Spurlock treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and an equal number of regular folk while chowing down at the Golden Arches. Spurlock's grueling drive-through diet spirals him into a physical and emotional metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac. In , director Morgan Spurlock subjected himself to a diet based only in McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days and without working out.
His objective was to prove why most of the Americans are so fat, with many cases of obesity. He began the shootings submitting himself to a complete check-up with three doctors, and along the weeks, he compared his weight and results of exams, coming through a scary conclusion.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock makes himself a test subject of this documentary about the commercial food industry. Rigorously eating a diet of McDonald's fast food, three times a day for a month straight. Spurlock is out to prove the physical and mental effects of consuming fast food. While doing this, Spurlock also provides a look at the food culture in America through it's schools, corporations, and politics as seen through the eyes of regular people and health advocates.
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Create a list ». Great documentaries. Documentaries I watched. Uncategorized February 9, The 30 days are cataloged in his groundbreaking documentary Super Size Me. When the experiment began, Spurlock was in above average shape for a man his age, height, and weight. He saw three physicians, a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist, and a general practitioner. On average he tried to replicate the number of steps the average American walks in a day, which is around 5, Every day he ate twice the recommended calorie count, at 5, kcal.
The film catalogs his life as he tries to adjust to his new meals, and the bearings it has on his physical and psychological health. On the 21 st day of the experiment, Spurlock had to go to the hospital for heart palpitations, where his doctor warned him stop what he was doing before serious damage was incurred. At the end of the 30 days, his team of physicians were surprised by the deterioration done to his body. It took Spurlock 14 months to lose all of the weight he had gained. But the physical side effects of the experiment were only the beginning.
He experienced intense mood swings, depression, and lack of a sex drive.
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