Snag Dont Eat This Book Curated By Morgan Spurlock Listed As Digital Copy

good supplement for the Super Size Me documentary, Reading this was a great reminder of why I want to stay away from fast food! And although there are a lot of facts, numbers, and stastics in this book, sometimes I think he taints his credibility a bit when he presents some of his facts with his own sarcastic, denigrative opinion.

But the main points of his book ring true enough that I would recommend others to read it, Sometimes a little bit of knowledge of where your food comes from goes a long way! a lot of silliness, but the message is clear we are a SICK nation that needs to stop eating crap and get some exercise.
Spurlock also writes about some of the corporate backlash he received from McD's after Supersize me was released, good information on lobbyists and so called independent studies on the affects of fast food, Don't eat this book.
Lot of lectures by the creator of Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock, I was expecting it to be all about the documentary but that was only a small portion, maybe a third, Those parts were really interestinghow he threw up on the first or was it second day how sluggish he felt, almost

from the beginning how he got to where he hated the food even while he craved the sugarfat rush he got from it how his metabolic indicators plummeted so badly that his doctors were alarmed and wanted to take him off the "diet".


But mainly it was lectures on topics only too familiar these dayswhat fast food is made of, where it comes from, why it's so cheap.
More shocking is his description of how junk food is marketed to children from a freakishly early age, Fast food has the money to fund video game development, school activities, and even sports games, I wonder how fast you'd be ejected if you'd tried to hawk Burger King products at theOlympics

He spoke of, but didn't attempt to quantify the ultimate cost to society of the stuff.
It's a hard number to quantify, but I think we'd find that the our dollar menu chicken nuggets ends up costing us five times that.
Too bad we can't make junk food manufacturers subsidize health care,

If you don't already know all this, read this book, You'll start to wonder when Big Macs will start coming with warning labelsand you'll know why they never will,

I read this as a followup to watching the Super Size Me documentary, The book mentions his monthlong experiment and its surprising resultswell, maybe not surprising, . . I knew it would be bad, . . but didn't realize HOW bad, until I heard about how many pounds gained, how high his cholesterol got, etc, after only a month, but it also covers a broader range of topics, like the rise of fast food in America, marketing to children for fast food, successful changes that some communities have made in their schools, lawsuits against Big Food Corporations, the influence of fast food companies and their executives, and the spread of fast food across the globe and the impact on the health of the populations there.
The nutritional stuff that's in this book I already knew why HFCS, sodium, chemicals, fat, sugar, and excess calories are bad, so it was the other stuff that I found more interesting.
But if you've never thought about what's wrong with the food itself, this book does cover that as well,

The tone of the book was lighthearted and humorous, mixed with some outrage, . . a fun read overall. The funniest part was reading about the Olympic gymnast who was going to be featured in McDonald's advertising when McDonald's was an official sponsor of the Olympics.
She was asked by a reporter when was the last time she ate McDonald's, and her innocent reply was that she doesn't even remember, because she can't really have McDonald's now, being an Olympic athlete.


Since this book was from, I'm curious how much has changed in the past decade, Have there been even more improvements in school lunches Has the 'healthful options' offered by fast food chains gained more traction, and actually become 'healthy' rather than just sounding healthfulbut still loaded with sodium and fat and calories Has the frequency of eating at fast food falling among the population

Did not finish.
A companion piece of sorts to Spurlocks documentary, Super Size Me, In addition to sketching a few of the more memorable scenes and lessons of the movie, Spurlock crams the book with all manner of terrifying statistics, from obesity rates to Big Foods symbiotic relationship with the government to the quality of school lunches.


Because Im interested, I didnt find the book just a mass of scary numbers, however, Spurlock writes with passion its clear he cares a lot about the state of Americas health and he comes across as a reasonable guy, not an extremist vegan nut, despite the unending pessimistic anecdotes.
Certainly, any parent or teacher would be a fool, and a politician corrupt, not to treat this book as food for thought, Haw, geddit! Rating.

A poor person's Fast Food Nation seems to borrow from Schlosser that is intended to capitalize on the success of Supersize Me should actually resonate better w the average reader more than FFN

Carries enough facts to warrant the read amp hopefully will scare some readers including myself into a better way of living but I won't pick up another Spurlock book topic is better than the author

Supersize Me is one of my favorite documentaries, and I watch it every so often as a reminder to veer away from those dangerous yet alluring drivethrus.


"Don't Eat this Book" is a follow up to the film, as Morgan Spurlock takes us through some of the backlash he experienced from the film lobbyists, Fox News, restaurateurs, as well as more details he gleaned during his research for the film.


Most damning is how evident the marketing of fast food is aimed at our children and not just fast food, but packaged, processed foods on the supermarket shelves, too.
Morgan also bemoans public school lunches, sodas in schools, and the disappearance of the daily PhysEd class for students,

The most galling moment to me is when Morgan reveals that McDonalds actually had the balls to open a restaurant right next to Dachau, the German Concentration Camp.
Seems like you'd wanna create a little distance there out of reverence, respect, and common decency, If nothing else, I don't think I'd want my Happy Meal forever linked in memory to genocide, But, there ya go.

This is, above all, a really entertaining book, Morgan's got a great sense of humor and more than a little ego, but he's charming enough to get by without sounding like an ass.
I listened to this as a book on CD and I think it's worth chasing down so you can hear him spin his tales rather than just reading off the page.


I'm surprised Mayor McCheese hasn't issued a hit on this guy,

If you've seen Supersize Me, then you've read this book, Or, if you've read sitelinkFast Food Nation then you've read this book, I'm not saying it's a bad book, It's just a rehashing of stuff I've already read or seen, I don't think there was anything new in this book, though Spurlock's voice is entertaining enough to keep me reading, True, this was a book for a public health class, I would have had to read it regardless of the author's witty pacing, For me, it's two for content and one extra star for Spurlock's writing style, For thirty days, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health.
The resulting documentary earned him an Academy Award nomination and broke boxoffice records worldwide, But there's more to the story, and in Don't Eat This Book, Spurlock examines everything from school lunch programs and the marketing of fast food to the decline of physical education.
He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and ultimately seductiveand interviews experts from surgeons general and kids to marketing gurus and lawmakers, who share their research and opinions on what we can do to offset a health crisis of supersized proportions.


Don't eat this groundbreaking, hilarious bookbut if you care about your country's health, your children's, and your own, you better read it.
A good supplement to the movie, but definitely dated at this point, Picked up this audiobook as an impulse borrow from the library, Maybe it is the Libertarian in me that shies away from calling for more government regulations, maybe it is my strong opinion that every individual is responsible for his or her actions rather than blaming major corporations for our health problems, or maybe I am a decade late in reading this book and the data just seems obvious, but for whatever reason I didn't enjoy this book as much as I expected to.
The final nail in the coffin was the chapter in which Spurlock went after Ronald McDonald Charity House, Having witnessed first hand the amazing work this charity does for kids and their families, I could not believe how obnoxious and ridiculous Spurlock sounded when criticizing such a solid organization.
Whenever I go somewhere that sells books, I am always on the lookout for anything related to health, Youd be surprised by how much is out there, and sometimes I stumble upon some really interesting titles, So it happened to be that I was looking through a library book sale a few weeks ago and I found this book called, Dont Eat this Book.
I couldnt resist.

Many people have heard of Super Size Me, thehit documentary that followed Morgan Spurlock through aday diet consisting of nothing but McDonalds.
Even I, before my health conversion experience several years ago, had seen the documentary, I dont know what possessed me to watch it, I was a regular at the McDonalds drive thru at the time, as well as at several other fast food chains, Even after watching it, I remember feeling really grossed out and knew that I shouldnt eat McDonalds anymore, but it didnt last long.
Within a week, perhaps less, I gave into my cravings and I was back at McDs again, probably ordering a McChicken or McDouble my favorites at the time.


Even though watching Super Size Me didnt change my life, I enjoyed the movie and appreciated the courageousness of Spurlock to willingly put his body through that.
I was surprised to find that Dont Eat This book was written by the same man, sort of a sequel to the movie.
The book promised to be funny and entertaining, something I hadnt been getting much of in my previous reads,

My expectations from this book were that I would have a lot of fun reading it and maybe learn a couple things.
Thats basically what happened. Spurlock does a really good job of presenting the information in an easy to read format, making clever use of humor throughout the book.
I really enjoyed it for that reason alone, For example, here is a short excerpt where Spurlock writes about his his inspiration for filming Super Size Me,

"I never said I wanted to risk my health making my first movie, but what the hey Everybody suffers for their art, right Van Gogh lost an ear.
Kurt Cobain lost his life, Poor Britney twisted her knee and had to cancel her summertour, These things happen. "

When hes not talking about his movie, Spurlock spends much of his time talking about the disastrous situation of the health in our nation and the role that fast food has played in creating it.
Much of what he writes about, the sad situation of food in schools, the growing obesity epidemic, advertising junk food to children, is not new news to me.
For many people who are not aware of how bad the food has become in our nation, they will be very surprised at what he has to say.


Some people might ask how Spurlock could write a book related to health even though he is not a doctor, My opinion about that is that some of the best books on health that I have read have come from regular people, These books were the result of investigative journalism, boiling down years of exhaustive research into a few hundred pages, I admire that kind of effort, Such books as Salt, Sugar, Fat, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Caffeine Blues, and Fast Food Nation are all excellent examples, Still, while preparing for his movie and in writing this book, Spurlock called upon the advice and support of a small team of physicians and health experts including a cardiologist, nutritionist, gastroenterologist and hematologist, ear, nose, and throat specialist, and a gynecologist.


From the time I left home until I had my health transformation, I ate a lot of fast food, Much of it was at McDonalds, From my own experience and from everything that Ive read and researched up til now, I can say without any doubt in my mind that the kind of food that is served at these places is a major cause of many of our health problems today.
But you dont have to take my word for it, If you look at the research, you will come to the same conclusion as me, For example, in, The Lancet one of the oldest and best known medical journals published a studyexamining the connection between fast food use and weight gain and insulin resistance Type II Diabetes.
Their conclusion I quote:

"By comparison with the averageyear weight gain in participants with infrequent less than once a week fastfood restaurant use at baseline and followup n, those with frequent more than twice a week visits to fastfood restaurants at baseline and followup ngained an extrakg of bodyweight pand had a twofold greater increase in insulin resistance p.
"

No surprise here, Thank you for this book Morgan Spurlock, Any book that brings greater awareness and education to the public and empowers people to make better choices for their lives is welcome anytime.


. Pereira MA, et al. Fastfood habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance the CARDIA study:year prospective analysis, Lancet:. Pubmed.