Nung first year HS kami, mayroong video na pinakita sa amin 'yung substitute teacher sa Math. Hindi related 'yung video sa Math, actually. Reward namin 'yun dahil halos lahat naka-perfect sa seatwork.
The video was a documentary called "SUPER SIZE ME" at tungkol ito sa isang lalakeng macho at vegetarian na kumain ng pagkain mula sa McDonald's (at wala nang iba) for 1 month. He gained 24 pounds. The guy's name is Morgan Spurlock. Maglalagay ako dito ng excerpt mula sa Wikipedia:
Spurlock has specific rules governing his eating habits:
- He must fully eat three McDonald's meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- He must consume every item on the McDonald's menu at least once over the course of the 30 days (he managed this in nine days).
- He must only ingest items that are offered on the McDonald's menu, including bottled water. All outside consumption of food is prohibited.
- He must Super Size the meal when offered, but only when offered (i.e., he is not able to Super Size by his own accord).
- He will attempt to walk about as much as a typical U.S citizen, based on a suggested figure of 5,000 standardized distance steps per day, but he did not closely adhere to this, as he walked more while in New York than Houston.
So, ayun, ang kinalabasan ng experiment ay ito:
After five days Spurlock has gained 9.5 pounds (4.5 kg) (from 185.5 to about 195 pounds). It is not long before he finds himself experiencing depression, and he claims that his bouts of depression, lethargy, and headaches could be relieved by eating a McDonald's meal. His general practitioner describes him as being "addicted". At his second weigh-in, he had gained another 8 pounds (3.5 kg), putting his weight at 203.5 lb (92 kg). By the end of the month he weighs about 210 pounds (95.5 kg), an increase of about 24.5 pounds (about 11 kg). Because he could only eat McDonald's food for a month, Spurlock refused to take any medication at all. At one weigh-in Morgan lost 1 lb. from the previous weigh-in, and a nutritionist hypothesized that he had lost muscle mass, which weighs more than an identical volume of fat. At another weigh-in, a nutritionist said that he gained 17 pounds (8.5 kg) in 12 days. On Day 21, Spurlock has heart palpitations. His internist, Dr. Daryl Isaacs, advises him to stop what he is doing immediately to avoid any serious health problems. He compares Spurlock with the protagonist played by Nicolas Cage in the movie Leaving Las Vegas, who intentionally drinks himself to death in a matter of weeks. Despite this warning, Spurlock decides to continue the experiment.
Awts!
Dahil dito, nagkaroon ako ng phobia sa fast food at hindi ako kumain ng pagkain from McDonald's for 10 months or whatever. True story, yo. Pero nagpatayo sila ng McDo malapit sa school namin. May ice cream. Uh, ice cream lang ang binebenta nila, tsaka coke float. Nakakamatay ba 'yun?
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Nagbalak na rin akong maging vegetarian noon, at huli na ang lahat nang maalala ko na hindi nga pala ako kumakain ng gulay. Unless you count ketchup and french fries as vegetables. Pero minsan kumakain rin naman ako ng mais. Tsaka petchay, basta nasa Sinigang.
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EDIT
At kung naniwala kayo dun sa documentary na Super Size Me... congratulations, pare-pareho tayong mga uto-uto, dahil ayon sa isang contributor sa isa sa mga paborito kong website (cracked.com), may pagka-bogus daw ang documentary na iyon.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20585_6-famous-documentaries-that-were-shockingly-full-crap.html
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Non-FictionLife's a beach, or: thoughts of an author without enough imagination to write fiction. Published before the Ed Sheeran song came out, so you're welcome na lang sa libreng shoutout, Ed.
