you know what the most important thing about learning how to make spaghetti bolognaise is that your actually learning a skill that once you know a few basic meals ur already eating healthier than buying ready made meals or fast food. So in what world U ask is spaghetti bolognaise healthy? In everyone’s else’s world except yours because your clearly uneducated on what goes into food.

@iconiccfs Рік тому

5:17 they did it so that he had a better understanding of what he should have been eating to be healhty, and i think that they did it to bring better in to perspectiv how bad fast food is comperd to the optimal meal and what you would need in a day :D

@KCDWolf Рік тому

I remember watching this in a health class in college, this video would it be very helpful lol.

@astridposey Рік тому

A study was done and there were preexisting conditions and cheating this man did while eating McDonald's that skewed his results. Groups have tried to replicate the results, but none have done so.

@jerryborjon Рік тому

Yeah, I think I remember hearing that he vastly overate to skew the results.

@stellart5664 Рік тому

Im glad someone else pointed this out!

@masterman9999 Рік тому

I was also going to say this, but glad you beat me to it.

@Claymorw Рік тому

They do show you that in the documentary, he throws up from overeating the first few days

@NiramBG Рік тому

yeah, it's also very likely that he consumed an incredibly unhealthy amount of alcohol during this time, which skewed the results even further.

@foxxmkennedy Рік тому

Keep in mind this was 18 years ago. Back then we had king size and super size. Also they did not sell salad back then. The fries were so greasy they were limp. No crunch in fries. Life was different and fast food actually tasted amazing that's why it caused such an increase in weight and health issues.

@moelester7615 Рік тому

the fuk u talkikg about? its just as unhealthy then as it is now 😂

@grabble7605 Рік тому

It did not taste amazing. It tasted like fast food. Also _taste_ does not cause health issues. It was all the fat, salt and sugar that did, and still does, cause those.

@robertoortiz1210 Рік тому

@@grabble7605 good taste, causes people to go back and probably frequently.

@yugrajsingh8490 Рік тому

All they did was make the meals smaller though they still cause obesity so there isn't much difference from then and now

@TheSuperNats Рік тому

There were salads on the menu in the doc

@emilydraper8971 9 місяців тому

I watched this documentary 6 years ago as a senior in high school. Had similar questions as you

@bavo981 10 місяців тому

A teacher's favourite movie. I've seen this one at least 6 times in different classes and schools I've visited.

@alypialpha2712 Рік тому

I suggest you watch the “response” documentary called Fat Head and let us know your thoughts. He does the same fast food diet with the ability to choose what he eats at McDonalds and debunks a lot of the claims Supersize Me has. He also showed it was impossible to consume as many daily calories as Spurlock claimed.

@veronicabaillargeon5775 Рік тому

I agree. I seen this on too, and his doctor noted that he actually lost weight.

@thebutlerdiditagain Рік тому

I agree!

@darthtaz0 Рік тому

I came to say the same thing. Super Size Me has largely been debunked and I'm a little sad he didn't do a little more research before posting this reaction video. I hope he does watch Fat Head also.

@Omeria Рік тому

Came here to say this. This documentary has been debunked and to be honest I'm a little disappointed in Dr. Mike for not doing proper research into it. Not that it's healthy to eat fast food, but that guy lied a lot.

@darthtaz0 Рік тому

@@robot7935 You can do some research about the topic and still do a live reaction. Lots of react channels do it. You can even do the research after recording the reaction and post a follow up at the end. Channels do that too.

@AxZelAnimations30 Рік тому

6:44 Should've gotten the Happy Meal

@hanahahmad Рік тому

😭😂

@jaydenmpasanje7021 Рік тому

Oh jeez😂

@TheCrimsonTree 2 місяці тому

Real

@jaketaz2848 8 місяців тому

10:49 lol this is why I like this channel 😂

@mollusckscramp4124 9 місяців тому

3:52 Haelth 📈

@SlipknotPlushie Рік тому

I feel like the correlation between weight loss and sitting down for meals is establishing a routine. Once that routine is followed, assuming you're not overeating during the sit-down meal, weight loss becomes less strenuous.

@austinblackburn8095 6 місяців тому

It may be a part of it, but there are too many variables to account for it would basically be impossible to come to any conclusions with a study.

@BrokenNoah Рік тому

Something Morgan Spurlock did not mention in the documentary but he later admitted to is his consumption of alcohol during that time. Per his own confession, he has been consistently drinking since the age of 13 and hasn't been sober when he made the revelation more than a decade later.

@Zeydarchist Рік тому

thanks you for mentioning this. i really dislike how people took this movie as gospel when he was hiding so much stuff that he did BEFORE filming this. it's a terrible movie, and an awful take.

@calyssaria3272 Рік тому

They also don't mention that he cut way back on his excercise when he started this. Other people have tried this while maintaining their normal excercise routine and eating the recommended 2000 calories a day and had way different results.

@alice45-fgd-456drt Рік тому

Well to be fair, if he's been drinking since he was 13, the tests he took before starting the experiment would still be based on his health while being an alcoholic, surely? Which means his health still deteriorated severely in just 30 days, which likely wouldn't be caused by a drinking habit he must've had for a good long while before the making of this video?

@kayleigh3648 Рік тому

Wouldn’t that be ideal that he was drinking during those 30 days if that was his normal behavior?? If he suddenly quit alcohol during the testing period, then it would throw off the results. Wouldn’t we want someone to continue their normal daily patterns to get the most accurate results? 🤔 He May not have been in the best health due to the drinking, but the results clearly showed a difference from the time he started to the time it was over... Or are u saying he quit drinking during the experiment? Not trying to be argumentative, I’m just genuinely curious.

@page8301 Рік тому

@@Zeydarchist Yes, pretend like the food industry has no part in the obesity epidemic. /smh

@TheBcoolGuy Рік тому

1:02 The most reasonable answer to me is that when you sit down for meals, there's a limit to how much you eat at each meal and each meal is a defined, absolute event. No spontaneous meals, no snacking to speak of, no ambiguity. Instead, consistency.

@chantalmars8247 8 місяців тому

The point of going to the nutritionist was to give the general pop who are watching info on what a healthy intake looks like. Same with the docs, to give his baseline values so at the end we could see how one month of eating McDonald's impacts a person's health. The whole point was to show that these fast food places were not providing food that could be eaten at all meals and stay within a reasonably healthy intake limit.

@thatguy720 Рік тому

I watched this full documentary during health class in May, and being someone who probably eats at McDonald’s / Fast Food Restaurants once a year, I felt all the “oily-ness” that he was consuming through the screen.

@Creatorsan Рік тому

I haven't eaten there in 6 years. You know what your getting there. Mediocre food that doesn't taste great. And it's bad for you.

@thatguy720 Рік тому

@@Creatorsan I do admit that I sometimes crave their food, but it’s not something I can’t live without and like you said, it’s not high quality food both in nutritional value and in satisfying terms.

@iamagi Рік тому

To bad you had a such low quality class that they fell for this bs

@laurao3274 Рік тому

I haven't eaten fast food in over a decade. One day I went into a Burger King or something, because my mom wanted to order something during our road trip. I couldn't believe how much the prices went up. Everything was over $7. Also, it looks like the sizes got even bigger. Because apparently more soda is just what Americans needed.

@OnlyAtJaMart Рік тому

No one could duplicate Spurlock’s results, and when people tried to contact him to get specifics about his diet during the 30 days, Spurlock (who made a huge deal about people seeming suspicious for not calling him back) never got back to them. This was a goosed documentary, and while it is obviously not good for you, it was not as bad as Spurlock portrayed in the movie.

@lizziedavidson1987 Рік тому

Later it was found out he was an alcoholic whilst doing this and this was why no one could replicate the experiment. If he truly did not consume anything that wasn’t available at McDonald’s then it was no wonder he was experiencing withdrawals.

@Indipender Рік тому

@@lizziedavidson1987 how did 3 doctors not notice his alcoholism? Other than that, this documentary was a huge BS. Anyone eating 4k+ calories a day with that much carbs and fat, even from healthy foods would have the same results. This Just shows people are ignorant, easy to manipulate and stupid AF

@lizziedavidson1987 Рік тому

@@Indipender your guess is as good as mine but he did come out recently and tell us he was suffering alcoholism at this point in his life. Perhaps the production persuaded the doctors to keep it quiet somehow…idk.

@christopherlarock9062 Рік тому

He was also abusing alcohol. He's admitted it.

@sbdftw1702 Рік тому

@@lizziedavidson1987 Him abusing alcohol prior to the challenge is literally irrelevant. Does it somehow make the food healthier than before? Let’s not pretend a 1500 calorie meal is any less than what it is just because the guy had a drinking problem.

@nicolewilliams6052 Рік тому

Morgan Spurlock was also drinking heavily at the time, which may have had more to do with his liver failure than his diet, but now we'll never really know since his experiment is based on invalid results.

@swanoflove6833 10 місяців тому

I used to loooove fast food, in fact I ate it most days of the week for many years, though now after cooking practically exclusively at home for a few years except for sometimes going to a restaurant, I find I don't really crave fast food anymore, and in fact when I eat it don't feel good or satisfied! I don't feel like ill be sick but something just doesn't sit comfortably and doesn't feel satisfying and refreshing like a homemade meal. I also notice that I stay full for longer with food at home! I think I've heard its something to do with how quickly our bodies absorb different foods and foods with certain nutrients and things

@gorillaz2d103 Рік тому

this was interesting to watch. I love how doctor mike clearly points out that being obese is negative, but not that people should judge you for it but that it decreases quality of life ❤️ ✨

@jonny8688 Рік тому

I like seeing fat people fall. It gives me great pleasure

@Zebra_3 Рік тому

quality of life is everything.

@reinysbutterfly3849 Рік тому

I remember watching this as a kid. It caused such a scare with my family that they ended up with unrealistic health goals which were just as unhealthy as fastfood.

@Zebra_3 Рік тому

don't pretend McDogfood is OK.

@fishyfungus5026 Рік тому

@@Zebra_3 they never said that

@mondopatrick657 Рік тому

@@Zebra_3 they never said that 💀

@lordhallibel3604 11 місяців тому

@@Zebra_3 AI

@Robyamdam 10 місяців тому

I'm pretty there is a superslimme style documentary out there

@MichaelSuperbacker Рік тому

4:55 they don’t serve salads anymore where I live

@hugobourgon198 11 місяців тому

At the beginning of may, I when two weeks in the USA from Canada. First meal was a road stop at Wendy's. I am a vegetarian and the only option was a lame salad (lettuce, few tomatoes and few carrots), bet there were like 6 defferent dressings with it (too much sauce for a sole little salad). Even salads can be unhealty in that country. I've never seen that in Eastside Canada (I don't know about our westside). Even the fancy restaurants had oversized meals (more oversized than the oversized meals we get in Canada - and yes our meals at restaurant are oversized too, but not to that extend). I can totally see how keeping a diet can be hard under those conditions.

@Pinkcrusader Рік тому

I would love to see you also review the rebuttal documentary called Fat Head. I think that both of them put together help people understand nutrition and why exercise should maybe be part of what we view as a diet.

@jaspervanheycop9722 Рік тому

Fat Head is a great rebuttal to Supersize Me, but it also has some really bad nutritional science itself. It quickly goes from "actually most of the Spurlock claims are bullshit and you can just order small meals at McD and stay healthy and even lose weight" to keto-bro nonsense and other full-on pseudoscience like "greedy fat cells".

@tediffrig1336 Рік тому

I just suggest that too then I saw your comment

@immortalfrieza Рік тому

One thing Fat Head does in particular is prove that Supersize Me was outright lying about nearly everything.

@andrewb4984 Рік тому

Fathead was excellent. Far more valuable, informative and CREDIBLE than this morgan spurlock trash.

@sd.2528 Рік тому

I second this.