McDonald's Experiment

Nancy Young said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu, and
not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

-sw

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I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu, and
not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

nancy

I've heard wildly varying tales on her "loss", from 3 lbs
to 9...but not 12. In any case, I don't know that I buy it.
There's a very good likelihood that she's a shill hired by
McD's. And there's no one watching her all the time like
there was with the fellow who made the documentary. She
says she eats the McGrills, but they have more calories
than the cheeseburgers. Along with more fat and more carbs.
So, who knows?

kimberly

Nancy Young said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu, and
not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

The experiment is over, just in time for the opening of the
movie SuperSize Me. It was 10lbs, which doesn't quite make
up for the 25lbs the other guy gained.

usatoday.com2004 05 05Open ↗
supersizeme_x.htm

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

Nancy Young said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu, and
not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

-sw

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the hatchet
job on McD's in the first place? He obviously had some kind
of ulterior motive, we just don't know exactly what it was.

-Bob

zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
and not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day
for a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs
and fries. But ordering more healthful food would not
have helped prove his point and gotten his book out
there, now would it?

nancy

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Steve Wertz said:

Nancy Young said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
and not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

-sw

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

-Bob

"Obviously?" Usually that means "I think it's true but I
don't have a shred of evidence."

And what's so sinister about an "ulterior motive?" People do
have motives for doing things, you know. Maybe his motive
was to see what eating McD's food for a month would do to
him. Maybe his motive was to get on the radio and make
money. So what? That doesn't change the facts of what he did
and how it affected him.

--
Peter Aitken

Remove the [censored] from my email address before using.

Nancy Young said:

zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>that guy's result's that he wound up practically dying
>from eating there 3 times a day.
>
>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
>and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>
>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the hatchet
job on McD's in the first place? He obviously had some
kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know exactly what
it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day for
a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs and
fries. But ordering more healthful food would not have
helped prove his point and gotten his book out there, now
would it?

I think both experiments are pointless and ridiculous. I do
know that people don't go to McD's often just to get healthy
food - their burgers, fries, and sugared drinks will always
make up 80+% of their sales.

I don't believe you can get as sick as that guy when you eat
3 Big Macs or QP+C's + large fries every day for a month.

Ovbviously this second lady is just mooching off the idea of
the first guy. I think they're both pathetic.

-sw

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zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>that guy's result's that he wound up practically dying
>from eating there 3 times a day.
>
>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
>and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>
>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day for
a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs and
fries. But ordering more healthful food would not have
helped prove his point and gotten his book out there, now
would it?

If yu paid attention you would know that he chose items from
the entire menu - it was not limited to burgers and fries.

--
Peter Aitken

Remove the [censored] from my email address before using.

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There's a very good likelihood that she's a shill
hired by McD's

The sort of notion popular with conspiracy buffs, of which
our culture reeks. Big corporations, be advised, don't go
for half-baked stunts like that.

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There's a very good likelihood that she's a shill hired
by McD's

The sort of notion popular with conspiracy buffs, of which
our culture

reeks.

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Big corporations, be advised, don't go for half-baked
stunts like that.

You know the old saying...Just because I'm paranoid doesn't
mean they're not out to get me. lol

kimberly

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Steve Wertz said:

Nancy Young said:

I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating that
guy's result's that he wound up practically dying from
eating there 3 times a day.

Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
and not just All Salad, All the Time.

Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

-sw

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

-Bob

What hatchet job is that? He ate there, and filmed the
results. Hardly a hatchet job. His "ulterior motive" as you
say would be to make a documentary about the effects of
fast food. God forbid someone speak honestly about the
things plenty of people eat all the time. In case you
didn't notice, obesity and diabetes are gaining epidemic
momentum. There's a reason for that. No, it's not all
McD's, as he pointed out himself. Oh and by the way, if
what he had said/done wasn't true, do you really think
McD's would hesitate to sue him and try to stop the movie's
release? Hardly.

kimberly

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zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>that guy's result's that he wound up practically dying
>from eating there 3 times a day.
>
>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
>and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>
>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day for
a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs and
fries. But ordering more healthful food would not have
helped prove his point and gotten his book out there, now
would it?

nancy

Nancy,

Actually he didn't eat just big macs and fries. Part of his
"rules" was that he had to eat every item on the menu at
least once during the 30 days. And everything he ate or
drink had to come from McD's menu, including water. He ate
as most people would, just concentrated into 30 days, where
I think (hope) most people wouldn't eat there for every meal
every day! He had no motive other than to make a documentary
about the effects of fast food on the body. He got the idea
after watching the news talking about the young girl who was
suing McD's for her weight issues.

kimberly

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Nancy Young said:

zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

>>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>>that guy's result's that he wound up practically
>>dying from eating there 3 times a day.
>>
>>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
>>and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>>
>>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.
>
>
> Obviously hired by McDonalds.

Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day
for a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs
and fries. But ordering more healthful food would not
have helped prove his point and gotten his book out
there, now would it?

I think both experiments are pointless and ridiculous. I
do know that people don't go to McD's often just to get
healthy food - their burgers, fries, and sugared drinks
will always make up 80+% of their sales.

I don't believe you can get as sick as that guy when
you eat 3 Big Macs or QP+C's + large fries every day
for a month.

Why do you not believe it when it happened? It's all
documented. And like I said before, if it weren't the truth,
McD's would be there in a heartbeat trying to stop the
movie's release and suing the man who made it. And he
ordered from the entire menu, not just those 2 sandwiches.

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Ovbviously this second lady is just mooching off the idea
of the first guy. I think they're both pathetic.

-sw

Nexis said:

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I don't believe you can get as sick as that guy when
you eat 3 Big Macs or QP+C's + large fries every day
for a month.

Why do you not believe it when it happened? It's all
documented.

If you believe that's normal, then all the more power to ya.
I mean physically sick - throwing up sick.

Obviously if that happened to everybody they would have shut
down McD's a log time ago.

-sw

Well, let's think.

The TOTAL McDonalds menu has (ignoring regional variations)
has right about 15,000 calories in TOTAL.

So, if his "rule" was to eat everything on that menu in the
month he would have consumed 15,000 calories in TOTAL or
about 500 calories per day.

I'm guessing he should have lost weight on that diet,
not gained.

It sounds like his self-control failed him and he max'd out
on the worst stuff after beyond fufilling his "rule".

If he had simply eaten everything twice he would only be up
to about 1,000 calories per day. Not exactly a pig out.

Cholesterol? A total of about 3000 mgs. 100 per day? Not too
shabby. Double that and 200 mg per day isn't too bad either.

How about Fat? about about 700 gms in TOTAL. 23 g per day?
46 g per day? This is looking like the worst thing here.

But wait, what about Sodium? At about 23,000 milligrams in
TOTAL. That is about 766 per day and even if he doubled
everything it is only about 1,600 mg per day. Not too bad.

Once again, a lapse of personal responsibility and
accountability is pushed off to "them".

He made choices to provide a story.

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Steve Wertz said:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>that guy's result's that he wound up practically dying
>from eating there 3 times a day.
>
>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the menu,
>and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>
>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.

Obviously hired by McDonalds.

-sw

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

-Bob

What hatchet job is that? He ate there, and filmed the
results. Hardly a hatchet job. His "ulterior motive" as
you say would be to make a

documentary

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about the effects of fast food. God forbid someone speak
honestly about

the

Quoted message said:

things plenty of people eat all the time. In case you
didn't notice,

obesity

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and diabetes are gaining epidemic momentum. There's a
reason for that. No, it's not all McD's, as he pointed out
himself. Oh and by the way, if what he had said/done
wasn't true, do you really

think

Quoted message said:

McD's would hesitate to sue him and try to stop the
movie's release?

Hardly.

Quoted message said:

kimberly

Chuck said:

Well, let's think.

The TOTAL McDonalds menu has (ignoring regional variations)
has right about 15,000 calories in TOTAL.

So, if his "rule" was to eat everything on that menu in the
month he would have consumed 15,000 calories in TOTAL or
about 500 calories per day.

Well, let's *think*:

Obviously he had to eat each item more than once. Duh. He
would have gone through all the sandwiches within the first
week, and would have starved the last 2 weeks.

-sw

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Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>>that guy's result's that he wound up practically
>>dying from eating there 3 times a day.
>>
>>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the
>>menu, and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>>
>>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.
>
>
> Obviously hired by McDonalds.

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Quoted message said:

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

Exactly. She's writing a book. But the first guy proved
nothing if he got sick from eating there 3 meals a day
for a month if all he picked from the menu were Big Macs
and fries. But ordering more healthful food would not
have helped prove his point and gotten his book out
there, now would it?

nancy

Nancy,

Actually he didn't eat just big macs and fries. Part of
his "rules" was that he had to eat every item on the menu
at least once during the 30 days. And everything he ate or
drink had to come from McD's menu, including water. He ate
as most people would, just concentrated into 30 days,
where I think (hope) most people wouldn't eat there for
every meal every day! He had no motive other than to make
a documentary about the effects of fast food on the body.
He got the idea after watching the news talking about the
young girl who was suing McD's for her weight issues.

Well, another of his "rules" was that he had to accept every
time an employee asked if he wante to supersize his order.
This is certainly not "eating as most people would".

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kimberly

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Well, let's think.

The TOTAL McDonalds menu has (ignoring regional
variations) has right

about

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15,000 calories in TOTAL.

So, if his "rule" was to eat everything on that menu in
the month he would have consumed 15,000 calories in TOTAL
or about 500 calories per day.

*ONE* of the rules was to eat everything on the menu ...pay
attention here, this is key....AT LEAST ONCE. That is not
saying he ate the entire menu over a month. Huge difference.

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I'm guessing he should have lost weight on that diet,
not gained.

It sounds like his self-control failed him and he max'd
out on the worst stuff after beyond fufilling his "rule".

If he had simply eaten everything twice he would only be
up to about 1,000 calories per day. Not exactly a pig out.

Cholesterol? A total of about 3000 mgs. 100 per day?
Not too shabby. Double that and 200 mg per day isn't
too bad either.

How about Fat? about about 700 gms in TOTAL. 23 g per day?
46 g per

day?

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This is looking like the worst thing here.

But wait, what about Sodium? At about 23,000 milligrams in
TOTAL. That

is

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about 766 per day and even if he doubled everything it is
only about 1,600 mg per day. Not too bad.

Once again, a lapse of personal responsibility and
accountability is

pushed

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off to "them".

He made choices to provide a story.

No he ordered as would anyone eating there. You
misunderstood a single aspect and ran with it.

kimberly

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Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:02:26 -0400, Nancy Young
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>>I saw some time ago where some woman is duplicating
>>that guy's result's that he wound up practically
>>dying from eating there 3

times

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>>a day.
>>
>>Only, she's eating from the lighter side of the
>>menu, and not just All Salad, All the Time.
>>
>>Last I heard, she'd lost 12 pounds.
>
>
> Obviously hired by McDonalds.
>
> -sw

If so, is that any worse than the guy who did the
hatchet job on McD's in the first place? He obviously
had some kind of ulterior motive, we just don't know
exactly what it was.

-Bob

What hatchet job is that? He ate there, and filmed the
results. Hardly a hatchet job. His "ulterior motive" as
you say would be to make a

documentary

Quoted message said:

about the effects of fast food. God forbid someone speak
honestly about

the

Quoted message said:

things plenty of people eat all the time. In case you
didn't notice,

obesity

Quoted message said:

and diabetes are gaining epidemic momentum. There's a
reason for that.

No,

Quoted message said:

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it's not all McD's, as he pointed out himself. Oh and by
the way, if what he had said/done wasn't true, do you
really

think

Quoted message said:

McD's would hesitate to sue him and try to stop the
movie's release?

Hardly.

Quoted message said:

kimberly

Steve Wertz said:

Chuck said:

Well, let's think.

The TOTAL McDonalds menu has (ignoring regional
variations) has right about 15,000 calories in TOTAL.

So, if his "rule" was to eat everything on that menu in
the month he would have consumed 15,000 calories in TOTAL
or about 500 calories per day.

Well, let's *think*:

Obviously he had to eat each item more than once. Duh. He
would have gone through all the sandwiches within the
first week, and would have starved the last 2 weeks.

-sw

Right. So within the rules he set out, he could (and
probably did) eat QP&C or Big Mac's with jumbo fries and a
giant Coke and maybe a fried apple pie at almost every meal.

Bob