Super Size Me

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Feb . 20 , 2007

Essay Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock , was the age of 33 when he ventured on his quest to answer the question ? What would happen to my body , if I ate exclusively at McDonald 's fast food restaurant , eating 3 full meals a day for 30 days ' Not only did he have to take in tremendous calories , but he also had to Super Size his portions , when ever asked if he would like to do so

The health conditions that Morgan Spurlock developed were a

direct result from eating the high fat and calorie and foods that he ingested during that 30 day period

The fact that Morgan Spurlock was a of a young age , healthy and of average weight for his height , 185 1 /2 pounds and 1 .88 millimeters tall before the experiment ever took place , gives us a place to start from From that point of his weigh in until the thirty day period ended Morgan Spurlock had gained a whopping 24 .5 pounds and his overall body mass index grew from 23 .2 to 27 which made him overweight for his body structure

When Morgan Spurlock learned of the great number of people in America who suffered from being overweight , he launched a plan to investigate how America 's love for fast food affected their weight and health . By starting at an average size , he very clearly confirmed that his belief that the fatty food , directly affected the diets of individuals who ate at McDonalds , repeatedly

McDonald 's breakfast launched Spurlock 's study , and by the second day he ate ingested his first meal that was Super Sized ! He ate a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese , with the Super Sized fries and drink . He reported that he was feeling uncomfortable while he was eating the meal and eventually vomited in the parking lot of McDonald 's . He steadily ate the food and gained nearly ten pounds

Feelings of depression , which his girl friend , Alexandra Jamieson confirmed , participated in Spurlock 's experiment , said that Spurlock lethargy , and several headaches , learns that are lifted when he eats more of McDonald 's fast food . One of his doctors said he was addicted to the unhealthy food . Soon after , while continuing to eat the same food , he gained another ten pounds . He now weighed in at 203 pounds and at the end of the month he weighed in at 210 pounds

When Morgan Spurlock begins to have palpitations in his heart , near the twentieth day of the experiment , he went to see on of his physicians who was involved in his experiment . He didn 't take any medications because he felt it would interfere with his experiment

One of the health problems that Morgan Spurlock was diagnosed with on completion of his experiment was liver problems . Dr . Daryl Isaacs confirmed that Morgan Spurlock 's liver was pate and immediately advised him that he should stop the experiment or else he could suffer with a serious...