Supersize me!!

I finally got round to watching Supersize Me today. I know ... I know ... it came out ages ago but nothing particularly made me want to see this when it first came out. So on Friday night I thought I'd give my mind a break after a busy week and rented a few movies, one of them being the above mentioned doco.

I thought "wouldn't it be a little morbid if I bought a Big Mac meal from McDonalds and ate while watching the show?". Needless to say I didn't do that. The verdict? Worth watching ... I always wondered how the McNuggets always came out the same shape. According to the show, McNuggets are minced up chicken that are too old to lay eggs.

The most disturbing bit of the show was actually in the 'Bonus features' segment of the DVD where various burgers eg BigMac, Fillet-O-Fish, McChicken, Quater Pounder, French Fries etc were placed in glass jars and left in room temperature. They also bought a regular burger and fries which were 'homemade' ie. food actually made by someone by hand. After a few days, they showed the various stages of decomposition by these foods and the 'homemade' ones were the first to go. The other McDonalds burgers deteriorated at slower rates which would indicate the presence of some preservatives. What was most shocking is that after 8 weeks, the french fries had not developed any sign of mould or discoloration. The doco then challenged the viewer to try this for ourselves. Interesting ... I might just do that ...