Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Spring Break Supersize Me Response


Every single day we see people driving through McDonalds or Burger King. In reality, we never really notice how many people order meals. Those fast food places are always busy, stretching their working hours until night. Me, personally, I always used to use a drive through whenever I was hungry after a long night of going out. Now I come to realize that fast food isn't the healthiest thing there is even when you pick fresh choices. I always knew fast food was not the best choice of food, but watching Supersize Me really opened my eyes when I saw Morgan eating those unhealthy foods for a month and what kind of consequences he had to suffer. Heart attack, diabetes, increased levels of cholesterol, lack of vitamins etc. What struck me the most was to see those meals in glass jars and their expiration dates. Fast food merchants put so many chemicals into the food that it appears ready to eat after several weeks. In my opinion, that's disgusting. Myself I was a victim of a fast food poisoning, I was diagnosed with a stomach virus very recently - trust me, it is not the most pleasant thing in the world.
Supersize Me was technically a tragedy since I found out the main actor passed away. This should be an alarm to people, and children not to make fast foods your priority. Even though their food is cheap and filling, there are barely any nutritional supplements in them. Why do you think Morgan threw up from eating fast food all the time? Because your own body and your own stomach recognizes that this is not healthy for you and it is harming you with all the chemicals and trans fats in them. After seeing Supersize Me and on top of that, getting a stomach virus made me realize that I should not touch fast food ever again, unless I’m starving.