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I heard an interview on NPR last night with the guy who ate McDonalds for a month to prove that it wasn't healthy to do so, and had many of the thoughts that Jacob Sullum expresses about it.

I wouldn't enjoy eating exclusively at McDonalds for a month straight, but I could certainly do so and remain healthy (or at least as healthy as I am now). This clown went out of his way to eat as unhealthily (and otherwise live unhealthily) as possible, and then blame the fast food industry for the fact that he gained twenty-five pounds. As Jacob says:

Spurlock easily could have eaten three meals a day at McDonald's while staying below the 2,500 calories his doctor said he needed to maintain his starting weight of 185 pounds. For instance, an Egg McMuffin, orange juice, and coffee for breakfast; a grilled chicken bacon ranch salad and iced tea for lunch; and a double cheeseburger, medium fries, and diet Coke for dinner total fewer than 1,800 calories. By contrast, Spurlock says he consumed some 5,000 calories a day, while deliberately avoiding physical activity. In short, his experiment proves nothing but basic physics.
Posted by Rand Simberg at May 07, 2004 09:19 AM
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No Rand, it also proves the newly-minted lardass is also a dumbass!

Posted by Mike Puckett at May 7, 2004 12:39 PM


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