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Originally Posted by ernie
It's been a while since I saw the movie but wasn't the premise of the movie to eat like many Americans do actually eat? And to get the same amount of exercise as a large segment of society? Which is not much at (he counted his steps for instance to make sure he wasn't walking too much).
I know several people that eat fast food for each and every meal of the work week and likely have fast food on the weekend. Their exercise routine consists of walking to the garage in the morning, walking to their office, walking back to the car to pick up lunch (at the drive thru) etc...
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It's hard to find stats that agree, but the stats available seem to consistently indicate the average American visits a fast food establishment about six times per month.
The gentleman in the movie was visiting three times per day or a monthly rate of 91 times.
So, no, he had no resemblance to an average American.
So, what we've learned is . . . . . . you can go to McDonald's three times a day and, if you live a sloth-like existence, you'll kill yourself pretty quickly. OR, as the teacher in Edmonton demonstrated, you can go to McDonald's every day, eat the salty crap but if you work out religiously, you'll only kill yourself very, very slowly. OR, as I've maintained, you can go to McDonald's every day and eat salads and be healthier at the end.
It should be pointed out, each of us could probably do all of the above at our houses if we wanted to.
I think the documentary was good for the purpose of reminding people that you have to be smart about what you eat and . . . . . and you are what you eat.
Alanis Morrissette, who has had weight issues in the past but ran a decent New York City Marathon a month ago, had a good comment recently, that she finally started to understand that food is really just fuel for the engine in your body and it's just an issue of making sure the engine has the best fuels in the right quantities.
As for me, if I go to a fast food restaurant once a month these days, I'd be surprised. And there are lots of people like me too.
People have to be responsible for themselves, which is why a lawsuit from this guy went nowhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Barber
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