"SuperMarket Me" - A documentary on my health problems from eating supermarket food

I think the film maker putting out 'Supersize Me' at the Canne's film
festival was actually trying to make a statement about society in general
and the fact that many people don't really consider the health dangers of
eating unhealthy everyday. Big Macs and Meatlover's pizza have become an
every day part of life for many Americans and I think the documentary's
bizarre experiment was designed to shed light on how we overlook the dangers
of fast food because it has become so woven into our lifestyle.

Drunk driving is not new but years ago, it was largely overlooked until
awareness of the dangers became a national passion. Cigarette smoking was
acceptable until public awareness increased about the dangers. Without
spending any tax payer monies or putting anyone at risk but himself, the
film maker is just exposing people who may not spend much time thinking
about what they eat to the dangers of overdoing unhealthy food. I think it
is a great film for kids, especially like my son who can eat anything and
still lose weight. He may not get fat but who knows what his arteries look
like or will look like when he hits middle age.

Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices and
being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you are really
considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a really interesting
documentary.

j

"mrbog" wrote in message
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"SuperMarket Me" - A documentary on my health problems from eating at
the supermarket.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 27, 2004

I coducted a study of the effects of eating food only from American
supermarkets. The piece is intended to reveal the nature of the
problem of obesity in America.

Over the thirty day period my health deteriorated rapidly. My
cholesterol went up by 59 points, I had problems with my vision, I was
depressed and vomiting, I lost confidence in myself, and I considered
becoming a woman.

The documentary reveals the source of the health problems in America:
fatty foods, sugar-rich foods, insufficient vegetables, mentholyptus,
and mints. The result of eating these foods caused my blood pressure
to increase by 14 pounds per square inch. By the third day, the
vomiting I endured was so frequent and spontaneous that people called
me "projectile boy".

I am submitting my 184 minute feature production to the Cannes Film
Festival, in the hopes that it will get noticed big directors like
Steven Speilberg, James Cameron, Raymond Martino, and Nacho Vidal.

Oh by the way, I only ate corned beef, heavy cream, butter, kosher
salt, and sudafed. But it was all purchased from American
supermarkets. I call it "The American Supermarket Diet".



Does it seem like crappy logic to anyone else? McDonalds has salads,
parfaits, the mclean burger, and probably other stuff I don't know
about because I never eat there myself. (I remember the salads were
actually very good.) You can eat only mcdonalds for thirty days and
end up looking even better than Jared.

"Top Sirloin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:05:33 -0600, "Julianne"
wrote:
It is interesting to contrast what people eat today with what was the norm
for
my middle class family growing up: three meals a day, each with a protein,
a
veggie and some bread, and a snack before bed. Cake, pie, pizza, and any
fast or
restaurant food was a special treat with maybe a monthly appearance.


--
Scott Johnson
"Always with the excuses for small legs. People like you are
why they only open the top half of caskets." -Tommy Bowen

You just brought up a point that gets under my skin daily! How were our
Mom's able gain a fundamental understanding of the Zone Diet, the Glycemic
Index and heart healthy eating before the books were even written? As a
whole, society was a lot thinner and I don't remember me or my friends being
hungry all the time. We had less diabetes and fewer heart attacks. Of
course, we had fewer TV channels and internet sites, too. And my Mom wasn't
shy about sending us outdoors to play right up until supper. A bunch of
kids weren't gonna mess up her house and my Dad needed a little quiet before
dinner to relax after his hard day at work.

Top Sirloin wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:05:33 -0600, "Julianne"
wrote:

I think the film maker putting out 'Supersize Me' at the Canne's film
festival was actually trying to make a statement about society in general
and the fact that many people don't really consider the health dangers of
eating unhealthy everyday. Big Macs and Meatlover's pizza have become an
every day part of life for many Americans and I think the documentary's
bizarre experiment was designed to shed light on how we overlook the
dangers of fast food because it has become so woven into our lifestyle.

It is interesting to contrast what people eat today with what was the norm
for my middle class family growing up: three meals a day, each with a
protein, a veggie and some bread, and a snack before bed. Cake, pie,
pizza, and any fast or restaurant food was a special treat with maybe a
monthly appearance.

I remember going to a fast food place, and my two brothers and I were
given one milkshake split into 3 (and one milkshake used to be a lot
smaller) and split a small french fries 3 ways. We did this about
once every 3-4 months. My first taste of a big mac was when I was
on a classroom trip about 11 years old and our excursion was to
mcdonalds.

These things are pretty much standard fare now.

Ignoramus17478 wrote:
Here's what led to our current obesity:

1. Sedentary lifestyle (TV etc)

2. lack of public transportation

Surplus of private transportation, more like. A real lack would mean you
walked.

3. Commercial food that is addictive and empty of nutrients (leading
to craving more food due to missing those nutrients)

High fructose corn syrup, the Devil's blood. ;-)

4. Food has become a good deal cheaper, vs. personal incomes.


I'll note 2 and 4 are good things with negative consequences. 1 also, maybe;
the arguments for unrelenting hard physical labor tend to be made by people who
don't have to do it.

Julianne wrote:
I think the film maker putting out 'Supersize Me' at the Canne's film
festival was actually trying to make a statement about society in
general and the fact that many people don't really consider the
health dangers of eating unhealthy everyday. Big Macs and
Meatlover's pizza have become an every day part of life for many
Americans and I think the documentary's bizarre experiment was
designed to shed light on how we overlook the dangers of fast food
because it has become so woven into our lifestyle.

Drunk driving is not new but years ago, it was largely overlooked
until awareness of the dangers became a national passion. Cigarette
smoking was acceptable until public awareness increased about the
dangers. Without spending any tax payer monies or putting anyone at
risk but himself, the film maker is just exposing people who may not
spend much time thinking about what they eat to the dangers of
overdoing unhealthy food. I think it is a great film for kids,
especially like my son who can eat anything and still lose weight.
He may not get fat but who knows what his arteries look like or will
look like when he hits middle age.

Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices
and being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you
are really considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a
really interesting documentary.

j

That already happened here.

"Julianne" wrote in message news:z3bSb.1806$gl2.1398@lakeread05...
Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices and
being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you are really
considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a really interesting
documentary.

j

I am not considering becoming a woman. However, if I had breasts I'd
never have to leave my house.

And btw, to your point- it's not a statement about fast food or eating
habits, in general, it's a statement about/against mcdonalds,
specifically. It's titled "Supersize Me". The guy only ate at
mcdonalds. This is targeted, unfairly so. (Mcdonald's fatty food
isn't even the worst- taco bell is.) I posted all about it here, if
you ca http://tinyurl.com/2kkga

"mrbog" wrote in message
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"Julianne" wrote in message
news:z3bSb.1806$gl2.1398@lakeread05...
Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices
and
being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you are
really
considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a really interesting
documentary.

j

I am not considering becoming a woman. However, if I had breasts I'd
never have to leave my house.

And btw, to your point- it's not a statement about fast food or eating
habits, in general, it's a statement about/against mcdonalds,
specifically. It's titled "Supersize Me". The guy only ate at
mcdonalds. This is targeted, unfairly so. (Mcdonald's fatty food
isn't even the worst- taco bell is.) I posted all about it here, if
you ca http://tinyurl.com/2kkga

I hadn't looked at it as an attack against a specific corporation before but
you do have a valid point. I saw McD's as a symbol of American Fast Food
because it is the most popular. I saw it as a statement in general about
our cavalier attitude to fast food. I can see how McDonald's could feel as
though it was a unfair attack when Taco Bell, Burger King, etc. are all
selling these types of food.

Having said that, I will admit that if I were in the food industry, I would
do exactly as these major chains have done. I would offer the food in large
quantities that made me the most money. It is how business works. If I
only offered Tofu and salads, my customers would go elsewhere. I do not
blame the industry. The industry will only change as consumers change. It
is good business sense to 'supersize' as it is generally the fries and soft
drinks that are supersized and these are cheap for the restaurants.

Having said that, a situation arose today where I had to tear out here at
2:00 to complete some business in New Orleans by 4:30. It is an hour from h
ere if traffic is good. It is seldom good and I was in a panic. When I
completed my business, I drove a few miles to access the freeway. The whole
time, I was starving and wanting something to eat. Unless I felt like
taking the time to stop and eat which I didn't want to do, there was little
available. Yes, I could have ordered a salad at McDonald's but eating it at
70 miles an hour is hardly practical. I could have stopped at La Madeline's
for soup and salad but that would have required more time than I had. I am
comfortable eating Arby's home-style sandwiches on wheat bread but there
were no Arby's on my route. Hopefully, the fast food industry will realize
there is a market for convenient healthy food on the run.

j

These discussions always remind me eating at my in-laws'. Breakfast
consists of coffee or tea, some sort of fruit like melon or grapefruit,
white toast (with some texture, better than factory made, not as good as
small bakery) with butter, cold unsweetened cereal in the summer,
oatmeal in the winter with whole milk. Lunch is a few stalks of salad
vegetables like celery and carrots, bread, peanut butter, butter,
cheese, possibly a grilled cheese sandwich and bacon. Dinner is a meat,
usually pork, steamed vegetable with butter, potatoes made a variety of
ways but usually boiled. Ice cream for dessert, always vanilla. The
portions aren't measured, but they're always exactly enough for everyone
to get a small portion with no leftovers.


The food is wholesome, fresh, painfully plain (to me). No one in the
family is on a diet. This is the way they've been eating all their
lives. There are about 7 meals that rotate. No one experiments with a
new recipe. This is the way they learned to eat 70 years ago, and since
they've had no problem with it, they see no reason to change it. When
they eat out for a special occasion, they order very much the same foods
they eat at home (and then complain that it isn't as good).


They're healthy in their 80s, not the least overweight. (All this is
true for my sister-in-law in her late 40s too.) No one eats between
meals. As near as I can tell, that's because they don't want to. It
would just never occur to them to buy popcorn at a movie or an ice cream
when shopping mid-afternoon. Snacks are for children and something
you're expected to grow out of by the time you're 11 or 12 years old. I
don't believe anyone has ever thought about the healthiness or
desireablility of this regime. It is just something they do the way I
don't think about speaking English or reading a novel before I go to
bed. I suppose there are people who speak other languages or have other
habits, but knowing that doesn't mean I have a reason to change. Their
eating habits are like that.


If you told most people today that they were expected to eat 3 plain
meals each day with little variety and no snacks, they'd probably ask
"so I do that for 6 weeks, and then what?" The idea of facing those
plain meals forever would be devestating. (I have trouble with it for
only the 2 weeks each year I visit. I get bored and hungry.)


--Lia

"mrbog" wrote in message
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"Julianne" wrote in message
news:z3bSb.1806$gl2.1398@lakeread05...
Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices
and
being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you are
really
considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a really interesting
documentary.

j

I am not considering becoming a woman. However, if I had breasts I'd
never have to leave my house.

And btw, to your point- it's not a statement about fast food or eating
habits, in general, it's a statement about/against mcdonalds,
specifically. It's titled "Supersize Me". The guy only ate at
mcdonalds. This is targeted, unfairly so. (Mcdonald's fatty food
isn't even the worst- taco bell is.) I posted all about it here, if
you ca http://tinyurl.com/2kkga


I never thought I would see the day when McDonald's becomes the baby harp
seal tugging at the public's heartstrings.


Krista

--
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html
http://www.trans-health.com
mistresskrista at stumptuous dot com

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"mrbog" wrote in message
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"Julianne" wrote in message
news:z3bSb.1806$gl2.1398@lakeread05...
Your parody, while most amusing, addresses individuals making choices
and
being accountable. Unless, of course, it isn't a parody and you are
really
considering becoming a woman. Now, that would make a really
interesting
documentary.

j

I am not considering becoming a woman. However, if I had breasts I'd
never have to leave my house.

And btw, to your point- it's not a statement about fast food or eating
habits, in general, it's a statement about/against mcdonalds,
specifically. It's titled "Supersize Me". The guy only ate at
mcdonalds. This is targeted, unfairly so. (Mcdonald's fatty food
isn't even the worst- taco bell is.) I posted all about it here, if
you ca http://tinyurl.com/2kkga


I never thought I would see the day when McDonald's becomes the baby harp
seal tugging at the public's heartstrings.


I can see it now. Gangs of schoolchildren throwing rocks at Ronald McDonald.