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'Super Size Me' Rebuttal: Man Loses 86 Pounds on All-McDonald's Diet
businessandmedia.org ^
| June 19, 2008
| Jeff Poor
Posted on 06/19/2008 3:23:46 PM PDT by Rufus2007
Its not likely dieticians will be endorsing his regimen, but a Virginia man demonstrated it is possible to regularly dine at a fast-food restaurant without being criticized for signing your own death certificate.
Despite media attacks on fast-food for being unhealthy, ABCs Good Morning America showed that healthier options are available without heavy-handed involvement from government in its June 19 broadcast.
Meet Chris Coleson for years the Virginia man said he was eating too much and, of course, no diet seemed to work, co-host Diane Sawyer said. Then last December, he tipped the scales at 278 pounds and made a bold pledge to drop down to the 185 pounds he weighed on his wedding day by resorting to a McDonalds-only diet.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: fastfood; goodmorningamerica; mcdonalds; morganspurlock; obesity; supersizeme; weightloss
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That "Super Size Me" movie was absurd - making an assumption people are too dumb to know any better than to eat McDonald's French fries for a solid month.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:23:46 PM PDT
by
Rufus2007
To: Rufus2007
Expect nothing more from a dull hack like Morgan Spurlock. No, really - expect nothing more!
To: Rufus2007
It’s never been about what you eat. It’s how much you eat. I could lard day in and day out, and lose weight.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:34:44 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
To: Sgt Joe Friday 714
You can lose weight on any diet, as long as you don’t eat too much of it AND eat little or no refined carbs (sugar, white flour). I’m doing it right now.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:37:52 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: Rufus2007
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:40:53 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Bobkk47
I guess that knocks out the lard and sugar sandwich on white bread I was going to have for supper.
/johnny
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:42:29 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Rufus2007
well, they don’t call it fast food for nothing.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:42:45 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(If it is going to take 10 years, shouldn't we get started? Drill here, drill now, pay less.)
To: Rufus2007
Atkins works because it works
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:45:35 PM PDT
by
kcm.org
(Soros declares crude oil prices are a bubble)
To: JRandomFreeper
I guess that knocks out the lard and sugar sandwich on white bread I was going to have for supper.Just have it on wheat and you'll be fine.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:47:14 PM PDT
by
AmusedBystander
(Typical White Person #8,675,309 sez, "How'd that vote for Perot work out for ya.")
To: JRandomFreeper
I guess that knocks out the lard and sugar sandwich on white bread I was going to have for supper.
Nah...Just eat the lard, toss the bread and use Splenda instead of sugar, and you'll be fine.
To: Rufus2007
Notice no buns and no french fries.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:53:35 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
To: kcm.org
See post #11. My wife SWEARS by Atkins. It works and her doctors have taken her off her diabetes medications.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:54:48 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
To: JRandomFreeper
I guess that knocks out the lard and sugar sandwich on white bread I was going to have for supper. They don't taste any good unless they're deep fried.
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:55:31 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: glorgau
MMMmmmmm. Count de Monte Cristo sammitches.
/johnny
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posted on
06/19/2008 3:58:22 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Bobkk47
I've lost 35 lbs over the last three years on a modified Atkins diet (devised by my own nutritionist). I have some carbs (whole grain, nothing refined -- all based on the Glycemic index) for my endurance sports, but the rest -- lean protein and veg.
And curiously, a lot of my lunches were the grilled bacon ranch salad from McDs.
Take that, Morgan Spurlock!
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posted on
06/19/2008 4:16:15 PM PDT
by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Undead..." -- Frasier Crane)
To: JRandomFreeper
When I think back to cinnamon toast as a child.....
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posted on
06/19/2008 4:22:46 PM PDT
by
doodad
To: Rufus2007
I saw “Super Size Me” a few months ago and thought it was ridiculous. Never heard of this Morgan Spurlock guy until then, but he struck me as a total busy body drama queen and nothing much more than a thinner version of Michael Moore. People taking him seriously is what’s disturbing.
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posted on
06/19/2008 4:36:41 PM PDT
by
frankiep
(Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
To: Rufus2007
what a great way to get a million dollar contract - go to a chain, eat their salad and lean meat etc, save the receipts, lose a gazillion lbs, and you have a guaranteed celebrity status.
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posted on
06/19/2008 4:38:53 PM PDT
by
spanalot
To: Bobkk47
I cut out a moderate soda habit and lost 11 pounds in about 10 days.
To: frankiep
The guy ate 5000 claories a day!
I don’t care if everything you eat is free range, antibiotic free, fair trade, organic, no pesticides, no gmo, vegan only, certified sustainable, responsibly traded, carbon neutral, family farmed, locally grown...
if you eat 5000 calories a day you will have health problems regardless of the food source
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posted on
06/19/2008 5:01:19 PM PDT
by
Reverend Wright
(God D*mn America... Obama '08)
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