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Norbert
May 15 2004
02:55 pm
I heard of a woman who did the same kind of experiment with McDonalds but used some self control. Instead of ordering burgers all the time and supersizing it whenever they asked, she ate sensibly for a month. She lost weight, lowered her cholesterol and her triglycerides. I don’t know if she filmed the process or not or just wrote a review.
Again, I just heard of it. I haven’t seen the supersize me movie or read or seen anything first hand from the other woman.
Anybody know anything about that second study?
laryn
May 15 2004
03:16 pm
I haven’t heard of the 2nd study, but they had a guy in the movie who ate upwards of two big macs a day with coke (no fries) and was pretty lean. they didn’t get into his cholesterol or triglycerides, though.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/20/offbeat.big.mac.ap/
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laryn
May 15 2004
02:11 pm
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we just saw this last night, and i recommend it. it’s pretty lo-tech in a lot of regards, but very entertaining and informative (some may find it a little heavy-handed—no pun intended). a friend likens him to michael moore but nicer.
you can see a trailer here
http://www.supersizeme.com