Super Size Me

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by lithium

He's a vegetarian. Long time vegetarians are well known to throw up after eating what we'd think is a normal portion of meat, because their body isn't used to it.

---

oh i didnt know they said he was a veggie. i remember i kicked caffene for over a year and had a soda one day just because. barfed all over. still cant drink anything with it to this day. guess its kinda the same thing.

and mike, yeah i must be fat. its just sooooo much food.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mzo

But I love Taco Bell so much =(

---

Taco Bell is easily my favorite fast food. Their Steak Quesadilla is the best...it pratically gets me aroused.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

oh i didnt know they said he was a veggie.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dolemite

He's not a vegetarian. If you listen to the commentary track on the DVD, he mentions over and over how he's not a health nut and eats meat all the time (he just doesn't eat fast food). It's his birdseed-eating girlfriend that doesn't eat meat.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mzo

But I love Taco Bell so much =(

---

Taco Bell should get a right of passage in the fast food market.
A good portion of their menus contain bean, which is high in protien from what I've heard. And they'd be a better chose for a health wise consumer vs. the burger joints that hinge off their fryers.

I'm really gonna hate it if I polarize this into the "Undisputed fast food ruler" sort of thread. I just vouched for Mzo because I need friends. :/

Edit: Beaten to the punch. Oh well.

Saw this a few weeks back and I agree, the premise is the movie, pretty much. Heh, that part with the lazy lunch lady talking about how great Sodexho's food is was hilarious, and how they do prisons too.. everyone in the room started going "Oooh" (Sodexho does the food at my school). As far as the "it's common sense" bit, yeah, it is. But so many people lack it it's worth making something like this.

edit- I read Fast Food Nation too. I can still recall the "Gold Arches more recognizable than the Christian cross" factoid. I'd also suggest Fat Land by Greg Critser. It very specifically details what happened.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JefmcC

I thought it was an excellent movie. I saw it in the theatre.

I stopped eating fast food almost 6 years ago. That stuff is just plain bad for you.

And there are people that eat that shit 2 - 3 times daily. It's disgusting if you ask me.

---

I rarely eat at any fast food place. Maybe on road trips but thats it. The food is pretty bad for you and you just know it when eating it, but some of that stuff is so damn good that you almost don't care at times. I couldn't imagine eating at any fast food place 2-3 times a day, thats just way too much greasy food for me.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RyChus

Taco Bell should get a right of passage in the fast food market.
A good portion of their menus contain bean, which is high in protien from what I've heard. And they'd be a better chose for a health wise consumer vs. the burger joints that hinge off their fryers.

---

Their food also contains an insane amount of fat. Check out their Nutrition Calculator to see what I mean.

Regular Style Nachos BellGrande® = 43 grams of fat.

Regular Style Steak Quesadilla = 31 grams of fat.

Regular Style Chalupa Supreme = Chicken = 20 grams of fat.

Regular Style Taco Supreme® = 14 grams of fat.

Still...it's so gooood.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dolemite

Their food also contains an insane amount of fat. Check out their Nutrition Calculator to see what I mean.

---

A regular Taco Surpreme contains 14 grams o' fat!? Those things are like cookies to me!!
And the sodium in those things are quite insane.
Not at all heart friendly like I thought.

"Still...it's so gooood."

... Ehh, who am I kidding.

"You know why they call it fast food...because it speed you to early grave. Ha ha."

-Chiun

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RyChus

Taco Bell should get a right of passage in the fast food market.
A good portion of their menus contain bean, which is high in protien from what I've heard. And they'd be a better chose for a health wise consumer vs. the burger joints that hinge off their fryers.

I'm really gonna hate it if I polarize this into the "Undisputed fast food ruler" sort of thread. I just vouched for Mzo because I need friends. :/

---

Didn't you watch Demolition Man? We all know how the fast food wars are going to end.

Who knew horse meat could be so high in fat?