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Does Morgan Spurlock's Alcoholism Confession Make "Super Size Me" A Sham? "I haven't been sober for more than a week in 30 years"
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Ubiquitous
May 27, 2018, 9:14:17 PM5/27/18
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The 2004 documentary "Super Size Me" rocked the fast food world and
launched the career of Morgan Spurlock, making him arguably the most
famous documentary filmmaker second to Michael Moore.
Though anyone with even a modicum of health awareness knows that eating
McDonald's for 30 days (as Spurlock did in the film) is not exactly a
recipe for physical fitness, the film made some shocking claims beyond
just Spurlock gaining weight. After his 30 day trial, the most alarming
health scare for Spurlock was the state of his liver, which was nearly
identical to that of an alcoholic. He also experienced the shakes,
depression, and decreased libido.
In the film, Spurlock claimed he had no prior health problems before
embarking on his McDonald's binge and had himself examined by several
health practitioners to prove his point. However, recent revelations
from Spurlock of having an alcoholism problem for decades may cast some
doubt on his claim of being in top shape at the time.
With the #MeToo movement, Spurlock's reputation has taken a damaging
hit. In December 2017, the documentary filmmaker admitted to numerous
acts of sexual misconduct while simultaneously admitting he had a
history of alcohol abuse. Writing in The Wall Street Journal,
documentarian Phelim McAleer points out that Spurlock's history of
alcoholism should call into question the veracity of "Super Size Me."
Fast-forward to December 2017, when Mr. Spurlock issued a
#MeToo mea culpa titled "I Am Part of the Problem," detailing
a lifetime of sexual misdeeds. As a result, YouTube dropped
its plans to screen his Super Size Me sequel, and other
broadcasters cut ties. But overlooked in all this was a
stunning admission that calls into question the veracity
of the original Super Size Me.
After blaming his parents for his bad acts, Mr. Spurlock
asked: "Is it because I’ve consistently been drinking
since the age of 13? I haven’t been sober for more than a
week in 30 years."
McAleer rightly asks: "Could this be why his liver looked like that of
an alcoholic? Were those shakes symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?"
Indeed, one of the doctors asks Spurlock in "Super Size Me" if he
abused alcohol, to which Spurlock replied no.
Mr. Spurlock’s 2017 confession contradicts what he said in
his 2004 documentary. "Any alcohol use?” the doctor asks at
the outset. "Now? None," he replies. In explaining his
experiment, he says: "I can only eat things that are for
sale over the counter at McDonald’s — water included."
Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
that film be a total sham?
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
launched the career of Morgan Spurlock, making him arguably the most
famous documentary filmmaker second to Michael Moore.
Though anyone with even a modicum of health awareness knows that eating
McDonald's for 30 days (as Spurlock did in the film) is not exactly a
recipe for physical fitness, the film made some shocking claims beyond
just Spurlock gaining weight. After his 30 day trial, the most alarming
health scare for Spurlock was the state of his liver, which was nearly
identical to that of an alcoholic. He also experienced the shakes,
depression, and decreased libido.
In the film, Spurlock claimed he had no prior health problems before
embarking on his McDonald's binge and had himself examined by several
health practitioners to prove his point. However, recent revelations
from Spurlock of having an alcoholism problem for decades may cast some
doubt on his claim of being in top shape at the time.
With the #MeToo movement, Spurlock's reputation has taken a damaging
hit. In December 2017, the documentary filmmaker admitted to numerous
acts of sexual misconduct while simultaneously admitting he had a
history of alcohol abuse. Writing in The Wall Street Journal,
documentarian Phelim McAleer points out that Spurlock's history of
alcoholism should call into question the veracity of "Super Size Me."
Fast-forward to December 2017, when Mr. Spurlock issued a
#MeToo mea culpa titled "I Am Part of the Problem," detailing
a lifetime of sexual misdeeds. As a result, YouTube dropped
its plans to screen his Super Size Me sequel, and other
broadcasters cut ties. But overlooked in all this was a
stunning admission that calls into question the veracity
of the original Super Size Me.
After blaming his parents for his bad acts, Mr. Spurlock
asked: "Is it because I’ve consistently been drinking
since the age of 13? I haven’t been sober for more than a
week in 30 years."
McAleer rightly asks: "Could this be why his liver looked like that of
an alcoholic? Were those shakes symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?"
Indeed, one of the doctors asks Spurlock in "Super Size Me" if he
abused alcohol, to which Spurlock replied no.
Mr. Spurlock’s 2017 confession contradicts what he said in
his 2004 documentary. "Any alcohol use?” the doctor asks at
the outset. "Now? None," he replies. In explaining his
experiment, he says: "I can only eat things that are for
sale over the counter at McDonald’s — water included."
Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
that film be a total sham?
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
shawn
May 27, 2018, 9:33:26 PM5/27/18
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On Sun, 27 May 2018 21:13:59 -0400, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
>
> Fast-forward to December 2017, when Mr. Spurlock issued a
> #MeToo mea culpa titled "I Am Part of the Problem," detailing
> a lifetime of sexual misdeeds. As a result, YouTube dropped
> its plans to screen his Super Size Me sequel, and other
> broadcasters cut ties. But overlooked in all this was a
> stunning admission that calls into question the veracity
> of the original Super Size Me.
>
> After blaming his parents for his bad acts, Mr. Spurlock
> asked: "Is it because I’ve consistently been drinking
> since the age of 13? I haven’t been sober for more than a
> week in 30 years."
>
>McAleer rightly asks: "Could this be why his liver looked like that of
>an alcoholic? Were those shakes symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?"
>
>Indeed, one of the doctors asks Spurlock in "Super Size Me" if he
>abused alcohol, to which Spurlock replied no.
>
> Mr. Spurlock’s 2017 confession contradicts what he said in
> his 2004 documentary. "Any alcohol use?” the doctor asks at
> the outset. "Now? None," he replies. In explaining his
> experiment, he says: "I can only eat things that are for
> sale over the counter at McDonald’s — water included."
That's one of those tricky answers. "Now? None." So at the time he was
making the documentary he wasn't drinking but what about the week
before he started filming? The month before? If he's telling the truth
about his drinking then clearly he's not going to have a healthy liver
if he's been drinking every week for a couple of decades.
>Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
>food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
>entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
>show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
>
>While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
>its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
>that film be a total sham?
I don't think it's a total sham as I'm sure the diet wasn't healthy.
How unhealthy it was is the question and even if Spurlock had never
drank a drop of alcohol we still wouldn't know because how one person
reacts to a diet solely of Big Macs isn't how everyone else will
react. It's also unclear how healthy he was before he started his
diet. The right way to have handled would have been to have a complete
physical including a stress test before starting the diet and after to
see what the differences were but that might not have shown enough a
dramatic difference to make for entertaining viewing.
wrote:
>
> Fast-forward to December 2017, when Mr. Spurlock issued a
> #MeToo mea culpa titled "I Am Part of the Problem," detailing
> a lifetime of sexual misdeeds. As a result, YouTube dropped
> its plans to screen his Super Size Me sequel, and other
> broadcasters cut ties. But overlooked in all this was a
> stunning admission that calls into question the veracity
> of the original Super Size Me.
>
> After blaming his parents for his bad acts, Mr. Spurlock
> asked: "Is it because I’ve consistently been drinking
> since the age of 13? I haven’t been sober for more than a
> week in 30 years."
>
>McAleer rightly asks: "Could this be why his liver looked like that of
>an alcoholic? Were those shakes symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?"
>
>Indeed, one of the doctors asks Spurlock in "Super Size Me" if he
>abused alcohol, to which Spurlock replied no.
>
> Mr. Spurlock’s 2017 confession contradicts what he said in
> his 2004 documentary. "Any alcohol use?” the doctor asks at
> the outset. "Now? None," he replies. In explaining his
> experiment, he says: "I can only eat things that are for
> sale over the counter at McDonald’s — water included."
making the documentary he wasn't drinking but what about the week
before he started filming? The month before? If he's telling the truth
about his drinking then clearly he's not going to have a healthy liver
if he's been drinking every week for a couple of decades.
>Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
>food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
>entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
>show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
>
>While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
>its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
>that film be a total sham?
How unhealthy it was is the question and even if Spurlock had never
drank a drop of alcohol we still wouldn't know because how one person
reacts to a diet solely of Big Macs isn't how everyone else will
react. It's also unclear how healthy he was before he started his
diet. The right way to have handled would have been to have a complete
physical including a stress test before starting the diet and after to
see what the differences were but that might not have shown enough a
dramatic difference to make for entertaining viewing.
Jerry Sauk
Jun 1, 2018, 8:16:40 PM6/1/18
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"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote in message
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>
> Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
> food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
> entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
> show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
>
> While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
> its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
> that film be a total sham?
>
> --
> Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
> have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Thank you for posting this. I saw syper-size me fo rthe first time about a
> Now, obviously, this does not automatically make McDonald's or fast-
> food for that matter suddenly good to eat, but Spurlock launched an
> entire film career off of making these wild claims, earning him his own
> show on CNN, which he often used to push a left-leaning agenda.
>
> While "Super Size Me" certainly had its truthful moments, especially
> its examination of the school lunch programs, could the very crux of
> that film be a total sham?
>
> --
> Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
> have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
year ago, and right away I could tell it was a scam. It is REALLY good to
know, that Spurlock wasn't experience bad health from the food, but that he
was going through alcohol and probably drug withdrawal. If I was
Mcdonald's, I'd sue him for everything he has.
The only real good thing about this movie was, that it introduced the world
to Don Gorske, he actually DOES have two Big-mac's a day for multiple
decade's, and is in PERFECT health.
Ed Stasiak
Jun 2, 2018, 12:15:27 AM6/2/18
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> Ubiquitous
May 7th, 2018
Guy who ate 30,000 Big Macs also eats another McDonald’s treat every single day
With very few exceptions, Don Gorske — aka “The Big Mac Man” — has eaten at least
two Big Macs per day since he first discovered the item on the McDonald’s menu in 1972.
But he also orders another McDonald’s menu item every day on his wife's directive.
“The only other thing I eat every other day as far as food goes is Parfaits,” Gorske said
during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” in reference to McDonald’s Fruit N’ Yogurt
Parfait.
“When Parfaits came out in 2004, the wife made me promise to eat a parfait every day
because she wanted to make sure I ate some fruit,” he added.
Gorske, a retired prison guard, clarified that his diet doesn’t consist solely of McDonald’s,
explaining that “it’s not all I eat, but it’s most of what I eat.”
He also counts lobster as his second favorite food.
Gorske recently polished off his 30,000th Big Mac on Friday, May 4, in front of a crowd
of reporters and fans at his local McDonald’s in Fond du Lac, Wis. He already held the
Guinness World Record for Most Big Macs Consumed, which he was awarded August 4,
2016, following his 28,788th Big Mac.
“I’m trying to get to 40,000, and that’ll take me another 14 years,” he told the New York
Post.
Gorske eats two Big Macs per day — every day of the week — though he doesn’t always
enjoy them at the restaurant. Rather, he purchases several at a time on Mondays and
Thursdays, stores them in his refrigerator, and pops the burgers in the microwave when
he’s ready to eat.
He says he’s only skipped eating Big Macs on eight occasions over the last four-plus
decades, mostly on the days he needed to work double-shifts at the prison.
“You can’t take Big Macs in front of the inmates,” said Gorske.
>
> Though anyone with even a modicum of health awareness knows that eating
> McDonald's for 30 days (as Spurlock did in the film) is not exactly a recipe for
> physical fitness
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/05/07/guy-who-ate-30000-big-macs-also-eats-another-mcdonald-s-treat-every-single-day.html
> Though anyone with even a modicum of health awareness knows that eating
> McDonald's for 30 days (as Spurlock did in the film) is not exactly a recipe for
> physical fitness
May 7th, 2018
Guy who ate 30,000 Big Macs also eats another McDonald’s treat every single day
With very few exceptions, Don Gorske — aka “The Big Mac Man” — has eaten at least
two Big Macs per day since he first discovered the item on the McDonald’s menu in 1972.
But he also orders another McDonald’s menu item every day on his wife's directive.
“The only other thing I eat every other day as far as food goes is Parfaits,” Gorske said
during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” in reference to McDonald’s Fruit N’ Yogurt
Parfait.
“When Parfaits came out in 2004, the wife made me promise to eat a parfait every day
because she wanted to make sure I ate some fruit,” he added.
Gorske, a retired prison guard, clarified that his diet doesn’t consist solely of McDonald’s,
explaining that “it’s not all I eat, but it’s most of what I eat.”
He also counts lobster as his second favorite food.
Gorske recently polished off his 30,000th Big Mac on Friday, May 4, in front of a crowd
of reporters and fans at his local McDonald’s in Fond du Lac, Wis. He already held the
Guinness World Record for Most Big Macs Consumed, which he was awarded August 4,
2016, following his 28,788th Big Mac.
“I’m trying to get to 40,000, and that’ll take me another 14 years,” he told the New York
Post.
Gorske eats two Big Macs per day — every day of the week — though he doesn’t always
enjoy them at the restaurant. Rather, he purchases several at a time on Mondays and
Thursdays, stores them in his refrigerator, and pops the burgers in the microwave when
he’s ready to eat.
He says he’s only skipped eating Big Macs on eight occasions over the last four-plus
decades, mostly on the days he needed to work double-shifts at the prison.
“You can’t take Big Macs in front of the inmates,” said Gorske.
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