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Everything's bigger in America,

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we've got the biggest cars,

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the biggest houses,

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the biggest companies,

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the biggest food,

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and, finally,
the biggest people.

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America has now become
the fattest nation in the world.

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Congratulations.

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Nearly 100 million Americans
are today either overweight

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or obese.

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That's more
than 60% of all U.S. Adults.

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Since 1980,

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the total number of overweight
and obese Americans has doubled,

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with twice as many
overweight children

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and three times as many
overweight adolescents.

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The fattest state in America?

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Mississippi... where one
in four people are obese.

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I grew up in west Virginia,

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currently the third-fattest
state in America.

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When I was growing up, my mother
cooked dinner every single day.

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Almost all my memories of her
are in the kitchen.

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And we never ate out,

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only on those few, rare
special occasions.

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Today, families do it
all the time,

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and they're paying for it...
not only with their wallets,

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but with their waistlines.

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Obesity is now
second only to smoking

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as a major cause
of preventable death in America,

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with more
than 400,000 deaths per year

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associated
with related illnesses.

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In 2002, a few Americans
got fed up with being overweight

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and did what we do best.

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They sued the bastards.

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Taking aim
at the fast-food companies

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and blaming them
for their obesity and illnesses,

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a lawsuit was filed in New York
on behalf of two teenage girls,

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one who was 14 years old,
4'10", and 170 pounds,

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the other, 19 years old,
5'6", and 270 pounds.

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The unthinkable
had suddenly become reality.

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People were suing the golden
arches for selling them food

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that most of us know isn't
good for you to begin with

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yet each day,
one in four Americans

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visits a fast-food restaurant.

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And this hunger for fast food
isn't just in America.

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It's happening
on a global basis.

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McDonald's alone operates
more than 30,000 joints

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in over 100 countries
on 6 continents

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and feeds more than 46 million
people worldwide every day.

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That's more than
the entire population of Spain.

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In the United States alone,

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McDonald's accounts for 43%
of the total fast-food market.

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They're everywhere...
Wal-Mart's, airports, rest stops,

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gas stations, train stations,
shopping malls,

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department stores,
amusement parts, even hospitals.

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That's right... hospitals.

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At least you're close
when the coronary kicks in.

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Lawyers for McDonald's
called the suits "frivolous",

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stating that the dangers of
its food are universally known

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and that these kids can't show
that their weight problems

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and health woes were caused
solely by their McDiets.

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The judge states, however,

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that if lawyers
for the teens can show

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that McDonald's intends
for people to eat its food

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for every meal of every day

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and that doing so would be
unreasonably dangerous,

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they may be able
to state a claim.

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Are the food companies solely
to blame for this epidemic?

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Where does personal
responsibility stop

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and corporate responsibility
begin?

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Is fast food
really that bad for you?

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I mean, what would happen
if I ate nothing but McDonald's

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for 30 days straight?

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Would I suddenly be
on the fast track

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to becoming an obese American?

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Would it be
unreasonably dangerous?

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Let's find out.

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I�m ready.

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Super-size me.

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I knew
if I was going to do this,

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I would need some serious
medical supervision,

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so I enlisted the help of
not one, but three doctors -

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a cardiologist,
a gastroenterologist,

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and a general practitioner.

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You're feeling
quite well today, yes?

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In general, any fatigue
or weight loss, weight gain,

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any change in your vision?

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No fever,
no earache, no cough

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no shortness of breath,
no chest pain...

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...nausea,
vomiting, heartburn?

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Dr. Isaacs: No hospitalizations
for illness?

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Do you take
any medications of any sort?

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I�ve just been
taking vitamins.

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Any food allergies
or anything?

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No.

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There's no heart disease
or diabetes or blood pressure

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or cancer
in the immediate family?

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My grandfather's had
a couple open-heart surgeries.

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One out of four
grandparents is dead.

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Yeah.

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Good genes.
That's the important thing.

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- Any alcohol use?
- Now? None.

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You don't smoke?

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I used to, but I don't.

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Any drug use at all?

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Not for a long time.

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- Are you sexually active at present?
- Yes.

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- A girlfriend?
- Yes.

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Is there anything
we didn't cover?

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Is there anything else
you need to tell me?

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I don't think so.

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"Patient is embarking
on a one-month McDonald's binge."

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Very good.

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You might have something
called white coats.

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140 over about 95.

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130 over 105.

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120 over 80.

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That's what it is?

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The other guys
are stressing me out.

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You're much more relaxed.

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I tend to do that
to my patients.

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Swallow, please.

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Your reflexes are perfect.

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Good. Back out.
Normal.

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Say "ah."

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Everything
looks pretty normal here.

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Good.

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We'll skip
checking for hernias.

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We're gonna
do a rectal exam.

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I like to be more
thorough than that.

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And I like doctors
to be thorough.

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You're gonna go downstairs
and get your bloods drawn.

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So, the reason
we have you fasting

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is the true cholesterol
and glucose number is fasting.

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So, if you had, like,
a bacon, egg, and cheese

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your cholesterol
would be way high,

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or if you had orange juice,
your glucose would be high.

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Three down.

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Your blood tests
are excellent.

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Your starting off with
a total cholesterol of 168

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which is less than 200,
which is really superb

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your blood level's fine.

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Your iron level
is good as well.

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You have no evidence
of diabetes.

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Your fasting blood sugar
is very low.

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The other thing
that we looked at

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were all your electrolytes
in terms of salts in your blood,

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your kidney function,
your liver function.

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They were all perfect.

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Your triglycerides, which is
your building blocks of fat...

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basically, what you acquire
from eating fat...

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is 43, which is low,
which is good.

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Your general health,
you know... is outstanding.

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Your urinalysis is great.

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So, you're
starting off terrific.

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I think
the worst-case scenario

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is that you increase
your triglycerides

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and your cholesterol level,

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and if you have any he
art disease in the family...

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underlying heart disease...

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you're putting
your heart at risk.

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I expect to see an increase
in your triglycerides,

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because
that can be affected.

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You're at 87 now,
and I think that will change.

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I think that's the only thing
that will change.

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Out of everything?

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Out of everything.

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There might be
some minor variations,

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but the body
is extremely adaptable,

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and the kidneys will handle
any extra salt you're taking in,

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and your liver will be able
to metabolize additional fats.

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As far as you gaining weight,
you probably will.

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As far as your cholesterol
going up, it probably will.

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As far as you
feeling miserable, may be.

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I don't know.

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Unless you start cheating
and just order the salads.

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I also went to a fancy
new York wellness center

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to meet a registered dietician

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who would help
track my progress.

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Okay, let's start with
getting your height and weight.

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I�m 6'2".

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I weight about 185.

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For your height,
this is a healthy weight.

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I can tell you that
right now.

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Your BMI,
which is the body mass index,

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is within normal limits,
which means you're not obese.

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You're actually
at the correct weight.

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So, I should keep a checklist
of the things that I eat

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for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

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Your calorie needs
are gonna be averaging

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about 2,500 calories a day.

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As far as fat goes,
for 2,500 calories,

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you're gonna want about
80 grams of total fat in a day.

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The saturated fat, which is
a component of total fat,

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you want to have
less than 25 grams a day.

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Don't try to overindulge
too much.

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Good luck, Morgan.

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Hi, there. I'm Eric Rowley,
our exercise physiologist.

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Great.

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Rowley:
The official weigh-in...

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1851/2.

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We'll go through
the cardiovascular assessment,

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and then I'll be able
to calculate

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how much oxygen
your muscles can utilize,

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and that's also an indicator

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of what type of condition your
cardiovascular system is in.

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All right, good work.

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I�m gonna use
these skinfold calipers

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to estimate
your body density.

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You're 11% body fat.
That's great.

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We're gonna
measure your flexibility

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of your hamstrings, your hips,
and your lower back.

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Good, good.
Very nice.

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38 centimeters
was your best.

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There's a basic
old-school test

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for muscular strength
and endurance.

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36. Good job.

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You're above average

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above average fitness
for your age group,

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definitely, I'd say
you're at a good spot right now.

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More than 60% of Americans
get no form of exercise,

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so for the next 30 days,
neither will I.

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But I'll still have to walk.

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How much does the average
American walk a day?

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We have these pedometers
that we put on people,

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step counters.

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You could very roughly
estimate at about 2,000 steps,

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because 2,000
would make a mile.

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And we know that people
that work in office settings,

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who drive a car
to and from work,

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who take an elevator
up to that office,

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may take as little
as 2,500 or 3,000 steps

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in their entire day.

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If you wanted to feel physically
like a lot of Americans do,

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then you'd limit yourself
to about 5,000 steps a day.

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Us New Yorkers...
we walk everywhere.

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We walk to work,
to the park, to the store.

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Most of us don't even own cars.

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The average New Yorker will walk
four to five miles a day...

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a day!

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That's a lot of walking.

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I�ll also have the blessing
of being close to a food source

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almost everywhere I go.

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I walk past three golden arches
just on my way to the office...

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three in just over a mile.

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There are more Mickey D's
in Manhattan

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than anywhere else in the world.

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This tiny little island
is less than 13 miles long

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by 2 miles wide,
22.4 square miles,

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and packed into that area
are 83 McDonald's,

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nearly four per square mile.

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There are
twice as many Mac Shacks

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as there are Burger Kings,

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and there are
more McDonald's than KFC,

254
00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,782
Wendy's, Popeye's,
and Taco Bell combined.

255
00:12:48,783 --> 00:12:50,282
That's a lot of burger.

256
00:12:50,283 --> 00:12:52,284
I know he's
gonna do it for a month,

257
00:12:52,285 --> 00:12:55,789
but I think after a week,
he's gonna be really irritated.

258
00:12:55,790 --> 00:12:58,291
I think it's gonna
affect our relationship.

259
00:12:58,292 --> 00:13:00,794
You are a vegan chef.

260
00:13:01,294 --> 00:13:03,295
Yes, I'm a vegan chef.

261
00:13:03,296 --> 00:13:06,299
Ugh. I just don't
know if I can...

262
00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,300
of course I will.

263
00:13:08,301 --> 00:13:10,804
I�ll sit next to him
while he eats McDonald's.

264
00:13:10,805 --> 00:13:11,804
Of course I will.

265
00:13:11,805 --> 00:13:16,309
I�m just gonna be
rolling my eyes the whole time.

266
00:13:23,817 --> 00:13:26,318
I have a vegetable tart

267
00:13:26,319 --> 00:13:29,322
and a quinoa
and roasted veggie salad

268
00:13:29,323 --> 00:13:32,325
artichokes,
and a simple green salad...

269
00:13:32,326 --> 00:13:35,328
all beautiful, organic,
fresh vegetables

270
00:13:35,329 --> 00:13:37,329
that you're gonna
miss so much.

271
00:13:37,330 --> 00:13:39,833
What am I gonna have
that's organic?

272
00:13:39,834 --> 00:13:41,834
In the next month?
Nothing?

273
00:13:41,835 --> 00:13:44,337
You're only gonna have
genetically modified potatoes

274
00:13:44,838 --> 00:13:46,840
I�m gonna eat as many
vegetables as I can tonight.

275
00:13:46,841 --> 00:13:47,841
There's plenty
here for you.

276
00:13:48,341 --> 00:13:49,843
That's really good.

277
00:13:49,844 --> 00:13:51,343
Thanks.

278
00:13:51,344 --> 00:13:53,846
Have they improved their cookies
in the last 10 years?

279
00:13:53,847 --> 00:13:56,349
Last time I had them, they were
like little hockey pucks.

280
00:13:56,350 --> 00:13:58,351
I don't know.
We'll see.

281
00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,862
It's the first day,

282
00:14:09,863 --> 00:14:13,866
and I'm on my way
to breakfast.

283
00:14:13,867 --> 00:14:19,372
Could I get an egg McMuffin
extra value meal?

284
00:14:19,373 --> 00:14:20,874
Every 8-year-old's
dream right now

285
00:14:21,374 --> 00:14:22,876
that I'm getting ready
to fulfill.

286
00:14:22,877 --> 00:14:24,878
I got my egg McMuffin.

287
00:14:25,378 --> 00:14:27,881
That's gonna be
the first thing right there.

288
00:14:37,891 --> 00:14:40,893
This McDonald's
delivers for free.

289
00:14:40,894 --> 00:14:42,895
All I did today
was leave my apartment,

290
00:14:42,896 --> 00:14:45,398
walk down the stairs,
and walk to the McDonald's...

291
00:14:45,899 --> 00:14:46,899
1,272 steps.

292
00:14:46,900 --> 00:14:49,903
So, we got to go to the corner
and we got to get a cab.

293
00:14:52,405 --> 00:14:54,407
The cabs are gonna
add up in this thing.

294
00:14:54,408 --> 00:14:55,408
I can tell already.

295
00:14:55,909 --> 00:14:58,410
I got my scorecard,

296
00:14:58,411 --> 00:15:00,914
and in here,
I had one egg McMuffin.

297
00:15:00,915 --> 00:15:02,916
I had one sausage biscuit.

298
00:15:07,921 --> 00:15:08,922
Do you eat fast food?

299
00:15:09,422 --> 00:15:10,423
Once in a while.

300
00:15:10,424 --> 00:15:11,424
Yeah? How often?

301
00:15:11,925 --> 00:15:13,927
I�d say probably
once every two weeks.

302
00:15:13,928 --> 00:15:16,930
Three, four times
a week maybe.

303
00:15:16,931 --> 00:15:18,430
In France, yes.

304
00:15:18,431 --> 00:15:21,935
But here, no.
I don't like here.

305
00:15:22,435 --> 00:15:25,438
It doesn't sound
very... clean.

306
00:15:25,439 --> 00:15:28,441
And what's
your favorite place?

307
00:15:28,442 --> 00:15:29,442
Probably Wendy's.

308
00:15:29,443 --> 00:15:30,443
McDo.

309
00:15:30,944 --> 00:15:32,195
Taco Bell.

310
00:15:32,196 --> 00:15:33,445
Taco Bell.

311
00:15:33,446 --> 00:15:35,447
McDonald's is pretty close.

312
00:15:35,448 --> 00:15:37,450
Do you ever have
super sized cokes?

313
00:15:37,451 --> 00:15:39,452
No, in France...

314
00:15:39,953 --> 00:15:45,458
the small size here,
it's a bigger size in France.

315
00:15:45,459 --> 00:15:47,961
Even the small size here,
I can't drink.

316
00:15:47,962 --> 00:15:50,463
There are rules
to what's going on here

317
00:15:50,464 --> 00:15:51,464
in this whole process.

318
00:15:51,965 --> 00:15:54,217
I will only super-size it
if they ask me.

319
00:15:54,218 --> 00:15:56,469
I can only eat things
that are for sale

320
00:15:56,470 --> 00:15:57,971
over the counter at McDonald's,

321
00:15:57,972 --> 00:15:59,471
water included.

322
00:15:59,472 --> 00:16:01,474
If McDonald's doesn't sell it,
I can't eat it.

323
00:16:01,975 --> 00:16:03,476
I have to have
everything on the menu

324
00:16:03,977 --> 00:16:05,477
at least once
over the next 30 days,

325
00:16:05,478 --> 00:16:07,981
and I have to have
three squares a day...

326
00:16:07,982 --> 00:16:09,482
breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

327
00:16:09,483 --> 00:16:10,983
No excuses.

328
00:16:10,984 --> 00:16:12,484
Oh, I love Big Macs.

329
00:16:12,485 --> 00:16:14,486
This is probably
the first time in a long time

330
00:16:14,487 --> 00:16:16,990
that I've seen a big Mac
that looks like the picture,

331
00:16:16,991 --> 00:16:19,492
that actually almost
looks like the picture.

332
00:16:19,493 --> 00:16:20,493
Look at that.

333
00:16:20,994 --> 00:16:23,495
Big Macs never look this good.

334
00:16:23,496 --> 00:16:27,000
You got to come to Chinatown
for the good big Macs.

335
00:16:42,815 --> 00:16:44,816
You've heard
about all these people

336
00:16:44,817 --> 00:16:46,819
who are suing
these fast-food companies.

337
00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:48,321
Yes, I've heard of them.

338
00:16:48,322 --> 00:16:49,821
I think it's ridiculous,

339
00:16:49,822 --> 00:16:55,828
but it's the American
way to sue for everything.

340
00:16:55,829 --> 00:16:58,831
I�d throw the lawsuit out
if I was a judge.

341
00:16:58,832 --> 00:17:00,333
And like I was saying,

342
00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:03,836
if these fast-food places
can put their signs up,

343
00:17:03,837 --> 00:17:06,839
if I can walk by them
and just totally ignore them

344
00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:09,342
and say, "I'm not hungry.
I don't need this,"

345
00:17:09,842 --> 00:17:11,343
they can do it, too.

346
00:17:11,344 --> 00:17:13,846
We don't have to go there.
We don't have to shop with them.

347
00:17:13,847 --> 00:17:16,349
We can easily go in McDonald's
and grab a salad,

348
00:17:16,350 --> 00:17:17,350
but we choose not to.

349
00:17:17,850 --> 00:17:20,852
Now, if the McDonald's
refused them service,

350
00:17:20,853 --> 00:17:24,857
they'd be in court again saying,
"we were refused service."

351
00:17:24,858 --> 00:17:27,859
So you can't win if you try
in this world.

352
00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:30,863
I think there's a lot of focus
on the fast-food companies

353
00:17:31,364 --> 00:17:32,864
because they are mentioned more

354
00:17:32,865 --> 00:17:35,367
than virtually
all the other causes

355
00:17:35,368 --> 00:17:37,870
in most of the articles
and books and studies

356
00:17:37,871 --> 00:17:39,872
about why it's
a sudden epidemic.

357
00:17:40,373 --> 00:17:42,375
Again, it can't be
the neighborhood restaurant.

358
00:17:42,376 --> 00:17:44,377
We've had
neighborhood restaurants

359
00:17:44,378 --> 00:17:45,377
for hundreds of years.

360
00:17:45,378 --> 00:17:47,379
It can't be the foods
we eat at home.

361
00:17:47,380 --> 00:17:49,882
We've been eating at home
for hundreds of years.

362
00:17:49,883 --> 00:17:51,883
Something is very different.

363
00:17:51,884 --> 00:17:56,889
I think the figure is we eat out
something like 40% of our meals.

364
00:17:56,890 --> 00:17:58,891
John Banzhaf
is currently spearheading

365
00:17:58,892 --> 00:18:00,393
the attacks
against the food industry,

366
00:18:00,394 --> 00:18:01,893
advising many of the lawyers

367
00:18:01,894 --> 00:18:03,896
who are currently
going through the process.

368
00:18:03,897 --> 00:18:05,397
People say he's crazy,

369
00:18:05,398 --> 00:18:07,650
but that's what
they used to say about him

370
00:18:07,651 --> 00:18:09,902
when he first sued
the tobacco companies...

371
00:18:09,903 --> 00:18:11,903
until he won.

372
00:18:11,904 --> 00:18:14,406
I think in terms
of responsibility,

373
00:18:14,407 --> 00:18:17,410
it's fair to point
the big gun at McDonald's.

374
00:18:17,411 --> 00:18:19,911
McDonald's is
one of the biggest

375
00:18:19,912 --> 00:18:23,415
but, more importantly,
it is the one which,

376
00:18:23,416 --> 00:18:26,919
far more than all the others,
lures in young children.

377
00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:31,424
They have the playgrounds,
the closed, indoor playgrounds.

378
00:18:31,425 --> 00:18:33,426
Many places,
there are no other playgrounds.

379
00:18:33,427 --> 00:18:34,927
You've got to
take your kid there.

380
00:18:35,428 --> 00:18:36,928
So even at 2 and 3 and 4,

381
00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:39,931
those kids are being
lured into there.

382
00:18:39,932 --> 00:18:42,184
McDonald's is very heavy
on birthday parties.

383
00:18:42,185 --> 00:18:44,437
They, of course,
pioneered the happy meals,

384
00:18:44,438 --> 00:18:45,937
now the mighty kids' meals also

385
00:18:45,938 --> 00:18:48,441
with those little
"gotta have 'em" toys.

386
00:18:48,442 --> 00:18:49,941
So they get the kids in.

387
00:18:49,942 --> 00:18:52,945
And, of course, the whole clown.
McDonald's has the clown.

388
00:18:52,946 --> 00:18:55,448
A lot of those ads
appeal primarily to kids.

389
00:18:55,449 --> 00:18:58,201
There's a cartoon on TV
which features him.

390
00:18:58,202 --> 00:19:00,952
So they, more than others,
lure the kids in.

391
00:19:00,953 --> 00:19:04,457
I think all of us are far more
concerned about the kids.

392
00:19:04,458 --> 00:19:06,459
Another man
who is worried about the kids

393
00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:07,960
is Samuel Hirsch.

394
00:19:08,461 --> 00:19:11,464
He represents the two girls
who are suing McDonald's,

395
00:19:11,465 --> 00:19:14,467
with much advisement
coming from professor Banzhaf.

396
00:19:14,468 --> 00:19:17,971
Why are you suing
the fast-food establishment?

397
00:19:17,972 --> 00:19:21,474
You mean motives besides
monetary recompensation?

398
00:19:21,475 --> 00:19:24,477
You mean you want
to hear a noble cause?

399
00:19:24,478 --> 00:19:25,978
Is that it?

400
00:19:28,981 --> 00:19:30,482
I think that fast foods

401
00:19:30,483 --> 00:19:33,486
are a major contributor
to this epidemic.

402
00:19:33,986 --> 00:19:35,487
In 2000, Dr. David Satcher

403
00:19:35,488 --> 00:19:36,988
became the first surgeon general

404
00:19:36,989 --> 00:19:38,991
to draw attention
to the obesity crisis,

405
00:19:39,492 --> 00:19:40,993
declaring it
a national epidemic.

406
00:19:41,494 --> 00:19:45,498
Now, remember,
we're super-sizing everything.

407
00:19:45,998 --> 00:19:48,500
You go to any fast food store,

408
00:19:48,501 --> 00:19:52,004
and they're trained to tell you
to buy a bigger size.

409
00:19:52,005 --> 00:19:55,007
For five cents more,
you can get the super size.

410
00:19:55,008 --> 00:19:57,760
Federal government
will define a piece of meat,

411
00:19:57,761 --> 00:20:00,513
three ounces of meat,
as a sensible portion,

412
00:20:00,514 --> 00:20:02,515
and that looks like
a deck of cards.

413
00:20:03,015 --> 00:20:05,518
Few people would be able
to find this deck of cards

414
00:20:06,018 --> 00:20:08,521
if they were served a piece of
meat, a steak, in a restaurant.

415
00:20:08,522 --> 00:20:11,023
It would probably be about
four or five times this size.

416
00:20:11,524 --> 00:20:13,526
One typical bagel
that one is eating

417
00:20:13,527 --> 00:20:16,027
that looks something like this

418
00:20:16,028 --> 00:20:19,031
is going to comprise
five servings of bread.

419
00:20:19,032 --> 00:20:21,534
When fast food companies
first opened,

420
00:20:21,535 --> 00:20:24,037
they generally
introduced one size.

421
00:20:24,038 --> 00:20:26,538
For example,
one size French fries

422
00:20:26,539 --> 00:20:30,042
when McDonald's first opened,
called "fries."

423
00:20:30,043 --> 00:20:33,045
That size fries
is now called "small."

424
00:20:33,046 --> 00:20:37,049
Medium, large, and super size.

425
00:20:37,550 --> 00:20:40,052
That original size
is still here.

426
00:20:40,053 --> 00:20:41,554
It's got about 200 calories.

427
00:20:42,054 --> 00:20:45,057
But the super size is gonna
pack in over 600 calories.

428
00:20:45,058 --> 00:20:47,058
When Burger King first opened,

429
00:20:47,059 --> 00:20:50,563
they had a 12-ounce small
and a 16-ounce large.

430
00:20:50,564 --> 00:20:52,064
This 12-ounce is now kiddy.

431
00:20:52,565 --> 00:20:55,067
The 16-ounce is now the small...

432
00:20:55,068 --> 00:20:57,570
the medium, the 32, and the 42

433
00:20:58,070 --> 00:21:00,573
and this is across the board
with all fast-food places.

434
00:21:01,073 --> 00:21:03,576
Cars have introduced
larger cup holders

435
00:21:04,076 --> 00:21:08,581
to accommodate those huge
7-eleven double gulps,

436
00:21:08,582 --> 00:21:10,583
which are 64 ounces,
a half gallon,

437
00:21:11,083 --> 00:21:13,085
and hold anywhere
from 600 to 800 calories,

438
00:21:13,086 --> 00:21:15,087
depending on how much ice
you put in.

439
00:21:15,588 --> 00:21:17,088
A half-gallon of soda?

440
00:21:17,089 --> 00:21:18,591
A half-gallon of soda
for one person,

441
00:21:19,091 --> 00:21:20,593
48 teaspoons of sugar.

442
00:21:22,094 --> 00:21:24,597
Hello, may I help you?

443
00:21:24,598 --> 00:21:25,598
Yeah, could I get

444
00:21:26,098 --> 00:21:29,101
the double quarter pounder
with cheese meal?

445
00:21:29,102 --> 00:21:30,603
Large or super size?

446
00:21:31,103 --> 00:21:34,106
I think I'm gonna
have to go super size.

447
00:21:35,107 --> 00:21:38,110
Look at that.
look at that coke.

448
00:21:38,111 --> 00:21:40,613
That barely fits in there.

449
00:21:40,614 --> 00:21:42,615
Oh, shit!

450
00:21:42,616 --> 00:21:44,617
I�ve got a... look at that.

451
00:21:45,117 --> 00:21:47,369
look at how big that thing is.

452
00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:49,621
Look how big that French fry is.

453
00:21:49,622 --> 00:21:52,374
That thing is,
like, four feet tall.

454
00:21:52,375 --> 00:21:55,127
Double quarter pounder
with cheese.

455
00:21:55,628 --> 00:21:57,129
More calories than anything.

456
00:21:57,630 --> 00:21:59,632
There it is...
a little bit of heaven.

457
00:22:12,645 --> 00:22:14,647
That's a lot of food, man.

458
00:22:15,147 --> 00:22:16,649
I�ll tell you what...

459
00:22:19,652 --> 00:22:22,655
You get
all that super sized stuff,

460
00:22:22,656 --> 00:22:25,658
that stuff gets super sized, man...

461
00:22:25,659 --> 00:22:27,410
Look at that.

462
00:22:27,411 --> 00:22:29,160
I just put a...

463
00:22:29,161 --> 00:22:33,165
I�m not even halfway done
with those fries.

464
00:22:33,166 --> 00:22:34,667
Not even halfway.

465
00:22:41,173 --> 00:22:43,175
This is like a workout.

466
00:22:46,178 --> 00:22:47,679
See, now's the time of the meal

467
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,682
when you start getting
the McStomachache.

468
00:22:50,182 --> 00:22:54,687
You start getting the McTummy.
You get the McGurgles in there.

469
00:22:54,688 --> 00:22:56,688
You get the McBrick.

470
00:22:56,689 --> 00:22:59,191
And then you get
the McStomachache.

471
00:22:59,692 --> 00:23:02,695
Right now I got some McGee
that's rockin'.

472
00:23:02,696 --> 00:23:04,697
Are you sweating there?

473
00:23:05,197 --> 00:23:07,700
My arms... I feel like
I got some McSweats going.

474
00:23:07,701 --> 00:23:09,701
My arms got the McTwitches
going in here

475
00:23:09,702 --> 00:23:12,705
from all of the sugar that's
going in my body right now.

476
00:23:14,707 --> 00:23:16,709
I�m feeling a little McCrazy.

477
00:23:21,213 --> 00:23:23,214
Just give me a minute.

478
00:23:23,215 --> 00:23:26,218
I'm in pure McDonald's Heaven.

479
00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:31,724
This is gonna be you,
like, after every meal.

480
00:23:33,726 --> 00:23:36,729
I�m dying.

481
00:23:39,231 --> 00:23:41,233
God,
that looks so nasty.

482
00:23:42,735 --> 00:23:45,237
It's making me puke.

483
00:24:10,763 --> 00:24:13,265
You all right?

484
00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:14,767
Yeah.

485
00:24:22,208 --> 00:24:23,959
I believe we live
in a toxic-food

486
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,836
and physical-inactivity
environment.

487
00:24:25,837 --> 00:24:27,712
That is,
we live in an environment

488
00:24:27,713 --> 00:24:30,215
that almost guarantees
that we become sick.

489
00:24:30,216 --> 00:24:33,719
Not 100% of people become sick,
but the numbers of people who do

490
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,221
are growing
and growing and growing.

491
00:24:36,222 --> 00:24:39,225
I don't believe that "toxic"
is too strong a word, either,

492
00:24:39,226 --> 00:24:42,227
because an epidemic of obesity

493
00:24:42,228 --> 00:24:44,229
where 60% of the population
is suffering

494
00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:46,732
and record numbers
of children are having this

495
00:24:46,733 --> 00:24:48,733
is a crisis by any standard.

496
00:24:48,734 --> 00:24:51,737
The toxic environment
is constant access

497
00:24:51,738 --> 00:24:53,239
to cheap, fat-laden foods.

498
00:24:53,739 --> 00:24:56,742
It's gas stations that sell
more candy and sodas than gas.

499
00:24:56,743 --> 00:24:58,744
It's a nation where there
are more than 3 million

500
00:24:58,745 --> 00:25:00,245
soda vending machines.

501
00:25:00,246 --> 00:25:01,747
That's one
for every 97 Americans.

502
00:25:02,248 --> 00:25:04,750
It's a world where people depend
completely on their cars

503
00:25:05,251 --> 00:25:06,252
for transportation

504
00:25:06,752 --> 00:25:09,004
and where walking
has become such a chore

505
00:25:09,005 --> 00:25:11,257
that we rely on machines
to do it for us.

506
00:25:13,259 --> 00:25:16,262
My stomach
feels horrible this morning.

507
00:25:16,263 --> 00:25:18,264
It doesn't feel good at all.

508
00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:21,767
There we go.

509
00:25:22,268 --> 00:25:24,770
I�m getting this really weird
feeling right in my midsection,

510
00:25:24,771 --> 00:25:27,273
basically in my penis right now,
and it's just like this...

511
00:25:31,277 --> 00:25:32,528
It's really freaky.

512
00:25:32,529 --> 00:25:33,779
That is very odd.

513
00:25:33,780 --> 00:25:34,780
Yeah.

514
00:25:35,281 --> 00:25:37,282
It could be
from the caffeine,

515
00:25:37,283 --> 00:25:40,286
but I couldn't really
pinpoint that 100%.

516
00:25:40,287 --> 00:25:43,289
I have a delivery for Mr. Morgan.

517
00:25:43,290 --> 00:25:44,791
$13.39.

518
00:25:44,792 --> 00:25:46,291
$13.39.

519
00:25:46,292 --> 00:25:47,793
I made it
over the three-day hump.

520
00:25:48,294 --> 00:25:49,794
You know
how when you quit smoking...

521
00:25:49,795 --> 00:25:52,298
I don't know how many of you
out there smoke cigarettes,

522
00:25:52,299 --> 00:25:54,799
but you should stop.

523
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,804
I quit smoking.
And there's the three-day hump.

524
00:25:58,805 --> 00:26:02,808
Three-day...
it's the three-day hump

525
00:26:02,809 --> 00:26:05,310
when you quit
smoking cigarettes.

526
00:26:05,311 --> 00:26:08,314
If you can make it
over those three days

527
00:26:08,315 --> 00:26:10,815
without smoking one cigarette,

528
00:26:10,816 --> 00:26:14,320
if you can make it past day one,
day two, day three, you're fine.

529
00:26:14,321 --> 00:26:16,322
Same thing with this.

530
00:26:16,323 --> 00:26:18,324
I made it past day three.

531
00:26:18,325 --> 00:26:19,824
I�m all right.

532
00:26:19,825 --> 00:26:24,830
Left unabated,
obesity would overtake smoking

533
00:26:25,331 --> 00:26:28,334
as the leading preventable cause
of death in this country.

534
00:26:28,335 --> 00:26:30,336
I was at this meal,
and it came up

535
00:26:30,836 --> 00:26:32,338
that one of the people
was a smoker,

536
00:26:32,838 --> 00:26:35,841
and somebody else at the table
started hectoring them about it.

537
00:26:35,842 --> 00:26:37,342
"What's the matter with you?

538
00:26:37,343 --> 00:26:39,344
"Don't you know
how bad it is for you?

539
00:26:39,345 --> 00:26:41,347
"It'll do this, that,
and the other thing to you,

540
00:26:41,847 --> 00:26:42,847
and you really should stop."

541
00:26:42,848 --> 00:26:45,351
And the smoker,
rather than saying, "fuck you,

542
00:26:45,352 --> 00:26:46,352
mind your own business"...

543
00:26:46,852 --> 00:26:48,354
Which, I think,
is the appropriate response...

544
00:26:48,355 --> 00:26:50,356
was abashed and defensive.

545
00:26:50,357 --> 00:26:52,358
"Oh, I tried to quit,"

546
00:26:52,858 --> 00:26:54,359
and, "yeah,
I'm gonna try again,"

547
00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,361
and "you're right,
you're right," and so on.

548
00:26:56,362 --> 00:26:58,364
At that same table,
there was a quite large woman,

549
00:26:58,864 --> 00:27:00,866
and I was wondering...
what if this guy,

550
00:27:00,867 --> 00:27:02,868
instead of confronting
the smoker,

551
00:27:03,369 --> 00:27:04,869
had said to the large woman,

552
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:06,871
"What's the matter with you,
you fat pig?

553
00:27:06,872 --> 00:27:09,374
"Don't you know how dangerous
it is to be so overweight?

554
00:27:09,375 --> 00:27:12,378
"Stop eating, for god's sake.
And don't you dare get dessert,

555
00:27:12,379 --> 00:27:13,879
and what's the matter with you?"

556
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,380
Same logic.

557
00:27:15,381 --> 00:27:17,883
I�d be hard-pressed
to find a distinction

558
00:27:17,884 --> 00:27:19,884
between those two examples.

559
00:27:19,885 --> 00:27:22,388
So, one is now
socially acceptable...

560
00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:23,889
to hector smokers...

561
00:27:24,390 --> 00:27:27,393
but the other one
isn't quite yet.

562
00:27:27,394 --> 00:27:28,394
So the question is,

563
00:27:28,894 --> 00:27:30,896
at what point
will it become acceptable

564
00:27:30,897 --> 00:27:33,898
to publicly hector fat people

565
00:27:33,899 --> 00:27:37,903
in the way that smokers
are publicly hectored?

566
00:27:37,904 --> 00:27:41,907
A secret study
by one of the tobacco companies

567
00:27:41,908 --> 00:27:45,410
had the ominous title...
something like,

568
00:27:45,411 --> 00:27:49,415
"brand imprinting
for later actuation in life."

569
00:27:49,416 --> 00:27:52,918
They would buy
the little toy cigarettes,

570
00:27:53,419 --> 00:27:56,422
and they'd start
play-smoking them

571
00:27:56,423 --> 00:27:57,422
at 4 or 5 or 6.

572
00:27:57,423 --> 00:27:59,924
Wouldn't even
notice the pack.

573
00:27:59,925 --> 00:28:01,927
If you asked them
what pack it was,

574
00:28:01,928 --> 00:28:03,428
they wouldn't notice it,

575
00:28:03,429 --> 00:28:05,931
but the theory was that
somewhere, it's buried in here,

576
00:28:06,432 --> 00:28:08,934
and then when they get to
the age where they're smoking,

577
00:28:09,435 --> 00:28:10,435
without even realizing it,

578
00:28:10,436 --> 00:28:12,938
they're going for that pack
that they recognize

579
00:28:12,939 --> 00:28:15,441
because it had
those nice feelings for them

580
00:28:15,442 --> 00:28:16,942
when they were
little kids.

581
00:28:16,943 --> 00:28:17,942
The same way here...

582
00:28:17,943 --> 00:28:19,445
they're satisfied,
it's nice,

583
00:28:19,945 --> 00:28:21,447
they remember
the warm feelings

584
00:28:21,947 --> 00:28:23,449
of playing
and getting the toy,

585
00:28:23,450 --> 00:28:26,202
being with mom and dad.

586
00:28:26,203 --> 00:28:28,954
It's gonna carry through.

587
00:28:29,455 --> 00:28:30,456
That's why
when I have kids,

588
00:28:30,956 --> 00:28:32,958
every time I drive
by a fast-food restaurant,

589
00:28:32,959 --> 00:28:34,460
I�m gonna
punch my kid in the face

590
00:28:37,463 --> 00:28:39,465
Then we'll never
want to come.

591
00:29:15,501 --> 00:29:18,504
One of the most disturbing
things to me

592
00:29:18,505 --> 00:29:21,507
is that in the last
20 to 25 years,

593
00:29:21,508 --> 00:29:23,508
we've actually seen a doubling

594
00:29:23,509 --> 00:29:26,512
of overweight and obese
children and adolescents.

595
00:29:27,012 --> 00:29:28,514
And this weight gain
has been linked

596
00:29:29,014 --> 00:29:31,016
to countless health problems
later in life, such as...

597
00:29:51,537 --> 00:29:54,038
In fact,
if current trends continue

598
00:29:54,039 --> 00:29:57,042
one out of every three children
born in the year 2000

599
00:29:57,543 --> 00:30:00,546
will develop diabetes
in their lifetime.

600
00:30:07,553 --> 00:30:11,056
At least 17 million Americans
now have type 2 diabetes,

601
00:30:11,557 --> 00:30:14,058
about one
out of every 20 people.

602
00:30:14,059 --> 00:30:18,062
If the diabetes starts
before the age of 15,

603
00:30:18,063 --> 00:30:24,570
you lose somewhere between
17 and 27 years of life-span.

604
00:30:24,571 --> 00:30:26,571
According to the new research,

605
00:30:26,572 --> 00:30:29,575
the direct medical costs
associated with diabetes

606
00:30:29,576 --> 00:30:31,075
have doubled.

607
00:30:31,076 --> 00:30:36,081
The direct medical costs have
doubled in the past five years,

608
00:30:36,082 --> 00:30:43,087
from $44 billion in 1997
to $92 billion in 2002.

609
00:30:43,088 --> 00:30:48,594
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
about 20% of the obese children

610
00:30:48,595 --> 00:30:52,097
have elevated abnormal
liver function tests,

611
00:30:52,598 --> 00:30:55,099
and we have now started a study

612
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:56,602
where we're
biopsying these children

613
00:30:57,102 --> 00:30:59,104
to see what their livers
actually look like

614
00:30:59,105 --> 00:31:00,606
under the microscope,

615
00:31:01,106 --> 00:31:04,609
and half of them have evidence
of scarring of the liver,

616
00:31:04,610 --> 00:31:08,113
fibrosis of the liver,
the early stages of cirrhosis.

617
00:31:08,114 --> 00:31:11,116
So, when these children
end up being adults,

618
00:31:11,117 --> 00:31:12,617
they're going to end up...

619
00:31:12,618 --> 00:31:17,623
if they don't change their
eating and exercise habits,

620
00:31:17,624 --> 00:31:21,377
are gonna end up
with liver failure

621
00:31:21,378 --> 00:31:25,130
and, well,
either transplant or death.

622
00:31:28,634 --> 00:31:31,136
Did you want lettuce
and mayonnaise on all of them?

623
00:31:31,637 --> 00:31:34,139
I think it's very, very hard
for overweight teenagers

624
00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,141
because you're always
going to see

625
00:31:36,142 --> 00:31:38,143
the thin, pretty,
popular girls,

626
00:31:38,144 --> 00:31:40,144
and you can't help
but look at them

627
00:31:40,145 --> 00:31:43,649
and think, "I wish I was her,"
or, "I wish I could have that."

628
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:48,654
And it's depressing.
It makes you feel like crap.

629
00:31:48,655 --> 00:31:51,155
That's just how it is,

630
00:31:51,156 --> 00:31:54,158
and of course
it's hard being a teenager

631
00:31:54,159 --> 00:31:57,663
because you see all the girls
in the Cosmo girl

632
00:31:57,664 --> 00:32:01,165
are teen people,
and they're all beautiful,

633
00:32:01,166 --> 00:32:05,170
and you think, "aren't I
supposed to look like that?"

634
00:32:05,171 --> 00:32:07,171
And it's just not realistic.

635
00:32:07,172 --> 00:32:10,175
It's not a realistic
way to live.

636
00:32:12,177 --> 00:32:16,181
So, without further ado,
let's welcome Jared Fogle.

637
00:32:19,184 --> 00:32:20,686
My big thing was never smoking.

638
00:32:21,186 --> 00:32:22,186
It was never drinking.

639
00:32:22,187 --> 00:32:24,189
Obviously,
it wasn't doing drugs.

640
00:32:24,690 --> 00:32:25,690
My big vice was food,

641
00:32:25,691 --> 00:32:31,196
and before I knew it,
I wound up weighing 425 pounds.

642
00:32:31,697 --> 00:32:33,198
I brought in
a present for you...

643
00:32:33,699 --> 00:32:35,701
my old pants
that are now made famous

644
00:32:35,702 --> 00:32:37,703
in all the subway commercials.

645
00:32:41,707 --> 00:32:44,208
You're welcome.

646
00:32:44,209 --> 00:32:46,728
This is
my daughter, Victoria.

647
00:32:46,729 --> 00:32:49,246
She's an eighth-grade
honor student,

648
00:32:49,247 --> 00:32:51,249
and you're a real
inspiration to the kids.

649
00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:52,751
I really
appreciate that.

650
00:32:52,752 --> 00:32:54,503
That's one
of the greatest...

651
00:32:54,504 --> 00:32:56,253
I started
putting my weight on

652
00:32:56,254 --> 00:32:59,257
as you guys know,
about third or fourth grade.

653
00:32:59,258 --> 00:33:01,760
She was real tiny
when she was littler,

654
00:33:01,761 --> 00:33:03,260
and it's been in our family.

655
00:33:03,261 --> 00:33:05,763
In fact,
I had a great-grandfather

656
00:33:05,764 --> 00:33:08,516
that died
and was buried in a piano box

657
00:33:08,517 --> 00:33:11,269
years and years ago,
so it's a history.

658
00:33:11,270 --> 00:33:12,770
Absolutely.

659
00:33:12,771 --> 00:33:15,273
And she's been trying
to maintain her weight.

660
00:33:15,274 --> 00:33:17,775
It's tough.
It's always a challenge.

661
00:33:17,776 --> 00:33:20,779
I know as a kid,
it's awfully hard these days

662
00:33:20,780 --> 00:33:22,780
and kids
are not always kind.

663
00:33:22,781 --> 00:33:25,783
No, not at all.
And I know that firsthand.

664
00:33:25,784 --> 00:33:28,286
And the problem is,
the world's not gonna change

665
00:33:28,787 --> 00:33:29,787
You have to change.

666
00:33:29,788 --> 00:33:32,290
I guess it's kind of cool
to know somebody

667
00:33:32,291 --> 00:33:34,291
or be able
to listen to somebody

668
00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:36,795
talk about actually
being where I am right now,

669
00:33:37,295 --> 00:33:38,796
and it's kind of hard

670
00:33:38,797 --> 00:33:42,801
because I can't afford
to go there every single day

671
00:33:42,802 --> 00:33:45,053
and buy a sandwich
two times a day,

672
00:33:45,054 --> 00:33:47,305
and that's
what he's talking about,

673
00:33:47,806 --> 00:33:49,306
like that's
the only solution.

674
00:33:49,307 --> 00:33:51,309
That's what he said
worked the best,

675
00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:52,810
but I can't do that.

676
00:33:52,811 --> 00:33:57,315
And I've tried other ways,
and it's kind of hurt my body

677
00:33:57,316 --> 00:34:00,819
from doing other ways
that I've tried to do.

678
00:34:01,319 --> 00:34:04,823
And it's kind of hard
to, like, look at someone

679
00:34:05,323 --> 00:34:07,325
who says, "hey, I've done it.
You can do it."

680
00:34:07,326 --> 00:34:08,325
But it's not that easy.

681
00:34:08,326 --> 00:34:10,578
I�d been sick as a kid.

682
00:34:10,579 --> 00:34:12,831
I grew up eating
a lot of ice cream,

683
00:34:12,832 --> 00:34:14,331
more than you can believe.

684
00:34:14,332 --> 00:34:18,086
We had an ice-cream-cone-shape
d swimming pool in our backyard.

685
00:34:18,087 --> 00:34:21,840
We had a commercial freezer with
not only all 31 flavors in it,

686
00:34:21,841 --> 00:34:25,343
but all experimental flavors
that were under development.

687
00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,846
And I made myself
the official taster.

688
00:34:27,847 --> 00:34:30,348
I had to approve everything,
in my mind.

689
00:34:30,349 --> 00:34:33,101
And I loved it.
What kid wouldn't?

690
00:34:33,102 --> 00:34:35,854
I literally
had unlimited ice cream.

691
00:34:36,354 --> 00:34:37,856
I ate ice cream for breakfast.

692
00:34:38,356 --> 00:34:39,858
But I was sick a lot.

693
00:34:40,358 --> 00:34:42,360
And I wasn't very athletic.

694
00:34:42,361 --> 00:34:44,361
I was really ill.

695
00:34:44,362 --> 00:34:46,363
And I didn't feel good.

696
00:34:46,364 --> 00:34:48,867
So I would kind of appease that
by eating more ice cream.

697
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:51,869
You can see how the vicious
cycle would take place.

698
00:34:51,870 --> 00:34:54,372
One of the triggering factors
for me was my uncle,

699
00:34:54,373 --> 00:34:57,125
Burt Baskin, my dad's partner
and brother-in-law,

700
00:34:57,126 --> 00:34:59,878
co-founder of the company...
died of a heart attack.

701
00:34:59,879 --> 00:35:01,378
I think he was 51.

702
00:35:01,379 --> 00:35:04,883
Now, my uncle weighed
about 240 pounds...

703
00:35:04,884 --> 00:35:06,383
heavyset fellow.

704
00:35:06,384 --> 00:35:09,888
And when he died,
as a young man, I asked my dad,

705
00:35:09,889 --> 00:35:12,891
"Do you think
there could be a connection

706
00:35:12,892 --> 00:35:14,391
between his fatal heart attack

707
00:35:14,392 --> 00:35:16,394
and the amount
of ice cream he would eat?"

708
00:35:16,895 --> 00:35:18,396
My father said,
"No, his ticker just got tired

709
00:35:18,897 --> 00:35:20,898
and stopped working."

710
00:35:20,899 --> 00:35:23,400
By this time,
he had sold more ice cream

711
00:35:23,401 --> 00:35:25,904
than any human being that had
ever lived on this planet.

712
00:35:26,404 --> 00:35:28,907
He didn't want to think that
the product was hurting anybody,

713
00:35:28,908 --> 00:35:30,908
that it had contributed
to the death

714
00:35:30,909 --> 00:35:33,411
of his brother-in-law, partner,
and, in many ways, best friend.

715
00:35:33,912 --> 00:35:35,412
No way.

716
00:35:35,413 --> 00:35:37,915
Ben Cohen,
the Ben of "Ben and Jerry's",

717
00:35:37,916 --> 00:35:40,919
a couple years ago,
had a quintuple bypass procedure

718
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,420
at the age of 49.

719
00:35:43,421 --> 00:35:45,923
My uncle,
Burt Baskin of Baskin-Robbins,

720
00:35:45,924 --> 00:35:48,425
dies at the age of 51
of a heart attack.

721
00:35:48,426 --> 00:35:51,429
My father, Irv Robbins, the
other founder of the company,

722
00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:54,432
ended up
with very serious diabetes.

723
00:35:54,433 --> 00:35:56,935
You can't deny these links.

724
00:35:56,936 --> 00:35:58,435
You just can't.

725
00:35:58,436 --> 00:36:02,440
Yeah, could I get
the two-cheeseburger meal?

726
00:36:02,441 --> 00:36:03,942
Okay, super sized.

727
00:36:04,442 --> 00:36:05,944
Second time.

728
00:36:06,945 --> 00:36:08,446
Thank you, sir.

729
00:36:08,447 --> 00:36:09,947
Thanks, man.

730
00:36:09,948 --> 00:36:13,450
After five days
on the McDonald's diet,

731
00:36:13,451 --> 00:36:17,455
what I did was I ran three days'
worth of food analysis.

732
00:36:17,456 --> 00:36:19,958
The needs for you to maintain
weight at the 185

733
00:36:20,458 --> 00:36:22,961
that you were at
when you came in... 186 pounds

734
00:36:22,962 --> 00:36:25,462
was approximately
2,500 calories.

735
00:36:25,463 --> 00:36:29,968
Right now you're getting
almost 5,000 calories a day,

736
00:36:29,969 --> 00:36:31,969
the average being 4,986.

737
00:36:31,970 --> 00:36:33,471
I would love for you
to take a multivitamin.

738
00:36:33,972 --> 00:36:35,974
McDonald's doesn't sell
multivitamins.

739
00:36:36,474 --> 00:36:37,976
Well,
here's my new advice,

740
00:36:38,476 --> 00:36:39,978
is just kind of
minimize the meals.

741
00:36:40,478 --> 00:36:42,480
A substitute for the hot fudge
sundae would be the yogurt.

742
00:36:42,481 --> 00:36:44,983
That is true,
if you get the snack size...

743
00:36:45,483 --> 00:36:46,483
five ounces.

744
00:36:46,484 --> 00:36:48,986
If you get the regular size
without granola,

745
00:36:48,987 --> 00:36:51,990
it contains nearly as many
calories as a strawberry sundae.

746
00:36:52,490 --> 00:36:54,242
With granola,
it has more calories

747
00:36:54,243 --> 00:36:55,993
than the hot fudge
or caramel sundae.

748
00:36:55,994 --> 00:36:58,997
And if that doesn't make you
think twice about the parfaits,

749
00:36:58,998 --> 00:36:59,997
then how about this?

750
00:36:59,998 --> 00:37:02,000
There's a big,
nappy hair in it!

751
00:37:02,001 --> 00:37:03,000
That's disgusting.

752
00:37:03,001 --> 00:37:05,002
I�m gonna show you
how we do it.

753
00:37:05,003 --> 00:37:07,505
You go like this.
We go...

754
00:37:07,506 --> 00:37:10,008
look, it's long, too!
Did you see that!

755
00:37:10,009 --> 00:37:12,511
Oh, that's so gross!

756
00:37:12,512 --> 00:37:15,012
Only the finest at McDonald's.

757
00:37:15,013 --> 00:37:21,019
Here we are at 190.
192, 193, 194.

758
00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:22,020
No.

759
00:37:25,023 --> 00:37:27,525
We have to stop everything.
I don't believe it.

760
00:37:28,026 --> 00:37:29,027
195 pounds.

761
00:37:29,527 --> 00:37:31,029
It can't be.
We have to redo this.

762
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:33,031
That's zero.

763
00:37:33,531 --> 00:37:36,534
Second try.

764
00:37:36,535 --> 00:37:39,536
88, 92, 94.

765
00:37:39,537 --> 00:37:44,042
You've gained, actually,
about 5% of your body weight.

766
00:37:44,542 --> 00:37:46,544
Losing and gaining weight
that fast is not healthy.

767
00:37:47,045 --> 00:37:48,546
Do you eat fast food?

768
00:37:48,547 --> 00:37:50,047
Yes, I do.

769
00:37:50,048 --> 00:37:51,548
Unfortunately.

770
00:37:51,549 --> 00:37:54,552
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
love it, love it, love it!

771
00:37:54,553 --> 00:37:55,552
Love fast food.

772
00:37:55,553 --> 00:37:57,055
How often
do you guys eat it?

773
00:37:57,555 --> 00:37:58,555
Every week?

774
00:37:58,556 --> 00:38:01,058
Oh, maybe once
or twice a week.

775
00:38:01,059 --> 00:38:04,062
We're gonna go hit up
McDonald's in a little while.

776
00:38:04,063 --> 00:38:05,063
At least two times today

777
00:38:05,563 --> 00:38:07,565
you know we ain't had
no meal yet today.

778
00:38:07,566 --> 00:38:10,318
We was just pointing
towards McDonald's.

779
00:38:10,319 --> 00:38:13,446
I get the number two,
the cheeseburger

780
00:38:13,447 --> 00:38:16,573
with the super size coke
and fries.

781
00:38:16,574 --> 00:38:19,076
Super-size it up!
Make it bacon, 69 cents.

782
00:38:19,077 --> 00:38:21,579
That's what they say.
"Make it bacon."

783
00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:23,080
Make it bacon, baby.

784
00:38:23,081 --> 00:38:25,083
How often do you think
people should eat fast food?

785
00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:27,585
I don't know
if they should eat it at all.

786
00:38:27,586 --> 00:38:28,586
I don't know if I should

787
00:38:29,087 --> 00:38:30,588
I don't know about
what they should do.

788
00:38:31,089 --> 00:38:32,590
Oh, that's baloney!

789
00:38:32,591 --> 00:38:33,591
It's baloney!

790
00:38:34,092 --> 00:38:37,095
What they need to do
is 25 minutes on that treadmill,

791
00:38:37,096 --> 00:38:39,097
work out a little,
do some push-ups.

792
00:38:39,098 --> 00:38:41,099
If you do some push-ups
when you eat,

793
00:38:41,599 --> 00:38:43,101
you'll keep
your weight down.

794
00:38:43,102 --> 00:38:44,101
I keep my weight down.

795
00:38:44,102 --> 00:38:46,604
I hit them push-ups
and everything,

796
00:38:46,605 --> 00:38:48,105
Keep myself cool.

797
00:38:48,106 --> 00:38:50,607
Who has time to do that?
We have to work.

798
00:38:50,608 --> 00:38:53,111
We have to take care of kids.
We have to clean.

799
00:38:53,611 --> 00:38:56,114
So you exercise...
you run after your kids.

800
00:39:08,126 --> 00:39:10,628
These are the first
McNuggets I've had

801
00:39:10,629 --> 00:39:13,131
in this whole exciting
tour of duty.

802
00:39:13,631 --> 00:39:18,636
Look at that
glistening in the sun.

803
00:39:19,637 --> 00:39:22,639
Boy, that is miserable.

804
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,643
I�m not sure what portion of the
chicken that's shaped like that.

805
00:39:25,644 --> 00:39:28,146
I�m guessing
this is the foot on the chicken.

806
00:39:28,147 --> 00:39:30,147
In the lawsuit against them,

807
00:39:30,148 --> 00:39:32,150
McDonald's stated
in their own defense

808
00:39:32,151 --> 00:39:34,402
that it's a matter
of common knowledge

809
00:39:34,403 --> 00:39:36,653
that any processing
that its foods undergo

810
00:39:36,654 --> 00:39:40,658
serve to make them more harmful
than unprocessed foods.

811
00:39:40,659 --> 00:39:44,027
Case in point... McNuggets.

812
00:39:44,028 --> 00:39:45,530
Originally created
from old chickens

813
00:39:45,531 --> 00:39:47,030
that could no longer lay eggs,

814
00:39:47,031 --> 00:39:49,033
McNuggets are now
made from chickens

815
00:39:49,034 --> 00:39:50,785
with unusually large breasts.

816
00:39:50,786 --> 00:39:52,536
They're stripped from the bone

817
00:39:52,537 --> 00:39:54,539
and ground up
into a sort of chicken mash,

818
00:39:54,540 --> 00:39:56,039
which is then combined

819
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,042
with all sorts of stabilizers
and preservatives,

820
00:39:58,043 --> 00:39:59,543
pressed into familiar shapes,

821
00:39:59,544 --> 00:40:01,545
breaded, deep-fried,
freeze-dried,

822
00:40:01,546 --> 00:40:04,048
and then shipped
to a McDonald's near you.

823
00:40:04,049 --> 00:40:05,549
Judge Robert Sweet called them

824
00:40:05,550 --> 00:40:08,553
"A McFrankenstein creation
of various elements

825
00:40:08,554 --> 00:40:10,555
not utilized by the home cook."

826
00:40:19,063 --> 00:40:20,565
So, for the past couple days,

827
00:40:21,065 --> 00:40:23,067
which I haven't
shared with everybody...

828
00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:24,568
it's been a new thing...

829
00:40:24,569 --> 00:40:28,072
I�ve started to have...
not chest pains, but pressure.

830
00:40:28,573 --> 00:40:31,576
I feel like I got pressure
on my chest.

831
00:40:31,577 --> 00:40:34,579
I figure that's probably
not a good thing.

832
00:40:34,580 --> 00:40:38,583
But neither's
eating all this, so...

833
00:40:43,087 --> 00:40:45,089
I tell you.
I haven't smelled bad yet.

834
00:40:45,090 --> 00:40:46,591
Yeah, you have.

835
00:40:46,592 --> 00:40:47,591
No, I haven't.

836
00:40:47,592 --> 00:40:49,594
You just don't smell
how bad you smell.

837
00:40:49,595 --> 00:40:53,097
Look at that fish filet.

838
00:40:53,098 --> 00:40:54,598
Look at this thing.

839
00:40:54,599 --> 00:40:56,601
Oh, God,
that looks nasty, man.

840
00:40:56,602 --> 00:40:58,101
Isn't that horrible?

841
00:40:58,102 --> 00:41:00,605
Obviously, that's been
sitting around all day.

842
00:41:00,606 --> 00:41:03,107
That, the filet-o-fish.

843
00:41:06,111 --> 00:41:07,611
Shit!

844
00:41:07,612 --> 00:41:09,613
WOMAN:
How can I help you?

845
00:41:09,614 --> 00:41:13,117
Can I get the double quarter
pounder with cheese value meal?

846
00:41:13,118 --> 00:41:15,620
- Okay, thank you.
- $4.86.

847
00:41:18,122 --> 00:41:19,624
I don't feel good today.

848
00:41:20,124 --> 00:41:21,625
Not that I feel sick,

849
00:41:21,626 --> 00:41:23,627
but I just feel
really depressed,

850
00:41:23,628 --> 00:41:26,631
you know, for no reason.
I mean, things are going great.

851
00:41:26,632 --> 00:41:28,633
I�ve had a good day.

852
00:41:28,634 --> 00:41:30,635
I just feel really...

853
00:41:31,135 --> 00:41:32,136
yeah.

854
00:41:32,637 --> 00:41:35,389
It's not real hard
eating this food all the time,

855
00:41:35,390 --> 00:41:38,142
just because it tastes good,
it makes you feel good.

856
00:41:38,143 --> 00:41:40,143
I really noticed I'll eat some,

857
00:41:40,144 --> 00:41:43,147
and just a little while later,
I'll be hungry again,

858
00:41:43,148 --> 00:41:45,149
and I'll want more...
more, more, more.

859
00:41:45,150 --> 00:41:48,653
I�m pretty bored
with their menu.

860
00:41:48,654 --> 00:41:51,154
It only took me nine days.

861
00:41:51,155 --> 00:41:53,157
But it's pretty good otherwise.

862
00:41:53,658 --> 00:41:54,658
Nine days.

863
00:42:04,419 --> 00:42:05,670
How many?

864
00:42:06,170 --> 00:42:07,672
How many's
the question.

865
00:42:08,172 --> 00:42:09,172
We always ask how many,

866
00:42:09,173 --> 00:42:11,174
and he holds up
how many fingers.

867
00:42:11,175 --> 00:42:13,678
That's it.
It's always the "how many"?

868
00:42:13,679 --> 00:42:15,179
It's just one for now.

869
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,681
As soon as I got my first car,

870
00:42:17,682 --> 00:42:20,183
this is the first place
I came to.

871
00:42:20,184 --> 00:42:23,187
I bought three Big Macs,
ate them out there.

872
00:42:23,688 --> 00:42:25,188
I enjoyed them so much,

873
00:42:25,189 --> 00:42:28,192
I came back about 5:00 at night,
bought three more,

874
00:42:28,193 --> 00:42:29,693
ate them out there,

875
00:42:29,694 --> 00:42:32,196
came back around 11:00
before they closed,

876
00:42:32,197 --> 00:42:33,697
and ate three more,

877
00:42:33,698 --> 00:42:36,700
so the first day I came here,
I ate nine Big Macs,

878
00:42:36,701 --> 00:42:40,705
and it was like I couldn't get
enough hamburger at that time,

879
00:42:40,706 --> 00:42:42,205
and Big Macs are so good,

880
00:42:42,206 --> 00:42:45,709
so I ate 265
in the first month.

881
00:42:45,710 --> 00:42:48,212
How many do you eat
a day, usually?

882
00:42:48,213 --> 00:42:49,213
Usually it's two a day.

883
00:42:49,714 --> 00:42:52,216
Now, last year,
I ate 741 last year.

884
00:42:52,217 --> 00:42:53,717
That's more than two a day,

885
00:42:53,718 --> 00:42:55,720
so that means
there's days I had three,

886
00:42:55,721 --> 00:42:57,721
but that's because
they're getting smaller.

887
00:42:57,722 --> 00:43:02,727
Probably 90% of my solid diet
is probably Big Macs.

888
00:43:03,227 --> 00:43:04,227
That parking spot,

889
00:43:04,228 --> 00:43:06,230
that's where I asked her
if she wanted to get married.

890
00:43:06,731 --> 00:43:08,733
This place is special...
a lot of reasons.

891
00:43:08,734 --> 00:43:11,736
I had one whopper
in my life... 1984.

892
00:43:11,737 --> 00:43:14,739
A guy gave me 5 bucks
to eat a whopper.

893
00:43:14,740 --> 00:43:16,239
After I ate the whopper,

894
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:20,244
took my 5 bucks over to
McDonald's, got some Big Macs.

895
00:43:20,245 --> 00:43:22,246
I always make fun
of people at work.

896
00:43:22,247 --> 00:43:23,747
They say, "I'm gaining weight."

897
00:43:23,748 --> 00:43:26,250
I say, "well, you should
try the Gorske diet."

898
00:43:26,251 --> 00:43:28,251
They don't like that.

899
00:43:28,252 --> 00:43:30,254
This is a perfect sandwich,
you know.

900
00:43:30,755 --> 00:43:31,755
At least for me, it is.

901
00:43:31,756 --> 00:43:34,759
There it is...
bite number 19,000.

902
00:43:35,259 --> 00:43:37,762
The wife says when she's
got to put them in a blender,

903
00:43:37,763 --> 00:43:38,762
it ends.

904
00:43:38,763 --> 00:43:39,764
That's what she told me.

905
00:43:39,765 --> 00:43:42,767
Big Mac smoothies.

906
00:43:53,778 --> 00:43:56,280
America's been McDonaldized,
you know.

907
00:43:56,281 --> 00:43:57,781
It's been franchised out.

908
00:43:57,782 --> 00:43:59,282
It's like one of those
"Flintstones" cartoons

909
00:43:59,283 --> 00:44:01,786
where they just had something
rolling in the background.

910
00:44:01,787 --> 00:44:03,788
You kept seeing
the same buildings go by.

911
00:44:03,789 --> 00:44:05,790
It's like
K-Mart, Wal-Mart, McDonald's,

912
00:44:05,791 --> 00:44:07,290
K-Mart, Wal-Mart,
Wendy's, K-Mart.

913
00:44:07,291 --> 00:44:10,294
And it's like you have no sense
of where you're at anymore.

914
00:44:10,295 --> 00:44:12,296
The way I look at it
is Cezanne was inspired

915
00:44:12,297 --> 00:44:14,297
by the mountain he saw
out his window,

916
00:44:14,298 --> 00:44:16,801
and when I look out my window,
I see no mountains.

917
00:44:16,802 --> 00:44:19,804
I just see billboards
and advertisements,

918
00:44:19,805 --> 00:44:21,806
so I use that as my inspiration.

919
00:44:22,306 --> 00:44:23,808
The average American child

920
00:44:24,308 --> 00:44:27,311
sees 10,000 food advertisements
per year on television.

921
00:44:27,812 --> 00:44:29,814
95% of those
are for sugared cereals,

922
00:44:29,815 --> 00:44:32,817
soft drinks,
fast foods, or candy.

923
00:44:32,818 --> 00:44:35,320
A parent who eats
every meal every day

924
00:44:35,321 --> 00:44:37,821
for the whole year
with their child

925
00:44:37,822 --> 00:44:40,574
and at every meal gives a very
compelling nutrition message

926
00:44:40,575 --> 00:44:43,327
and can bring in cartoon
characters and Michael Jordan...

927
00:44:43,828 --> 00:44:45,329
so instead
of selling McDonald's,

928
00:44:45,330 --> 00:44:46,830
he sells oranges...

929
00:44:46,831 --> 00:44:49,583
and Britney spears,
instead of selling Pepsi

930
00:44:49,584 --> 00:44:52,335
will sell radishes
or lettuce or something...

931
00:44:52,336 --> 00:44:54,839
that parents will have
1,000 cracks at their child,

932
00:44:55,339 --> 00:44:57,341
compared to 10,000
for the food industry.

933
00:44:57,842 --> 00:44:58,843
So it's not a fair fight.

934
00:44:59,343 --> 00:45:00,845
By the time kids
are able to speak,

935
00:45:01,345 --> 00:45:02,847
most of them can say
"McDonald's."

936
00:45:03,347 --> 00:45:04,849
I'm gonna
show you some pictures,

937
00:45:05,349 --> 00:45:07,351
and I want you
to tell me who they are.

938
00:45:07,352 --> 00:45:08,351
Okay.

939
00:45:08,352 --> 00:45:10,104
Who's that?

940
00:45:10,105 --> 00:45:11,731
You don't know?

941
00:45:11,732 --> 00:45:13,357
George Washington.

942
00:45:13,358 --> 00:45:14,357
Who is he?

943
00:45:14,358 --> 00:45:17,862
He was
the fourth President.

944
00:45:17,863 --> 00:45:19,362
He freed the slaves.

945
00:45:19,363 --> 00:45:21,365
And he could
never tell a lie.

946
00:45:21,366 --> 00:45:22,867
Who's that?

947
00:45:22,868 --> 00:45:24,369
Don't know.

948
00:45:24,370 --> 00:45:25,870
I don't know.

949
00:45:26,370 --> 00:45:27,370
No.

950
00:45:27,371 --> 00:45:28,873
I don't know.

951
00:45:28,874 --> 00:45:30,874
George W. Bush?

952
00:45:30,875 --> 00:45:33,377
No. That's
a good guess, though.

953
00:45:36,380 --> 00:45:38,632
Who is this?

954
00:45:38,633 --> 00:45:40,509
I don't know.

955
00:45:40,510 --> 00:45:42,385
Goldilocks?

956
00:45:42,386 --> 00:45:45,890
I forgot the name,
but I think I know.

957
00:45:45,891 --> 00:45:48,643
Yeah?
Where have you seen her?

958
00:45:48,644 --> 00:45:51,395
That picture
is on the sign.

959
00:45:51,396 --> 00:45:52,897
Wendy.

960
00:45:53,397 --> 00:45:54,397
Who's that?

961
00:45:54,398 --> 00:45:56,400
McDonald,
Ronald McDonald.

962
00:45:56,401 --> 00:45:57,652
Who is it?

963
00:45:57,653 --> 00:45:58,902
McDonald.

964
00:45:58,903 --> 00:45:59,903
What does he do?

965
00:45:59,904 --> 00:46:02,406
He was helping people
at the cash register.

966
00:46:02,907 --> 00:46:04,407
He works at McDonald's.

967
00:46:04,408 --> 00:46:06,910
I love their pancakes
and sausage.

968
00:46:06,911 --> 00:46:09,914
He brings all his friends
to McDonald's

969
00:46:09,915 --> 00:46:11,414
for a happy meal.

970
00:46:11,415 --> 00:46:12,416
Where have you seen him?

971
00:46:12,917 --> 00:46:14,918
On television,
on the commercials.

972
00:46:14,919 --> 00:46:17,922
He's the character
that made McDonald's,

973
00:46:17,923 --> 00:46:20,925
and he does a lot
of funny stuff on TV.

974
00:46:21,425 --> 00:46:23,177
Companies spend billions

975
00:46:23,178 --> 00:46:24,929
making sure
you know their product.

976
00:46:25,429 --> 00:46:27,931
In 2001,
on direct media advertising...

977
00:46:27,932 --> 00:46:31,185
that's radio,
television, and print...

978
00:46:31,186 --> 00:46:34,438
McDonald's spent
$1.4 billion worldwide.

979
00:46:34,439 --> 00:46:37,440
On direct media advertising,

980
00:46:37,441 --> 00:46:40,444
Pepsi spent
more than $1 billion.

981
00:46:40,445 --> 00:46:42,445
To advertise its candy,

982
00:46:42,446 --> 00:46:46,950
Hershey foods spent under a mere
$200 million internationally.

983
00:46:46,951 --> 00:46:51,455
In its peak year, the "5 a day"
fruit and vegetable campaign's

984
00:46:51,456 --> 00:46:54,458
total advertising budget
in all media

985
00:46:54,459 --> 00:46:57,460
was a lowly $2 million,

986
00:46:57,461 --> 00:47:00,464
100 times less than
just the direct media budget

987
00:47:00,465 --> 00:47:03,967
of one candy company.

988
00:47:03,968 --> 00:47:06,971
Think about the way
food is marketed...

989
00:47:06,972 --> 00:47:09,973
T-shirts, coupons,
toys for children,

990
00:47:09,974 --> 00:47:12,977
giveaways in fast-food places,
place mats,

991
00:47:12,978 --> 00:47:14,978
just all of the different ways

992
00:47:14,979 --> 00:47:16,981
in which food marketing
is ubiquitous.

993
00:47:17,481 --> 00:47:20,484
The most heavily advertised
foods are consumed the most.

994
00:47:20,485 --> 00:47:21,985
No surprise.

995
00:47:21,986 --> 00:47:23,988
Thank you. Come again.

996
00:47:23,989 --> 00:47:25,989
Welcome to McDonald's!

997
00:47:25,990 --> 00:47:29,994
Tomato concentrate,
distilled vinegar,

998
00:47:29,995 --> 00:47:32,495
high-fructose corn syrup...

999
00:47:32,496 --> 00:47:34,999
high-fructose corn syrup
and corn syrup.

1000
00:47:35,499 --> 00:47:38,002
That means sugar.

1001
00:47:41,906 --> 00:47:44,475
I�m gonna move over
to my salad shaker.

1002
00:47:47,478 --> 00:47:49,981
I feel a little sick
to my stomach.

1003
00:47:50,481 --> 00:47:52,482
This is the best part
of the day...

1004
00:47:52,483 --> 00:47:55,486
when I get to be fat on the bed
with my quart of coke.

1005
00:48:03,494 --> 00:48:04,995
People eat out a lot,

1006
00:48:04,996 --> 00:48:07,999
and so if there aren't healthy
foods available at restaurants,

1007
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,001
and there isn't
good nutrition information,

1008
00:48:10,501 --> 00:48:11,502
it makes eating out difficult.

1009
00:48:12,003 --> 00:48:14,255
McDonald's says
nutrition information

1010
00:48:14,256 --> 00:48:16,507
for all their products
is available on-line,

1011
00:48:16,508 --> 00:48:18,509
but according
to the 2000 U.S. Census,

1012
00:48:19,010 --> 00:48:20,011
more than half of all U.S. Homes

1013
00:48:20,511 --> 00:48:22,012
still don't have
internet access.

1014
00:48:22,013 --> 00:48:24,015
So, what are these people
supposed to do?

1015
00:48:24,016 --> 00:48:26,017
Go to the stores
for nutrition information?

1016
00:48:26,018 --> 00:48:27,518
Is that information even there?

1017
00:48:28,019 --> 00:48:29,020
I went to find out.

1018
00:48:33,524 --> 00:48:35,526
Do you guys have any
of the nutrition fact sheets?

1019
00:48:35,527 --> 00:48:36,527
Do you guys have one of those?

1020
00:48:37,028 --> 00:48:39,030
The things that fold out and
have the nutrition info in them?

1021
00:48:46,037 --> 00:48:47,788
There aren't
any over there?

1022
00:48:47,789 --> 00:48:49,539
Where would they be?
Up front?

1023
00:48:49,540 --> 00:48:52,043
But they got lots of info
about "Dora the explorer live!"

1024
00:48:52,543 --> 00:48:54,045
Let me check in the back.

1025
00:48:54,545 --> 00:48:56,547
That's cool.
Thank you.

1026
00:49:00,551 --> 00:49:02,553
Just give me one second.
I can't find the booklet.

1027
00:49:03,054 --> 00:49:04,555
You can use the one
right there on the wall.

1028
00:49:04,556 --> 00:49:06,057
But you don't have ones
you can take with you?

1029
00:49:06,058 --> 00:49:07,057
No.

1030
00:49:07,058 --> 00:49:09,060
Do you guys have
one on the wall?

1031
00:49:09,061 --> 00:49:10,060
They only have fliers now.

1032
00:49:10,061 --> 00:49:12,563
We had one before.
They don't put it up no more.

1033
00:49:13,064 --> 00:49:14,064
Why not?

1034
00:49:14,065 --> 00:49:15,565
I don't know.

1035
00:49:15,566 --> 00:49:18,069
Only half the McDonald's in
Manhattan had the nutrition info

1036
00:49:18,569 --> 00:49:19,569
posted on the wall,

1037
00:49:19,570 --> 00:49:21,571
some had
the takeaway nutrition charts,

1038
00:49:21,572 --> 00:49:25,075
and one in four
had no information whatsoever.

1039
00:49:25,076 --> 00:49:27,578
This nice manager brought me
the nutrition wall chart...

1040
00:49:27,579 --> 00:49:29,079
from the basement.

1041
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,082
You don't have one
that I could take with me,

1042
00:49:31,083 --> 00:49:32,582
like a takeaway?

1043
00:49:32,583 --> 00:49:35,586
Do you know when you'll have
some of the paper ones again?

1044
00:49:35,587 --> 00:49:36,587
No.

1045
00:49:37,088 --> 00:49:39,590
John Banzhaf and I looked
all over this McDonald's

1046
00:49:40,091 --> 00:49:42,593
in Washington
for any nutritional information,

1047
00:49:42,594 --> 00:49:44,594
and then we found it.

1048
00:49:44,595 --> 00:49:46,097
Behind here...
you'd never see it.

1049
00:49:46,597 --> 00:49:47,598
It's right back there.

1050
00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:49,099
You can't argue

1051
00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:52,103
that people should exercise
personal responsibility

1052
00:49:52,104 --> 00:49:55,106
and then not give them
the information

1053
00:49:55,107 --> 00:49:56,107
on which to base it.

1054
00:49:56,607 --> 00:49:57,607
I got my chicken group.

1055
00:49:57,608 --> 00:49:59,109
There's no chicken group.

1056
00:49:59,110 --> 00:50:00,611
That's my cholesterol group.

1057
00:50:00,612 --> 00:50:02,112
It's protein.

1058
00:50:02,113 --> 00:50:03,114
I got my protein group.

1059
00:50:03,614 --> 00:50:04,614
Carbohydrates.

1060
00:50:04,615 --> 00:50:05,615
I got my meat group.

1061
00:50:05,616 --> 00:50:08,619
You got meat, meat,
sugar, and fat.

1062
00:50:10,621 --> 00:50:13,624
I officially had to loosen
my belt the other day.

1063
00:50:13,625 --> 00:50:15,126
I had to go a notch lower.

1064
00:50:15,127 --> 00:50:16,628
One notch?

1065
00:50:16,629 --> 00:50:18,128
It was scary.

1066
00:50:18,129 --> 00:50:20,130
I�m an old pro at this now.

1067
00:50:20,131 --> 00:50:22,133
You'll get sick of this, too,
though.

1068
00:50:22,633 --> 00:50:24,635
Your girlfriend
must be loving you.

1069
00:50:24,636 --> 00:50:25,636
She hates me.

1070
00:50:27,138 --> 00:50:28,638
Thank you. Bye-bye.

1071
00:50:28,639 --> 00:50:31,642
I averaged out all the calories
for the last nine days,

1072
00:50:31,643 --> 00:50:34,144
and you're still eating

1073
00:50:34,145 --> 00:50:37,148
over 200%
of what your needs are.

1074
00:50:37,149 --> 00:50:39,651
I suggest you cut out
all the liquids

1075
00:50:39,652 --> 00:50:42,153
that you're drinking
from McDonald's,

1076
00:50:42,154 --> 00:50:43,154
except for water.

1077
00:50:43,654 --> 00:50:45,156
A lot of people,
if they're obese,

1078
00:50:45,656 --> 00:50:47,658
and they lose 10%
of their body weight,

1079
00:50:47,659 --> 00:50:49,159
it's beneficial.

1080
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,163
It can be beneficial in terms
of blood pressure and so on,

1081
00:50:52,164 --> 00:50:55,166
so gaining 10%
of your body weight

1082
00:50:55,167 --> 00:50:58,169
maybe could be
equally non-beneficial.

1083
00:50:58,170 --> 00:51:01,672
Here we go.
Second weigh-in.

1084
00:51:02,173 --> 00:51:03,674
What do you think, Eric?
203?

1085
00:51:04,175 --> 00:51:05,175
About 202, 203.

1086
00:51:05,176 --> 00:51:08,179
I think you almost got 10%
of your body weight gained,

1087
00:51:08,180 --> 00:51:11,682
so you've pretty much gained 17 pounds

1088
00:51:12,183 --> 00:51:13,183
in 12 days.

1089
00:51:13,184 --> 00:51:15,185
You better slow down.

1090
00:51:15,186 --> 00:51:17,688
I�m telling you,
don't drink your calories.

1091
00:51:17,689 --> 00:51:19,189
I told him no more shakes,

1092
00:51:19,190 --> 00:51:21,191
no more coke,
no more double burgers.

1093
00:51:21,192 --> 00:51:23,194
The staff here's
calling you "burger boy."

1094
00:51:23,694 --> 00:51:25,696
It's starting to get
dangerous now, man.

1095
00:51:25,697 --> 00:51:27,197
I�m getting
nervous for you.

1096
00:51:27,198 --> 00:51:30,200
The one place where the impact
of our fast-food world

1097
00:51:30,201 --> 00:51:33,204
has become more and more evident
is in our nation's schools.

1098
00:51:33,205 --> 00:51:35,206
Can I get a shot
of your lunch right there?

1099
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,782
This is where schools
turn a blind eye.

1100
00:52:51,783 --> 00:52:53,283
The student
with the French fries

1101
00:52:53,284 --> 00:52:54,785
probably brought a bag lunch
with real food.

1102
00:52:55,286 --> 00:52:56,286
The girl with the chips

1103
00:52:56,287 --> 00:52:57,788
is probably sharing them
with someone else.

1104
00:52:57,789 --> 00:53:00,291
Out of sight, out of mind.

1105
00:53:36,327 --> 00:53:38,829
Barbara brown
is the field representative

1106
00:53:38,830 --> 00:53:41,332
for Sodexho, one of
the countless lowest bidders

1107
00:53:41,333 --> 00:53:43,334
that school districts
have farmed out

1108
00:53:43,335 --> 00:53:45,335
the feeding of your children to.

1109
00:53:45,336 --> 00:53:47,838
Sodexho services more than
400 k-12 school districts

1110
00:53:48,339 --> 00:53:49,839
nationwide every day,

1111
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:52,843
providing quality food like
little Debbie snack cakes,

1112
00:53:53,344 --> 00:53:55,346
Gatorade, and candy bars
to your children.

1113
00:53:55,347 --> 00:53:56,846
They also operate prisons

1114
00:53:56,847 --> 00:53:59,349
and feed thousands
of inmates worldwide.

1115
00:53:59,350 --> 00:54:03,854
Part of our position
is that we're hoping

1116
00:54:03,855 --> 00:54:05,855
that through
nutrition education,

1117
00:54:05,856 --> 00:54:09,360
the students will learn
to make the right food choices

1118
00:54:09,361 --> 00:54:14,864
without restricting
what they can purchase.

1119
00:54:14,865 --> 00:54:17,618
At this middle school
in Beckley, west Virginia,

1120
00:54:17,619 --> 00:54:20,371
the school lunches don't have
the flair they do in Illinois.

1121
00:54:20,372 --> 00:54:22,373
This school does not outsource
their food service,

1122
00:54:22,873 --> 00:54:25,626
but they are on the federal
school lunch program,

1123
00:54:25,627 --> 00:54:28,378
providing USDA reimbursable
meals to the students,

1124
00:54:28,379 --> 00:54:31,632
most of which are reheated,
reconstituted packaged foods.

1125
00:54:31,633 --> 00:54:34,885
Some days the amount of calories
in each meal tops 1,000.

1126
00:54:34,886 --> 00:54:37,388
So, the USDA
sends this food

1127
00:54:37,389 --> 00:54:38,889
for you
to prepare for kids.

1128
00:54:39,390 --> 00:54:41,391
Right. Well, not all of it, now.

1129
00:54:41,392 --> 00:54:46,897
You've got sloppy Joe
bar-b-que sauce with pork.

1130
00:54:46,997 --> 00:54:48,064
From the government.

1131
00:54:48,065 --> 00:54:50,566
Whatever happened to cooks
actually cooking?

1132
00:54:50,567 --> 00:54:53,070
I don't know what happened.
Too many whiny people.

1133
00:54:53,570 --> 00:54:55,071
They don't want
to work hard.

1134
00:54:55,072 --> 00:54:56,572
It's easy to come in here.

1135
00:54:56,573 --> 00:54:59,076
This is the best tool
we got right here...

1136
00:54:59,077 --> 00:55:00,576
box opener.

1137
00:55:00,577 --> 00:55:03,079
That's your chef's tool,
the box cutter.

1138
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,581
Open up a box, serve it,
give it to them.

1139
00:55:05,582 --> 00:55:08,085
Let's look at the things
that are actually cooked.

1140
00:55:08,086 --> 00:55:09,587
Here's a menu.

1141
00:55:09,588 --> 00:55:11,087
Mashed potatoes.

1142
00:55:11,088 --> 00:55:12,589
Ham.
Chili will be homemade.

1143
00:55:13,090 --> 00:55:14,841
The chili
will be homemade.

1144
00:55:14,842 --> 00:55:16,593
What about
the tomato soup?

1145
00:55:16,594 --> 00:55:17,594
Campbell's.

1146
00:55:18,095 --> 00:55:19,095
Meatballs?

1147
00:55:19,096 --> 00:55:21,097
Comes in a box.
You heat it up.

1148
00:55:21,098 --> 00:55:23,100
Out of the course
of an entire month,

1149
00:55:23,101 --> 00:55:25,602
6 out of 36.

1150
00:55:26,103 --> 00:55:28,855
You're only cooking
6 out of 36 meals?

1151
00:55:28,856 --> 00:55:31,608
Appleton central
alternative high school

1152
00:55:32,109 --> 00:55:35,112
is filled with students who have
truancy and behavioral problems.

1153
00:55:35,113 --> 00:55:37,113
But they've turned
things around...

1154
00:55:37,114 --> 00:55:39,866
not through discipline,
but through diet.

1155
00:55:39,867 --> 00:55:42,618
We were fortunate
to kind of stumble across

1156
00:55:42,619 --> 00:55:46,373
this healthy program
as a result of some contact

1157
00:55:46,374 --> 00:55:50,127
with natural oven and bakery
of Manitowoc Wisconsin,

1158
00:55:50,627 --> 00:55:54,131
and they believe
in low-fat, low-sugar,

1159
00:55:54,132 --> 00:55:56,633
non-chemically processed foods

1160
00:55:57,134 --> 00:56:00,137
that are free of dyes
and preservatives,

1161
00:56:00,138 --> 00:56:02,139
full of whole grains,

1162
00:56:02,639 --> 00:56:05,142
a lot of fresh fruits
and vegetables.

1163
00:56:05,642 --> 00:56:06,643
We do no beef here at all,

1164
00:56:07,144 --> 00:56:09,146
and then it's the method
of preparation,

1165
00:56:09,147 --> 00:56:10,646
where we don't fry.

1166
00:56:10,647 --> 00:56:13,650
A lot of baking
and then just fresh preparation,

1167
00:56:13,651 --> 00:56:15,152
as opposed to opening cans

1168
00:56:15,652 --> 00:56:17,653
or thawing things out
from the box.

1169
00:56:17,654 --> 00:56:20,656
We got rid of candy machines,
soda machines,

1170
00:56:20,657 --> 00:56:23,660
brought in bottled water,
and it was just a situation

1171
00:56:23,661 --> 00:56:26,163
where we saw a major change in the kids.

1172
00:56:26,663 --> 00:56:29,165
If you walk through these halls,
and you're here,

1173
00:56:29,166 --> 00:56:31,668
these do not look like at-risk,
out-of-control kids.

1174
00:56:32,169 --> 00:56:34,171
Their behaviors are better.

1175
00:56:34,172 --> 00:56:36,173
They seem to be more focused.

1176
00:56:36,174 --> 00:56:37,673
Teachers will tell you

1177
00:56:37,674 --> 00:56:40,676
that they get more
out of them in the class.

1178
00:56:40,677 --> 00:56:43,179
Keep in mind,
this is not a private school.

1179
00:56:43,180 --> 00:56:46,683
These are the "trouble kids"
of the public school system

1180
00:56:46,684 --> 00:56:49,686
in Appleton, Wisconsin,
that are eating so well.

1181
00:56:49,687 --> 00:56:51,187
And it costs about the same

1182
00:56:51,188 --> 00:56:53,689
as any other
school lunch program.

1183
00:56:53,690 --> 00:56:56,193
So my question is...
why isn't everyone doing this?

1184
00:56:56,693 --> 00:56:58,695
There's an awful lot
of resistance

1185
00:56:58,696 --> 00:57:01,197
from the junk food companies

1186
00:57:01,198 --> 00:57:03,700
that make huge profits off
schools at the present time.

1187
00:57:03,701 --> 00:57:06,703
They don't want to get kicked
out of the school system.

1188
00:57:06,704 --> 00:57:09,706
They want to be there
to addict the children for life.

1189
00:57:10,207 --> 00:57:12,209
The soft drink companies,
especially, boast about

1190
00:57:12,210 --> 00:57:14,211
how they're contributing
to America's education,

1191
00:57:14,711 --> 00:57:15,712
but, in fact, what they're doing

1192
00:57:16,213 --> 00:57:17,714
is they're draining money
from the community

1193
00:57:18,215 --> 00:57:20,217
rather than contributing money
to the community

1194
00:57:20,218 --> 00:57:21,717
because the soft drink companies

1195
00:57:21,718 --> 00:57:23,720
aren't pumping those dollars
into the machines.

1196
00:57:23,721 --> 00:57:25,721
It's the children
in the community

1197
00:57:25,722 --> 00:57:27,723
who are getting the money
from their parents,

1198
00:57:27,724 --> 00:57:30,227
and instead of that money
going directly to education,

1199
00:57:30,228 --> 00:57:32,729
the soft drink companies
are taking a cut of it

1200
00:57:32,730 --> 00:57:35,482
and walking away rich
as a consequence.

1201
00:57:35,483 --> 00:57:38,235
We just banned soda
in our school district,

1202
00:57:38,735 --> 00:57:43,240
and the sugar here shows you how
much sugar a student will drink

1203
00:57:43,241 --> 00:57:45,241
in a week of just soda.

1204
00:57:45,242 --> 00:57:47,243
Forget about
the rest of the food they eat.

1205
00:57:47,244 --> 00:57:51,748
And some of these companies
are really opposing the ban

1206
00:57:51,749 --> 00:57:55,252
for reasons of
that we would lose revenue.

1207
00:57:55,253 --> 00:57:56,754
And it's not about money.

1208
00:57:56,755 --> 00:57:58,255
It's not about economics.

1209
00:57:58,755 --> 00:57:59,756
It's about health.

1210
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:08,765
The McDonald's
Texas home-style burger meal.

1211
00:58:08,766 --> 00:58:11,268
That's a...
that's a local specialty.

1212
00:58:11,269 --> 00:58:13,769
So it's kind of like
a big 'n' tasty?

1213
00:58:13,770 --> 00:58:16,773
Yes, except the big 'n' tasty
comes with mayonnaise.

1214
00:58:16,774 --> 00:58:17,773
Oh, then, you know what?

1215
00:58:17,774 --> 00:58:21,778
I need the McDonald's Texas
homestyle burger meal, please.

1216
00:58:21,779 --> 00:58:24,781
Would you like
to super-size it today?

1217
00:58:24,782 --> 00:58:26,282
Oh, yes, I would.

1218
00:58:26,283 --> 00:58:28,285
Do a lot of people
super-size it?

1219
00:58:28,286 --> 00:58:29,785
Yes.

1220
00:58:29,786 --> 00:58:32,789
Say you asked five people.
How many of those five do it?

1221
00:58:32,790 --> 00:58:34,790
Actually,
I get mostly all of them.

1222
00:58:34,791 --> 00:58:37,794
Mostly all of them?
So you're batting about 100%?

1223
00:58:37,795 --> 00:58:39,295
I guess.

1224
00:58:39,296 --> 00:58:41,298
See that?
She's that good.

1225
00:58:41,798 --> 00:58:42,798
Deborah's that good.

1226
00:58:42,799 --> 00:58:45,302
First meal inside the restaurant
that I went in to get,

1227
00:58:45,303 --> 00:58:47,304
and they asked me
to super-size it.

1228
00:58:47,305 --> 00:58:48,804
We're gonna keep a little tabs,

1229
00:58:48,805 --> 00:58:52,308
see how many times they ask me
to super-size it here in Texas,

1230
00:58:52,309 --> 00:58:55,812
'cause Texas, out of the top 1
5 fattest cities in America,

1231
00:58:55,813 --> 00:58:57,814
Texas has five.

1232
00:59:09,826 --> 00:59:13,330
Here we are... Houston, Texas,
fattest city in America,

1233
00:59:13,830 --> 00:59:16,333
getting my first breakfast.

1234
00:59:19,336 --> 00:59:20,836
Hi, can I help you, sir?

1235
00:59:20,837 --> 00:59:22,839
When it comes
to the topic of obesity,

1236
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:24,841
many people are quick
to point the finger

1237
00:59:24,842 --> 00:59:26,842
at various foods
and food companies,

1238
00:59:26,843 --> 00:59:28,845
but the grocery manufacturers
of America,

1239
00:59:28,846 --> 00:59:30,847
a Washington, D.C. -based
lobby group,

1240
00:59:31,348 --> 00:59:33,349
whose mission
is to advance the interests

1241
00:59:33,350 --> 00:59:35,352
of the food, beverage,
and consumer products industry,

1242
00:59:35,852 --> 00:59:37,353
are quick
to shift the focus away

1243
00:59:37,354 --> 00:59:38,854
from the companies
they represent

1244
00:59:38,855 --> 00:59:41,858
and to remind everyone
that there's more at work here

1245
00:59:41,859 --> 00:59:43,359
than just eating poorly.

1246
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,363
We believe
very strongly in our industry,

1247
00:59:46,364 --> 00:59:48,865
and in other industries,
I think you'll find

1248
00:59:48,866 --> 00:59:50,366
there's a growing consensus

1249
00:59:50,367 --> 00:59:52,369
that the solution
lies in good education.

1250
00:59:52,370 --> 00:59:54,371
We have to get good information
to parents

1251
00:59:54,372 --> 00:59:56,373
so that they can
teach their children

1252
00:59:56,374 --> 00:59:58,375
better exercise
and nutrition habits

1253
00:59:58,875 --> 01:00:00,877
and so they can lead
the healthy lifestyles.

1254
01:00:01,378 --> 01:00:04,381
We don't teach physical
education in schools anymore.

1255
01:00:04,382 --> 01:00:06,882
In the U.S., only one state

1256
01:00:06,883 --> 01:00:09,886
requires mandatory physical
education for grades k-12.

1257
01:00:09,887 --> 01:00:12,389
It's also one of the fattest... Illinois.

1258
01:00:12,889 --> 01:00:13,889
You got a heart rate?

1259
01:00:13,890 --> 01:00:15,891
Phil Lawler
is the phys ed teacher

1260
01:00:15,892 --> 01:00:19,396
at Madison junior high school,
home of the soaring war hawks,

1261
01:00:19,896 --> 01:00:22,399
the snack-ridden school lunches
we saw earlier,

1262
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:24,400
and one of the most
well-executed

1263
01:00:24,401 --> 01:00:26,403
physical education programs
in the country.

1264
01:00:26,903 --> 01:00:29,406
Supported mostly by fundraising
and parent involvement,

1265
01:00:29,407 --> 01:00:31,908
Lawler has created a role model
for instructors

1266
01:00:31,909 --> 01:00:33,909
and school districts nationwide.

1267
01:00:33,910 --> 01:00:36,913
When's the last time you
ever heard of a science class

1268
01:00:36,914 --> 01:00:38,414
fundraising to get their labs?

1269
01:00:38,415 --> 01:00:40,917
Eventually, society
has to step up to the plate

1270
01:00:40,918 --> 01:00:42,418
and say, "This is important.

1271
01:00:42,419 --> 01:00:44,421
"We should have
daily physical education

1272
01:00:44,422 --> 01:00:45,921
and equip it properly."

1273
01:00:45,922 --> 01:00:47,424
We have to say,
"Our greatest strength

1274
01:00:47,924 --> 01:00:49,426
is the resource
of our young people."

1275
01:00:49,427 --> 01:00:51,928
That's our future,

1276
01:00:52,429 --> 01:00:55,181
and the way we're treating
our resources right now,

1277
01:00:55,182 --> 01:00:57,933
we're running into some
serious problems with that.

1278
01:00:57,934 --> 01:01:00,437
I�ve always said we've never
had healthcare in this country.

1279
01:01:00,438 --> 01:01:01,938
We've only had "sick care."

1280
01:01:02,439 --> 01:01:04,941
I think daily physical education
is the only place out there

1281
01:01:04,942 --> 01:01:07,944
that's really
offering a solution.

1282
01:01:07,945 --> 01:01:10,946
When I start the music,

1283
01:01:10,947 --> 01:01:13,950
you are gonna begin traveling
through general space.

1284
01:01:13,951 --> 01:01:15,702
You will go back to your spot,

1285
01:01:15,703 --> 01:01:17,454
and I will tell you
a body shape.

1286
01:01:17,455 --> 01:01:18,955
Watch out for other...

1287
01:01:19,456 --> 01:01:20,957
People!
People! People!

1288
01:01:23,961 --> 01:01:25,462
Round!

1289
01:01:26,963 --> 01:01:27,963
Good job.

1290
01:01:27,964 --> 01:01:28,965
How many days a week

1291
01:01:29,466 --> 01:01:31,968
do the kids here at this school
get to go to gym?

1292
01:01:31,969 --> 01:01:35,472
Once. One day a week.
For 45 minutes.

1293
01:01:35,473 --> 01:01:36,974
Is that enough?

1294
01:01:36,975 --> 01:01:38,474
No. Nowhere close.

1295
01:01:38,475 --> 01:01:41,478
Not when the surgeon general
recommends that, at minimum,

1296
01:01:41,479 --> 01:01:43,981
you need 30 minutes
of physical activity a day

1297
01:01:43,982 --> 01:01:46,483
to maintain your weight
and a healthy well-being.

1298
01:01:46,983 --> 01:01:48,984
So, once a week
is nowhere close.

1299
01:01:48,985 --> 01:01:52,489
In 2001, president Bush
announced his presidency

1300
01:01:52,490 --> 01:01:53,991
with sweeping education reform.

1301
01:01:53,992 --> 01:01:55,492
The "no child left behind" act

1302
01:01:55,493 --> 01:01:56,993
would now hold states
accountable

1303
01:01:57,494 --> 01:02:00,246
for not having students who met
minimum education requirements.

1304
01:02:00,247 --> 01:02:02,999
Apparently, we were not only
the fattest nation in the world,

1305
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,000
but we were quickly
becoming the stupidest.

1306
01:02:05,001 --> 01:02:07,504
It may be sending a very
difficult message for schools.

1307
01:02:07,505 --> 01:02:09,756
One of the reasons
recess is being cut back

1308
01:02:09,757 --> 01:02:12,007
in elementary schools,
as I said earlier...

1309
01:02:12,008 --> 01:02:14,511
that's being cut out so
they can prepare for the tests.

1310
01:02:14,512 --> 01:02:17,012
And something I've said
to a couple of groups...

1311
01:02:17,013 --> 01:02:20,016
we could end up with youngsters
who can read but who are fat.

1312
01:02:20,017 --> 01:02:22,017
So we have "fat readers."

1313
01:02:22,018 --> 01:02:24,521
The more and more
we put mandates on the school,

1314
01:02:24,522 --> 01:02:26,021
to be very myopic
in their focus,

1315
01:02:26,022 --> 01:02:27,858
we mitigate against
all of these other areas

1316
01:02:28,358 --> 01:02:30,360
where they should be
devoting time and energy,

1317
01:02:30,361 --> 01:02:32,112
including phys ed,
nutrition, health.

1318
01:02:32,113 --> 01:02:33,863
These are all the things
being cut out.

1319
01:02:33,864 --> 01:02:37,868
Who in here can tell me
what a calorie is?

1320
01:02:41,371 --> 01:02:42,873
Something
you should watch.

1321
01:02:43,373 --> 01:02:45,375
Yeah.
You got that right.

1322
01:02:45,876 --> 01:02:50,881
Is it the fat
that goes through your, um...

1323
01:02:51,381 --> 01:02:52,883
What's a calorie?

1324
01:02:52,884 --> 01:02:53,883
Oh, Jesus.

1325
01:02:53,884 --> 01:02:56,887
A calorie is
an increment of, um...

1326
01:02:58,388 --> 01:03:00,890
Um, that's a good question.

1327
01:03:00,891 --> 01:03:03,393
Most of us know
what a calorie actually is.

1328
01:03:03,394 --> 01:03:04,895
I don't know.

1329
01:03:04,896 --> 01:03:06,395
Oh, wait.

1330
01:03:06,396 --> 01:03:10,901
Is a calorie some part of fat?
Like... I don't know.

1331
01:03:12,903 --> 01:03:15,906
It's something that builds
up the fat in your body.

1332
01:03:15,907 --> 01:03:16,907
Calories are not good

1333
01:03:17,407 --> 01:03:18,408
It's the amount of...

1334
01:03:18,409 --> 01:03:19,409
See, I don't know.

1335
01:03:19,910 --> 01:03:22,913
I want to say it's the amount
of calories in a calorie.

1336
01:03:22,914 --> 01:03:25,416
I never pay no mind
to what calories are.

1337
01:03:25,417 --> 01:03:27,918
I just eat when I'm hungry,
and that's it.

1338
01:03:28,418 --> 01:03:30,920
If you can tell me
what a calorie is, go ahead.

1339
01:03:30,921 --> 01:03:35,425
A calorie is a measure
of the energy content of food,

1340
01:03:35,426 --> 01:03:39,179
and a calorie,
the kind that you usually see

1341
01:03:39,180 --> 01:03:42,933
when you see the caloric content
on food labels,

1342
01:03:42,934 --> 01:03:45,935
one calorie
is the amount of energy

1343
01:03:45,936 --> 01:03:49,940
that's needed to raise the
temperature of a liter of water

1344
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:51,942
by one degree centigrade.

1345
01:03:51,943 --> 01:03:53,943
Well said.

1346
01:03:53,944 --> 01:03:58,949
Could I get a bacon,
egg, and cheese McGriddle?

1347
01:04:00,450 --> 01:04:03,954
Smells like a little pancake.

1348
01:04:05,956 --> 01:04:07,707
Tastes like a little pancake.

1349
01:04:07,708 --> 01:04:09,458
Look at that.

1350
01:04:09,459 --> 01:04:12,462
I haven't walked a half-mile
a day since we've been here.

1351
01:04:12,463 --> 01:04:14,965
No wonder
everything's bigger in Texas

1352
01:04:16,967 --> 01:04:19,219
If you're inside, stay there.

1353
01:04:19,220 --> 01:04:21,471
The blizzard of 2003
isn't over yet.

1354
01:04:21,472 --> 01:04:23,473
I got my lunch.

1355
01:04:23,974 --> 01:04:24,975
I got my dinner.

1356
01:04:25,475 --> 01:04:27,476
Never have to leave the house.

1357
01:04:27,477 --> 01:04:29,479
I�m not gonna
completely become vegan

1358
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:31,480
just because
you want me to.

1359
01:04:31,481 --> 01:04:34,484
I�m not saying you should do it
because I want you to.

1360
01:04:34,485 --> 01:04:36,486
I�m saying you need
to think about

1361
01:04:36,487 --> 01:04:38,487
what you believe
is a system

1362
01:04:38,488 --> 01:04:41,491
that it is corrupt and immoral
and wrong and hurtful,

1363
01:04:41,492 --> 01:04:42,993
but you're gonna
be a part of it.

1364
01:04:43,493 --> 01:04:45,245
Where is
the disconnect there?

1365
01:04:45,246 --> 01:04:46,996
Why don't you
make that choice?

1366
01:04:46,997 --> 01:04:49,499
Why don't I make the choice
to not eat meat?

1367
01:04:49,500 --> 01:04:50,499
Yes.

1368
01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:52,001
Because you like it.

1369
01:04:52,002 --> 01:04:53,502
'Cause it tastes good

1370
01:04:53,503 --> 01:04:56,005
I like bacon.
I love pork chops.

1371
01:04:56,006 --> 01:04:58,508
Ham is the greatest
thing ever.

1372
01:04:58,509 --> 01:05:00,509
I�m sure heroin is awesome.

1373
01:05:00,510 --> 01:05:05,015
Heroine and ham are in
completely different categories.

1374
01:05:05,515 --> 01:05:09,019
I�m sorry, but ham and heroin
are not the same thing.

1375
01:05:09,020 --> 01:05:10,270
They're not.

1376
01:05:10,271 --> 01:05:11,520
They're not.

1377
01:05:11,521 --> 01:05:15,025
I could be strung out on ham
for days and be okay.

1378
01:05:15,026 --> 01:05:17,027
You are
a little strung out.

1379
01:05:17,028 --> 01:05:19,028
And I am
strung out on ham.

1380
01:05:19,029 --> 01:05:22,532
It's hard for me
to watch him go through this,

1381
01:05:23,033 --> 01:05:24,034
I got to tell you.

1382
01:05:24,534 --> 01:05:26,035
I worry about his health.

1383
01:05:26,036 --> 01:05:30,040
He's exhausted by the end
of the day, just so tired.

1384
01:05:30,041 --> 01:05:32,542
He gets home
really late from work,

1385
01:05:33,043 --> 01:05:36,546
and he gets all jacked up
on sugar and caffeine,

1386
01:05:36,547 --> 01:05:38,047
and then he crashes.

1387
01:05:38,048 --> 01:05:41,551
And then when we do have sex,
I got to tell you,

1388
01:05:41,552 --> 01:05:45,055
he's not quite as energetic
as he used to be.

1389
01:05:46,556 --> 01:05:48,558
I have to be on top.

1390
01:05:49,059 --> 01:05:52,061
Otherwise, he, uh...

1391
01:05:52,062 --> 01:05:57,067
You know, he gets tired easily.

1392
01:05:57,068 --> 01:05:58,567
I think the saturated fats

1393
01:05:58,568 --> 01:06:02,071
are starting to impede
the blood flow to his penis,

1394
01:06:02,072 --> 01:06:05,575
and he's having a hard time,
you know, getting it up.

1395
01:06:06,076 --> 01:06:07,077
He does, totally.

1396
01:06:07,577 --> 01:06:08,577
It's still good,

1397
01:06:08,578 --> 01:06:10,580
but it's definitely
a big difference.

1398
01:06:10,581 --> 01:06:12,582
There's definitely a difference.

1399
01:06:12,583 --> 01:06:14,084
I can tell.

1400
01:06:21,091 --> 01:06:22,592
I feel horrible today.

1401
01:06:23,093 --> 01:06:25,095
My headache's coming back again.

1402
01:06:25,595 --> 01:06:29,099
It feels like somebody's yanking
on the tendons behind my eyes.

1403
01:06:29,100 --> 01:06:34,103
My body... officially hates me.

1404
01:06:34,104 --> 01:06:36,605
All the vitamins
that you see here...

1405
01:06:36,606 --> 01:06:40,110
vitamin e, thiamin,
riboflavin, niacin, and so on...

1406
01:06:40,610 --> 01:06:43,112
are all under 50%
of what you need.

1407
01:06:43,113 --> 01:06:45,614
You're getting
quite a lot of carbohydrates,

1408
01:06:45,615 --> 01:06:49,869
and I know, clearly, that those
are all refined carbohydrates

1409
01:06:49,870 --> 01:06:54,124
because those are coming from
the buns, biscuits, hashbrowns.

1410
01:06:54,125 --> 01:06:55,624
And the sugar...

1411
01:06:55,625 --> 01:06:58,378
let's not forget the most
refined carbohydrate of all,

1412
01:06:58,379 --> 01:07:01,131
which is coming from your
milkshakes and your coke.

1413
01:07:01,132 --> 01:07:03,632
In fact,
there are only seven items

1414
01:07:03,633 --> 01:07:07,137
on the McDonald's menu that
contain no sugar whatsoever...

1415
01:07:07,138 --> 01:07:10,640
French fries, chicken McNuggets,
hashbrowns, sausage,

1416
01:07:11,141 --> 01:07:13,642
diet coke, coffee, and iced tea.

1417
01:07:13,643 --> 01:07:18,648
Everything else... even
the salads... contain sugar.

1418
01:07:18,649 --> 01:07:21,651
I�m telling you... 202.

1419
01:07:21,652 --> 01:07:22,903
I lost a pound!

1420
01:07:22,904 --> 01:07:24,154
Oh, thank God.

1421
01:07:24,654 --> 01:07:25,655
Muscle weighs more than fat.

1422
01:07:26,156 --> 01:07:29,159
You might have lost some muscle
mass and gained some fat mass.

1423
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:31,661
I lost a pound.
Let's go get something to eat.

1424
01:07:33,663 --> 01:07:39,169
I was feeling bad in the car...
feeling like shit, really.

1425
01:07:39,170 --> 01:07:44,674
I was feeling really, really...
Sick and unhappy.

1426
01:07:44,675 --> 01:07:46,176
I started eating.

1427
01:07:46,177 --> 01:07:47,676
I feel great.

1428
01:07:47,677 --> 01:07:49,679
I feel really good now.

1429
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,681
I feel so good, it's crazy.

1430
01:07:51,682 --> 01:07:53,682
Isn't that right, baby?

1431
01:07:53,683 --> 01:07:55,185
Yeah, you're crazy,
all right.

1432
01:08:05,195 --> 01:08:07,696
150 over 90.

1433
01:08:07,697 --> 01:08:10,700
The headaches might even be
hypertensive headaches,

1434
01:08:10,701 --> 01:08:12,202
but they're probably not.

1435
01:08:12,702 --> 01:08:15,705
They're probably
related to blood sugar.

1436
01:08:15,706 --> 01:08:18,708
You might be in
this hyperinsulinemic state.

1437
01:08:18,709 --> 01:08:21,711
150 over 110.

1438
01:08:23,713 --> 01:08:26,216
Your total cholesterol
was 165 before.

1439
01:08:26,716 --> 01:08:28,217
Now it's 225.

1440
01:08:28,218 --> 01:08:32,222
A liver that's inflamed
in any way or sick in any way

1441
01:08:32,223 --> 01:08:36,226
will leak some of its enzymes
out to the blood.

1442
01:08:36,227 --> 01:08:38,729
So this
is very nonspecific,

1443
01:08:38,730 --> 01:08:41,230
but it means
the liver is sick,

1444
01:08:41,231 --> 01:08:43,733
and the most likely cause
of your liver sickness

1445
01:08:43,734 --> 01:08:45,734
is a fatty liver.

1446
01:08:45,735 --> 01:08:48,488
Your liver
is now like pat?

1447
01:08:48,489 --> 01:08:51,241
SGOT
was originally 21.

1448
01:08:51,741 --> 01:08:53,243
Now it's...
130.

1449
01:08:53,743 --> 01:08:57,246
And SGPT was originally 20.

1450
01:08:57,247 --> 01:09:00,250
Now it's 290,
a more than tenfold increase.

1451
01:09:00,750 --> 01:09:02,751
Not good,
not good, not good.

1452
01:09:02,752 --> 01:09:07,257
Anybody would say right now
that you're sick.

1453
01:09:07,757 --> 01:09:09,509
If you're
fatigued with this,

1454
01:09:09,510 --> 01:09:11,636
you'll feel
lethargic with this,

1455
01:09:11,637 --> 01:09:13,762
you'll feel
run-down with this.

1456
01:09:13,763 --> 01:09:16,516
If somebody were doing this
to their liver with alcohol,

1457
01:09:16,517 --> 01:09:19,269
they could theoretically
wipe out all the liver cells

1458
01:09:19,769 --> 01:09:21,770
and they'd be
in liver failure.

1459
01:09:21,771 --> 01:09:25,525
I�ve never heard of anybody
doing this to their liver

1460
01:09:25,526 --> 01:09:29,279
with a high-fat diet,
but I guess anything's poss...

1461
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,281
I don't know.
I can't answer the question.

1462
01:09:31,282 --> 01:09:32,781
Never been done before.

1463
01:09:32,782 --> 01:09:34,284
No one's ever
wiped out their liver

1464
01:09:34,784 --> 01:09:36,286
with a high-fat diet before.

1465
01:09:36,287 --> 01:09:37,286
Wow.

1466
01:09:37,287 --> 01:09:40,790
And I won't wipe out my liver
in two more weeks?

1467
01:09:40,791 --> 01:09:43,043
I would think
it would be unlikely.

1468
01:09:43,044 --> 01:09:45,294
I don't want to tell you
you wouldn't.

1469
01:09:45,295 --> 01:09:48,298
My advice to you is
to stop doing what you're doing,

1470
01:09:48,299 --> 01:09:49,798
because it's hurting you.

1471
01:09:49,799 --> 01:09:52,302
You're sick,
and you're making yourself sick,

1472
01:09:52,303 --> 01:09:54,304
and you can
make yourself unsick

1473
01:09:54,804 --> 01:09:57,056
by stopping doing
what you're doing.

1474
01:09:57,057 --> 01:09:59,309
I�m just afraid
there will be something

1475
01:09:59,809 --> 01:10:01,311
that's totally irreversible,

1476
01:10:01,811 --> 01:10:04,814
that there will be
some damage done that...

1477
01:10:04,815 --> 01:10:07,316
- Yeah.
- I don't know.

1478
01:10:07,317 --> 01:10:11,321
So, do they think that
once you change your habits

1479
01:10:11,322 --> 01:10:14,323
that that's
going to correct itself.

1480
01:10:14,324 --> 01:10:17,827
They think that everything
should get back on track

1481
01:10:18,328 --> 01:10:19,328
once this is done.

1482
01:10:19,329 --> 01:10:21,830
Your liver... I've been
doing some reading - -

1483
01:10:21,831 --> 01:10:25,835
your liver is very resilient,
and your liver heals itself.

1484
01:10:26,336 --> 01:10:30,340
Well, if you need a portion
of my liver, honey,

1485
01:10:30,341 --> 01:10:31,341
you can have it.

1486
01:10:31,841 --> 01:10:34,344
I�ll give up part
of my liver for you.

1487
01:10:34,345 --> 01:10:36,679
Thanks, mom.
Thanks.

1488
01:10:43,186 --> 01:10:46,189
There's a drug that is used in
emergency rooms called Naloxone.

1489
01:10:46,190 --> 01:10:48,190
It's used for heroin overdose.

1490
01:10:48,191 --> 01:10:50,693
A guy comes in
overdosed on heroin, comatose.

1491
01:10:51,194 --> 01:10:52,194
He's gonna die.

1492
01:10:52,195 --> 01:10:54,196
You inject him with this drug,

1493
01:10:54,197 --> 01:10:56,699
and it blocks the opiate
receptors in the brain.

1494
01:10:57,200 --> 01:10:59,202
Heroin doesn't work.
He wakes up.

1495
01:10:59,702 --> 01:11:03,706
If I give that same drug
to a real chocolate addict,

1496
01:11:03,707 --> 01:11:05,707
a person just shoveling it in,

1497
01:11:05,708 --> 01:11:07,210
you find
the most amazing thing...

1498
01:11:07,710 --> 01:11:09,712
they lose much of their interest
in chocolate.

1499
01:11:09,713 --> 01:11:12,214
They take a bite,
they set it back down.

1500
01:11:12,215 --> 01:11:14,717
In other words,
it's not taste and mouth feel.

1501
01:11:14,718 --> 01:11:17,220
It's a drug effect of the food
within the brain

1502
01:11:17,221 --> 01:11:19,222
that keeps us coming back
again and again.

1503
01:11:19,223 --> 01:11:21,224
You're saying
that your mood goes up

1504
01:11:21,225 --> 01:11:22,724
once you start eating.

1505
01:11:22,725 --> 01:11:25,728
Lately, every time I eat,
I feel 100% better.

1506
01:11:25,729 --> 01:11:27,730
So it seems
like you're starting

1507
01:11:27,731 --> 01:11:29,232
to get addicted to it now.

1508
01:11:55,758 --> 01:11:58,761
McDonald's calls people
who eat their food

1509
01:11:58,762 --> 01:12:01,764
at least once a week
"heavy users."

1510
01:12:01,765 --> 01:12:02,765
I�m not kidding.

1511
01:12:03,266 --> 01:12:06,269
72% of the people who eat
at McDonald's are heavy users.

1512
01:12:06,270 --> 01:12:08,771
They also have
another category...

1513
01:12:08,772 --> 01:12:10,273
the "super heavy user."

1514
01:12:10,773 --> 01:12:12,274
These people eat their food

1515
01:12:12,275 --> 01:12:15,027
three, four,
five times a week and up.

1516
01:12:15,028 --> 01:12:17,780
22% of the people
who eat at McDonald's

1517
01:12:17,781 --> 01:12:20,282
are super heavy users.

1518
01:12:20,283 --> 01:12:22,785
If you look at the menu
at a fast-food restaurant,

1519
01:12:22,786 --> 01:12:24,786
they use
all of the addicting components.

1520
01:12:24,787 --> 01:12:27,289
They'll take a slab of meat,
cover it with cheese...

1521
01:12:27,290 --> 01:12:30,793
cheese, of course, which is
filled with the casomorphins,

1522
01:12:31,294 --> 01:12:34,297
the opiates that are found
in the cheese protein...

1523
01:12:34,797 --> 01:12:37,299
and then they serve it
with a sugary soda,

1524
01:12:37,300 --> 01:12:39,802
which has
the addictive powers of sugar

1525
01:12:39,803 --> 01:12:41,303
with plenty of added caffeine.

1526
01:12:41,304 --> 01:12:43,305
Now, you might be
a 12-year-old kid.

1527
01:12:43,306 --> 01:12:46,309
Your brain is no match
for that combination.

1528
01:12:46,310 --> 01:12:48,810
In 2002,
McDonald's France

1529
01:12:48,811 --> 01:12:51,313
took out a full-page ad
in a French magazine

1530
01:12:51,314 --> 01:12:53,816
in which a nutritionist stated,
"there is no reason

1531
01:12:54,317 --> 01:12:56,569
to go to McDonald's
more than once a week."

1532
01:12:56,570 --> 01:12:58,820
McDonald's corporate
headquarters in the U.S.

1533
01:12:58,821 --> 01:13:01,323
Freaked out, saying that
this is only one opinion,

1534
01:13:01,324 --> 01:13:03,826
and that the vast majority
of nutrition professionals

1535
01:13:03,827 --> 01:13:06,329
say that McDonald's food
can be a part of a healthy diet.

1536
01:13:06,330 --> 01:13:08,831
So, we thought we'd randomly
call some nutritionists

1537
01:13:08,832 --> 01:13:10,333
to see what their opinions were

1538
01:13:10,833 --> 01:13:12,334
when it came
to eating fast food.

1539
01:13:12,335 --> 01:13:14,837
How often do you think that
people should eat fast food?

1540
01:13:14,838 --> 01:13:16,089
Ideally, never.

1541
01:13:16,090 --> 01:13:17,339
Rare to never.

1542
01:13:17,340 --> 01:13:20,092
The less, the better.
Zero is the best.

1543
01:13:20,093 --> 01:13:22,470
Hopefully, no more often
than once a month.

1544
01:13:22,471 --> 01:13:24,847
If you were stranded
on a deserted island

1545
01:13:25,348 --> 01:13:26,849
or if we get bombe
d with anthrax,

1546
01:13:27,350 --> 01:13:29,351
and that's
the only food available,

1547
01:13:29,352 --> 01:13:31,853
that's the only time
you should eat fast food.

1548
01:13:31,854 --> 01:13:34,357
We called 100 nutritionists
all over America,

1549
01:13:34,358 --> 01:13:35,858
and the results
were not on track

1550
01:13:36,359 --> 01:13:38,361
with the "vast majority"
McDonald's talked about.

1551
01:13:38,362 --> 01:13:39,861
Only 2 out of the 100

1552
01:13:39,862 --> 01:13:42,365
said you should eat fast food
two times a week or more.

1553
01:13:42,366 --> 01:13:45,368
28 said once a week
to once or twice a month.

1554
01:13:45,868 --> 01:13:47,870
And 45 said
you should never eat it.

1555
01:13:48,371 --> 01:13:50,873
95 of them agreed
that it is a major contributor

1556
01:13:51,374 --> 01:13:53,876
to the obesity epidemic
sweeping America.

1557
01:13:53,877 --> 01:13:55,377
Okay.

1558
01:13:55,378 --> 01:13:57,380
Okay? Okay.

1559
01:13:59,882 --> 01:14:04,387
Hi, Morgan, how are you?
Bridget Bennett from Health.

1560
01:14:04,388 --> 01:14:06,388
Unfortunately,
I have to tell you

1561
01:14:06,389 --> 01:14:08,891
that Health is gonna have to
close its doors,

1562
01:14:08,892 --> 01:14:09,892
effective immediately.

1563
01:14:10,393 --> 01:14:12,394
I�m sorry to have to
tell you that over the phone.

1564
01:14:12,395 --> 01:14:15,398
We're all sort of surprised,
but we will proceed as before...

1565
01:14:15,399 --> 01:14:18,400
just not at
the integrated Health center.

1566
01:14:18,401 --> 01:14:21,904
Okay, Morgan, thanks,
and I will talk to you soon.

1567
01:14:22,405 --> 01:14:23,905
Bye-bye.

1568
01:14:23,906 --> 01:14:26,909
Apparently,
we don't put much value

1569
01:14:26,910 --> 01:14:28,910
on health in America anymore.

1570
01:14:28,911 --> 01:14:31,414
In fact, each year,
we spend over $30 billion

1571
01:14:31,914 --> 01:14:34,416
on diet products
and weight-loss programs,

1572
01:14:34,417 --> 01:14:37,420
21/2 times what we spend
on fitness and health.

1573
01:14:37,421 --> 01:14:39,421
There are pills, drinks, bars.

1574
01:14:39,422 --> 01:14:41,924
You can lose weight while you
sleep, while you watch TV,

1575
01:14:41,925 --> 01:14:43,925
and while eating
everything you want...

1576
01:14:43,926 --> 01:14:47,930
always pushing the newest way
to stay thin without exercise.

1577
01:14:47,931 --> 01:14:51,934
Some people, however, feel
that they have tried everything

1578
01:14:51,935 --> 01:14:53,686
and see
only one remaining option

1579
01:14:53,687 --> 01:14:55,438
as their last hope for health.

1580
01:14:55,439 --> 01:14:57,439
I'm diabetic.

1581
01:14:57,440 --> 01:15:01,944
80% of the people don't have to
take insulin anymore after this.

1582
01:15:01,945 --> 01:15:03,446
Plus, I have hypertension.

1583
01:15:03,946 --> 01:15:06,449
Hopefully, correct that,
lose my weight,

1584
01:15:06,450 --> 01:15:07,950
and lose my high blood pressure.

1585
01:15:08,451 --> 01:15:10,452
This is Bruce Howlett.

1586
01:15:10,453 --> 01:15:13,456
In a few minutes, his stomach
will be surgically reduced

1587
01:15:13,956 --> 01:15:17,460
to the size of a small apple
in a gastric bypass operation.

1588
01:15:17,461 --> 01:15:20,963
People with hypertension
who are obese,

1589
01:15:20,964 --> 01:15:22,964
about 75% of them

1590
01:15:22,965 --> 01:15:26,218
will get rid of
their hypertensive medications.

1591
01:15:26,219 --> 01:15:29,472
Doctors Adam Naaman
and Carl Geisler

1592
01:15:29,473 --> 01:15:30,972
will be performing
the operation.

1593
01:15:30,973 --> 01:15:32,974
Together,
they have done more than 500

1594
01:15:32,975 --> 01:15:35,478
gastric bypass surgeries,
and with their tandem technique,

1595
01:15:35,479 --> 01:15:37,479
they are setting
the industry standard,

1596
01:15:37,480 --> 01:15:40,232
completing the procedure
in less than 30 minutes

1597
01:15:40,233 --> 01:15:43,611
and sending patients home
the following day.

1598
01:15:43,612 --> 01:15:48,804
We have established now
that the only procedure

1599
01:15:48,805 --> 01:15:53,996
that really cures diabetes
is obesity surgery.

1600
01:15:53,997 --> 01:15:55,497
I went blind for a week.

1601
01:15:55,498 --> 01:15:58,250
Just one day out of the blue,
you went blind?

1602
01:15:58,251 --> 01:16:01,128
I went to work,
drove to work that night,

1603
01:16:01,129 --> 01:16:04,005
got to work,
couldn't read the charts,

1604
01:16:04,006 --> 01:16:06,509
and I had to call my supervisor,
tell her I couldn't work

1605
01:16:06,510 --> 01:16:08,510
because I couldn't see
what I was doing,

1606
01:16:08,511 --> 01:16:11,013
and called my wife,
had to get her to ride to work

1607
01:16:11,014 --> 01:16:12,514
to pick me up
and take me home.

1608
01:16:12,515 --> 01:16:15,518
And then once I stopped
drinking the diet soda waters,

1609
01:16:16,018 --> 01:16:17,018
got my sugars back down.

1610
01:16:17,019 --> 01:16:19,522
I was fortunate enough,
my eyesight came back.

1611
01:16:20,022 --> 01:16:24,777
I didn't do that much damage
to them at that time.

1612
01:16:24,778 --> 01:16:29,532
I think it's human nature
to seek a drastic solution

1613
01:16:29,533 --> 01:16:32,034
only when you're faced
with a drastic problem.

1614
01:16:32,035 --> 01:16:34,537
I drank three or four
of those a day.

1615
01:16:34,538 --> 01:16:36,037
This is a half-gallon,

1616
01:16:36,038 --> 01:16:38,040
so that means
you were drinking probably

1617
01:16:38,041 --> 01:16:40,041
about two gallons of soda
a day.

1618
01:16:40,042 --> 01:16:42,044
It wasn't unusual,
for a two-week time,

1619
01:16:42,045 --> 01:16:44,046
we'd buy
50 two-liters of soda water.

1620
01:16:44,047 --> 01:16:46,048
50 two-liters
every two weeks.

1621
01:16:46,049 --> 01:16:47,549
And I'd probably end up

1622
01:16:47,550 --> 01:16:49,552
having to pick him up
a couple extra.

1623
01:16:50,052 --> 01:16:51,053
He drinks more than I do.

1624
01:16:51,554 --> 01:16:54,055
I�ll go through
about one of those a day.

1625
01:16:54,056 --> 01:16:57,560
There's some days I go through
three or four two-liters.

1626
01:16:57,561 --> 01:17:02,065
A lot of us
don't realize the social stigma

1627
01:17:02,066 --> 01:17:06,569
that these people face
on a daily basis.

1628
01:18:25,948 --> 01:18:26,949
It's, um...

1629
01:18:27,450 --> 01:18:34,457
it's, like, 2:00 in the morning
on February 21.

1630
01:18:34,458 --> 01:18:38,960
I, uh, woke up,
couldn't breathe.

1631
01:18:38,961 --> 01:18:42,465
I�m having
really difficulty breathing.

1632
01:18:42,965 --> 01:18:45,467
I�m very hot,

1633
01:18:45,468 --> 01:18:47,969
and, uh... um...

1634
01:18:47,970 --> 01:18:53,476
felt like I was having
heart palpitations.

1635
01:18:55,978 --> 01:18:59,982
Came up and
walked around the living room.

1636
01:18:59,983 --> 01:19:01,984
I was trying
to get my breath back.

1637
01:19:01,985 --> 01:19:04,486
And, uh... I want to finish,

1638
01:19:04,487 --> 01:19:07,990
but I don't want anything
real bad to happen, either.

1639
01:19:16,999 --> 01:19:19,001
Dr. Isaacs:
Your EKG is normal.

1640
01:19:19,002 --> 01:19:20,002
Deep breath.

1641
01:19:20,503 --> 01:19:21,504
And out.

1642
01:19:23,506 --> 01:19:27,510
Now, listen, I don't have
a ready explanation

1643
01:19:27,511 --> 01:19:29,511
for your chest pain.

1644
01:19:29,512 --> 01:19:32,014
Would you at least consider
taking aspirin once a day

1645
01:19:32,015 --> 01:19:33,516
now that you're
on this ridiculous diet?

1646
01:19:33,517 --> 01:19:35,517
Maybe.
I�ll think about it.

1647
01:19:35,518 --> 01:19:37,520
Why would you even
think about it?

1648
01:19:37,521 --> 01:19:39,021
Why wouldn't you
just do it?

1649
01:19:39,522 --> 01:19:41,524
This is really...
you know...

1650
01:19:41,525 --> 01:19:43,525
you saw
these numbers, right?

1651
01:19:43,526 --> 01:19:46,529
These numbers are
absolutely outrageous.

1652
01:19:47,029 --> 01:19:50,533
For the first time,
we're seeing uric acid elevated,

1653
01:19:50,534 --> 01:19:53,035
so you're giving yourself
hyperuricemia,

1654
01:19:53,536 --> 01:19:58,040
and the danger of hyperuricemia
is gout, kidney stones.

1655
01:19:58,041 --> 01:20:01,294
The results for your liver
are obscene

1656
01:20:01,295 --> 01:20:04,547
beyond anything
I would have thought.

1657
01:20:04,548 --> 01:20:06,047
Truly.

1658
01:20:06,048 --> 01:20:09,552
I mean... you know that movie
"Death in Las Vegas"...

1659
01:20:09,553 --> 01:20:12,053
Nicolas Cage,
that pickled his liver

1660
01:20:12,054 --> 01:20:15,056
during the course
of a few weeks in Las Vegas.

1661
01:20:15,057 --> 01:20:18,060
I would never have thought
you could do the same thing

1662
01:20:18,561 --> 01:20:20,061
with a high-fat diet.

1663
01:20:20,062 --> 01:20:22,564
My advice to you,
as a physician,

1664
01:20:22,565 --> 01:20:25,568
is that you've got to stop
pickling your liver.

1665
01:20:25,569 --> 01:20:28,070
And you're kicking it
while its down now.

1666
01:20:28,571 --> 01:20:31,574
Now it's down,
and you're kicking it further.

1667
01:20:31,575 --> 01:20:34,577
I mean, if you were
an alcoholic,

1668
01:20:34,578 --> 01:20:36,829
I�d say,
"you're gonna die.

1669
01:20:36,830 --> 01:20:39,080
You keep drinking,
you'll die."

1670
01:20:39,081 --> 01:20:42,585
If the pain starts to radiate
to your jaw or down your arm,

1671
01:20:42,586 --> 01:20:45,087
that's life-threatening,
and immediately so.

1672
01:20:45,588 --> 01:20:48,591
So I need to hear about that,
or you need to call 911.

1673
01:20:48,592 --> 01:20:50,091
All right?

1674
01:20:52,596 --> 01:20:54,097
Hello?

1675
01:20:54,098 --> 01:20:55,348
Hello.

1676
01:20:55,349 --> 01:20:56,599
Hi, sweetheart.

1677
01:20:57,099 --> 01:20:57,600
How are you?

1678
01:20:58,100 --> 01:21:00,102
I�m good.
I'm worried about you.

1679
01:21:00,103 --> 01:21:01,603
Yeah.

1680
01:21:01,604 --> 01:21:05,107
I had no idea this was gonna be
such a dangerous experiment.

1681
01:21:05,608 --> 01:21:07,108
Yeah.

1682
01:21:07,109 --> 01:21:08,610
I don't think anybody did.

1683
01:21:08,611 --> 01:21:11,614
The doctor didn't even think
it was gonna be this drastic.

1684
01:21:12,114 --> 01:21:14,616
He's floored by it.

1685
01:21:14,617 --> 01:21:17,119
And, um... he doesn't
know what will happen.

1686
01:21:17,620 --> 01:21:19,621
He says,
"listen, I have no idea."

1687
01:21:19,622 --> 01:21:23,626
But he said that if I am feeling
bad or feeling anything,

1688
01:21:23,627 --> 01:21:25,126
to page him,

1689
01:21:25,127 --> 01:21:27,630
and he'll admit me immediately
wherever I am.

1690
01:21:27,631 --> 01:21:29,131
Oh, sweetheart.

1691
01:21:29,132 --> 01:21:31,133
Yeah.

1692
01:21:33,135 --> 01:21:36,639
I love you so much,
and I don't want you to be hurt.

1693
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:39,642
Yeah, me either.

1694
01:21:40,142 --> 01:21:42,144
Me either.

1695
01:21:44,647 --> 01:21:46,649
I�ll tell you...
if you start to get nauseous

1696
01:21:46,650 --> 01:21:48,651
and you start vomiting
and your eyes turn yellow,

1697
01:21:48,652 --> 01:21:50,653
you have got to go
to the emergency room,

1698
01:21:50,654 --> 01:21:52,654
no matter where you are.

1699
01:21:52,655 --> 01:21:54,907
Again, if you're not
keeping food down

1700
01:21:54,908 --> 01:21:57,159
or you're feeling
sick to your stomach...

1701
01:21:57,660 --> 01:21:59,662
it looks like your
liver-function tests

1702
01:21:59,663 --> 01:22:01,162
are getting worse.

1703
01:22:01,163 --> 01:22:04,416
My suggestion would be
to stop the diet

1704
01:22:04,417 --> 01:22:07,669
and go back to eating
a lower-fat diet,

1705
01:22:07,670 --> 01:22:11,173
rechecking the blood tests
in a couple of weeks.

1706
01:22:24,687 --> 01:22:27,690
Nobody needs to be
partisan about this issue.

1707
01:22:27,691 --> 01:22:30,693
We need fixes, we need remedies,
and we need support.

1708
01:22:30,694 --> 01:22:33,696
How much influence
on government legislators

1709
01:22:33,697 --> 01:22:35,697
does the food
industry have?

1710
01:22:35,698 --> 01:22:39,201
The food industry is an enormous
business in the United States.

1711
01:22:39,702 --> 01:22:41,704
Therefore,
it employs very expensive

1712
01:22:41,705 --> 01:22:43,205
and well-paid lobbyists,

1713
01:22:43,706 --> 01:22:47,710
and those lobbyists are in
Washington for two purposes...

1714
01:22:47,711 --> 01:22:51,714
number one, to make sure that
no government agency ever says,

1715
01:22:51,715 --> 01:22:54,216
"Eat less
of the company's products."

1716
01:22:54,717 --> 01:22:55,717
Number two...

1717
01:22:55,718 --> 01:23:00,222
that the government never passes
legislation that is unfavorable.

1718
01:23:00,223 --> 01:23:03,225
And I guess the third one
is to encourage the government

1719
01:23:03,226 --> 01:23:04,726
to pass favorable legislation.

1720
01:23:04,727 --> 01:23:06,979
The GMA
is one of those lobbies.

1721
01:23:06,980 --> 01:23:09,231
You're going to see us do
what we do best,

1722
01:23:09,232 --> 01:23:12,735
and that is
market appropriately,

1723
01:23:12,736 --> 01:23:14,236
finance education programs,

1724
01:23:14,737 --> 01:23:16,739
as we're doing
in a great abundance,

1725
01:23:16,740 --> 01:23:18,741
getting good information
out to parents

1726
01:23:18,742 --> 01:23:20,241
so we can solve the problem.

1727
01:23:20,242 --> 01:23:23,244
That's what we do
in the food industry.

1728
01:23:23,245 --> 01:23:27,249
We think that is a responsible,
important role to play.

1729
01:23:27,750 --> 01:23:30,251
We are not police.
We are not regulators.

1730
01:23:30,252 --> 01:23:33,255
We provide a safe,
affordable abundance of food

1731
01:23:33,256 --> 01:23:34,756
like the world has never seen.

1732
01:23:34,757 --> 01:23:37,760
The food industry
and the broadcasters

1733
01:23:37,761 --> 01:23:39,762
are extremely powerful lobbies,

1734
01:23:39,763 --> 01:23:42,764
and... they outgun us.

1735
01:23:42,765 --> 01:23:44,767
The industry
has stepped up to the plate.

1736
01:23:45,267 --> 01:23:47,269
We're going to do more.
We want to do more.

1737
01:23:47,270 --> 01:23:49,271
We recognize
we have a role to play.

1738
01:23:49,272 --> 01:23:50,272
We're part of the solution.

1739
01:23:50,773 --> 01:23:51,773
We're part of the problem,

1740
01:23:51,774 --> 01:23:55,777
and we also are part
of the solution.

1741
01:23:55,778 --> 01:23:57,780
Did everyone hear
what he just said?

1742
01:23:58,280 --> 01:23:59,782
"We're part of the problem."

1743
01:24:00,282 --> 01:24:03,285
The lobbyist for Coke, Heinz,
Smucker's, Kellogg's, Nestl�?

1744
01:24:03,286 --> 01:24:06,038
Kraft, Hershey's, Sara Lee,
Cadbury, General Mills,

1745
01:24:06,039 --> 01:24:08,791
Seagram, Welch's, Wise,
Anheuser-Busch, Birds Eye,

1746
01:24:08,792 --> 01:24:10,792
Lance, Campbell's, Carvel, Mars,

1747
01:24:10,793 --> 01:24:12,795
Ocean Spray, Hormel,
Dannon, and Pepsi

1748
01:24:12,796 --> 01:24:14,797
said,
"We're part of the problem."

1749
01:24:15,297 --> 01:24:17,299
I think
we're making some headway.

1750
01:24:20,302 --> 01:24:21,803
Good afternoon.
Media Line.

1751
01:24:21,804 --> 01:24:23,304
Yeah, I wanted
to speak to somebody

1752
01:24:23,305 --> 01:24:25,808
about scheduling an interview
with Jim Cantalupo.

1753
01:24:25,809 --> 01:24:26,808
I can take the information

1754
01:24:26,809 --> 01:24:28,310
and have somebody
get back to you.

1755
01:24:30,312 --> 01:24:32,313
Good morning.
Media Line.

1756
01:24:32,314 --> 01:24:35,818
I wanted to speak to someone
about scheduling an interview.

1757
01:24:35,819 --> 01:24:37,318
I can take the information

1758
01:24:37,319 --> 01:24:39,320
and have somebody
get back to you.

1759
01:24:39,321 --> 01:24:44,326
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of America,

1760
01:24:44,327 --> 01:24:48,831
for which it stands, one nation,
under god, indivisible,

1761
01:24:48,832 --> 01:24:51,834
with liberty
and justice for all.

1762
01:24:51,835 --> 01:24:53,336
One more time.

1763
01:24:53,337 --> 01:24:54,836
Yeah, what did you do?

1764
01:24:54,837 --> 01:24:57,089
I said it.
What were you doing?

1765
01:24:57,090 --> 01:24:59,340
I pledge allegiance
to the flag

1766
01:24:59,341 --> 01:25:02,845
of the united states
of America, one nation...

1767
01:25:03,345 --> 01:25:07,348
And to the republic
for which it stands.

1768
01:25:07,349 --> 01:25:11,353
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of America,

1769
01:25:11,354 --> 01:25:13,856
and to the republic,
for which it stands,

1770
01:25:14,356 --> 01:25:16,859
one nation, under god,
indivisible,

1771
01:25:17,359 --> 01:25:19,861
and justice for all.

1772
01:25:19,862 --> 01:25:22,364
Liberty.
Where's the liberty?

1773
01:25:22,365 --> 01:25:24,365
The liberty.
Say it.

1774
01:25:24,366 --> 01:25:25,868
Do you want us
to keep walking?

1775
01:25:25,869 --> 01:25:27,368
What's the Big Mac slogan?

1776
01:25:27,369 --> 01:25:29,370
You know,
"two all-beef patties"...

1777
01:25:29,371 --> 01:25:31,373
"special sauce, lettuce,
cheese, pickles, onions

1778
01:25:31,374 --> 01:25:33,375
on a sesame-seed bun."

1779
01:25:33,376 --> 01:25:35,377
Yeah, you know that.

1780
01:25:35,378 --> 01:25:37,630
That is a shame!

1781
01:25:41,884 --> 01:25:44,386
Welcome to McDonald's.
We're glad you're here.

1782
01:26:11,915 --> 01:26:12,915
Help me out, now.

1783
01:26:15,417 --> 01:26:17,418
Hi, can I help you?

1784
01:26:17,419 --> 01:26:20,922
Could I get
a large vanilla shake, please?

1785
01:26:20,923 --> 01:26:22,925
I�m sorry, sir. We don't
have any shakes right now.

1786
01:26:23,425 --> 01:26:24,425
No shakes?

1787
01:26:24,426 --> 01:26:26,929
When will you have shakes,
do you think?

1788
01:26:29,932 --> 01:26:32,184
Guess that's a never.

1789
01:26:32,185 --> 01:26:34,435
At the end of this month,

1790
01:26:34,436 --> 01:26:36,938
I�ll have eaten
as much McDonald's

1791
01:26:36,939 --> 01:26:41,443
as most nutritionists say you're
supposed to eat in eight years.

1792
01:26:46,949 --> 01:26:48,449
Media Line.
This is Sheila.

1793
01:26:48,450 --> 01:26:50,452
Yeah, Sheila,
It's Morgan Spurlock calling.

1794
01:26:50,453 --> 01:26:51,954
I�m trying
to reach Lisa Howard.

1795
01:26:52,454 --> 01:26:53,956
Okay, Morgan,
I will let her know.

1796
01:26:55,457 --> 01:26:56,457
Hi, this is Lisa Howard.

1797
01:26:56,458 --> 01:26:58,459
I�m not able to take
your call right now.

1798
01:26:58,460 --> 01:27:00,462
If you'll leave me a message,
I'll get back to you...

1799
01:27:00,463 --> 01:27:01,964
Hey, Lisa,
it's Morgan Spurlock.

1800
01:27:02,464 --> 01:27:04,466
I wanted to follow up
on the e-mail I sent you...

1801
01:27:04,467 --> 01:27:05,967
...close to
the end of the day,

1802
01:27:05,968 --> 01:27:07,970
and I didn't know when
she was gonna be taking off.

1803
01:27:07,971 --> 01:27:09,972
I�ll put another
message on her desk.

1804
01:27:09,973 --> 01:27:11,973
Lisa Howard.

1805
01:27:11,974 --> 01:27:14,476
Hi, Lisa,
it's Morgan Spurlock calling.

1806
01:27:14,477 --> 01:27:16,478
- How are you?
- I'm okay.

1807
01:27:16,479 --> 01:27:17,979
So you got my e-mail.

1808
01:27:17,980 --> 01:27:21,984
Yes, I got your e-mail,
and I'm circulating it around.

1809
01:27:21,985 --> 01:27:24,236
I don't have
an answer for you.

1810
01:27:24,237 --> 01:27:26,363
Any idea when
you think you might?

1811
01:27:26,364 --> 01:27:28,490
Probably in
the next day or two.

1812
01:27:28,491 --> 01:27:32,493
Oh... man.

1813
01:27:32,494 --> 01:27:34,996
Walking up the stairs
has gotten...

1814
01:27:34,997 --> 01:27:37,498
it's starting
to get really difficult.

1815
01:27:37,499 --> 01:27:42,004
By the time I get to the top,
it's really pathetic.

1816
01:27:44,007 --> 01:27:46,008
Oh, man.

1817
01:27:52,014 --> 01:27:55,517
I've got Morgan's
detox diet all ready to go.

1818
01:27:56,018 --> 01:27:59,021
The biggest thing
is taking the crap out

1819
01:27:59,022 --> 01:28:01,022
and putting good stuff in.

1820
01:28:01,023 --> 01:28:05,027
I�m really focusing
on nutrient-dense food,

1821
01:28:05,527 --> 01:28:08,030
organic, seasonal, fresh food,

1822
01:28:08,530 --> 01:28:14,036
making sure that I'm getting
as many cleansing vegetables

1823
01:28:14,037 --> 01:28:16,537
into his diet as possible.

1824
01:28:43,566 --> 01:28:45,067
We're sharing a portion.

1825
01:28:45,068 --> 01:28:46,068
Yeah, we split it.

1826
01:28:50,073 --> 01:28:51,573
Extra calories.

1827
01:28:53,075 --> 01:28:55,577
I love you dearly,
but you are demented, man,

1828
01:28:55,578 --> 01:28:56,829
you're sick.

1829
01:28:56,830 --> 01:28:58,205
Bye-bye.

1830
01:28:58,206 --> 01:28:59,580
Bye!

1831
01:28:59,581 --> 01:29:03,085
I can't believe
that tomorrow I'm gonna get up

1832
01:29:03,086 --> 01:29:05,087
and not have to go eat
McDonald's.

1833
01:29:18,100 --> 01:29:19,851
That's it.

1834
01:29:19,852 --> 01:29:21,603
Unbelievable.

1835
01:29:24,357 --> 01:29:26,607
Okay.

1836
01:29:27,609 --> 01:29:30,112
It just
keeps getting bigger.

1837
01:29:30,113 --> 01:29:32,114
Wow.

1838
01:29:33,615 --> 01:29:35,116
Oh, yeah.

1839
01:29:35,117 --> 01:29:36,617
Oh, boy.

1840
01:29:36,618 --> 01:29:39,621
I'm gonna say 210,
right on the money.

1841
01:29:39,622 --> 01:29:44,625
We went from 185.5 to 194...

1842
01:29:44,626 --> 01:29:48,629
a week later to 203,
then down to 202,

1843
01:29:48,630 --> 01:29:53,635
and now eight pounds
during the last week for 210.

1844
01:29:53,636 --> 01:29:57,639
I think we know
the damage that can be done.

1845
01:30:00,142 --> 01:30:02,144
Lisa Howard,
it's Morgan Spurlock calling...

1846
01:30:02,644 --> 01:30:05,147
I don't know how many times
we've called her now,

1847
01:30:05,148 --> 01:30:07,648
but this has got to be
the 15th time.

1848
01:30:07,649 --> 01:30:10,152
Lisa Howard, Morgan Spurlock
calling from New York.

1849
01:30:10,153 --> 01:30:12,154
Please call me
when you get this message.

1850
01:30:12,155 --> 01:30:14,156
We'd still like
to schedule an interview

1851
01:30:14,656 --> 01:30:16,157
with someone from McDonald's.

1852
01:30:16,158 --> 01:30:17,659
Please call me when you get this

1853
01:30:18,160 --> 01:30:20,161
and let's talk
about what's possible.

1854
01:30:20,162 --> 01:30:23,165
You'll not talk to anybody,

1855
01:30:23,166 --> 01:30:26,167
and you'll like it that way.

1856
01:30:26,168 --> 01:30:28,169
After six months
of deliberation,

1857
01:30:28,170 --> 01:30:31,673
Judge Robert Sweet dismissed
the lawsuit against McDonald's.

1858
01:30:31,674 --> 01:30:33,174
The big reason?

1859
01:30:33,175 --> 01:30:34,676
The two girls failed to show

1860
01:30:35,177 --> 01:30:38,180
that eating McDonald's food
was what caused their injuries.

1861
01:30:38,181 --> 01:30:39,680
Interesting.

1862
01:30:39,681 --> 01:30:42,184
In only 30 days of eating
nothing but McDonald's,

1863
01:30:42,684 --> 01:30:45,687
I gained 241/2 pounds,
my liver turned to fat,

1864
01:30:45,688 --> 01:30:48,689
and my cholesterol
shot up 65 points.

1865
01:30:48,690 --> 01:30:51,693
My body-fat percentage
went from 11% to 18%,

1866
01:30:52,194 --> 01:30:53,195
still below the national average

1867
01:30:53,695 --> 01:30:55,696
of 22% for men
and 30% for women.

1868
01:30:55,697 --> 01:30:58,700
I nearly doubled my risk
of coronary heart disease,

1869
01:30:58,701 --> 01:31:01,453
making myself twice as likely
to have heart failure.

1870
01:31:01,454 --> 01:31:04,205
I felt depressed and exhausted
most of the time.

1871
01:31:04,206 --> 01:31:08,210
My moods swung on a dime,
and my sex life was nonexistent.

1872
01:31:08,211 --> 01:31:11,713
I craved this food more and more
when I ate it

1873
01:31:11,714 --> 01:31:14,216
and got massive headaches
when I didn't.

1874
01:31:14,217 --> 01:31:15,217
In my final blood test,

1875
01:31:15,717 --> 01:31:18,720
many of my body functions
showed signs of improvement,

1876
01:31:18,721 --> 01:31:22,224
but the doctors
were less than optimistic.

1877
01:31:22,225 --> 01:31:23,724
I would very, very much doubt

1878
01:31:23,725 --> 01:31:25,727
that these numbers
will return to normal.

1879
01:31:25,728 --> 01:31:28,230
Although it did drop,
it was a small drop.

1880
01:31:28,231 --> 01:31:30,731
If you kept on the diet,
you'd definitely...

1881
01:31:30,732 --> 01:31:34,236
I know that you'd probably
develop coronary artery disease.

1882
01:31:34,237 --> 01:31:37,739
...inflammation
and hardening of the liver.

1883
01:31:37,740 --> 01:31:39,241
Should people
eat fast food?

1884
01:31:39,474 --> 01:31:41,041
No.

1885
01:31:41,042 --> 01:31:43,544
You know, the answer's no.

1886
01:31:43,545 --> 01:31:46,297
It certainly needs
to be very restricted

1887
01:31:46,298 --> 01:31:49,050
and balanced with,
overall, a healthy diet

1888
01:31:49,551 --> 01:31:51,302
and, overall, a lot of exercise.

1889
01:31:51,303 --> 01:31:53,053
And there's no reason whatsoever

1890
01:31:53,054 --> 01:31:56,057
why fast food
has to be so disgusting.

1891
01:31:56,058 --> 01:31:57,809
Fast food can be nutritious.

1892
01:31:57,810 --> 01:31:59,560
It's a cheap form of food,

1893
01:31:59,561 --> 01:32:01,563
and it does keep you
full for a while,

1894
01:32:01,564 --> 01:32:03,564
so you get your money's worth.

1895
01:32:03,565 --> 01:32:06,568
But unfortunately, you cause
some major harm to your heart,

1896
01:32:06,569 --> 01:32:07,568
your liver, your blood.

1897
01:32:07,569 --> 01:32:09,571
I wouldn't suggest
you continue the diet

1898
01:32:10,071 --> 01:32:11,071
for a year to check this out.

1899
01:32:11,072 --> 01:32:13,074
I don't think
it's appropriate or healthy,

1900
01:32:13,575 --> 01:32:15,827
especially with
what showed up with your liver.

1901
01:32:15,828 --> 01:32:18,079
So I shouldn't eat
this food for a year?

1902
01:32:18,080 --> 01:32:19,580
No, I don't think so.

1903
01:32:19,581 --> 01:32:22,584
We see people
who go on an alcohol binge,

1904
01:32:22,585 --> 01:32:24,586
and their numbers
go up like crazy,

1905
01:32:25,086 --> 01:32:28,589
but to go on a Mac attack...

1906
01:32:28,590 --> 01:32:32,594
and they've got numbers to show
that it attacks your liver, too.

1907
01:32:32,595 --> 01:32:35,597
Honestly, I wouldn't have
even thought about this.

1908
01:32:36,097 --> 01:32:37,598
But it makes sense.

1909
01:32:37,599 --> 01:32:40,852
Now that we have the data,
it definitely makes sense.

1910
01:32:40,853 --> 01:32:44,105
Still, the impact
of this initial lawsuit

1911
01:32:44,106 --> 01:32:45,606
is being seen far and wide.

1912
01:32:45,607 --> 01:32:49,110
School districts in new York,
Texas, and San Francisco

1913
01:32:49,111 --> 01:32:51,612
have banned sugary soft drinks
in schools,

1914
01:32:51,613 --> 01:32:54,616
and all-natural, healthy options
are popping up everywhere.

1915
01:32:55,116 --> 01:32:57,368
McDonald's joined right in,
sponsoring events

1916
01:32:57,369 --> 01:32:59,746
that showed how health-conscious
they'd become

1917
01:32:59,747 --> 01:33:02,122
and creating a new line
of premium salads.

1918
01:33:02,123 --> 01:33:05,126
At the same time, however,
they also masterminded

1919
01:33:05,127 --> 01:33:07,629
one of their fattest
sandwiches to date...

1920
01:33:07,630 --> 01:33:10,131
the McGriddle,
a pancake-wrapped creation

1921
01:33:10,132 --> 01:33:11,632
that won my heart in Texas

1922
01:33:11,633 --> 01:33:13,635
but can pack as much fat
as a Big Mac

1923
01:33:14,135 --> 01:33:16,888
and have more sugar than a pack
of McDonaldland cookies.

1924
01:33:16,889 --> 01:33:19,641
In fact, their new premium ranch
chicken salad with dressing

1925
01:33:19,642 --> 01:33:21,643
delivers more calories
than a Big Mac

1926
01:33:21,644 --> 01:33:23,644
and 51 grams of fat...

1927
01:33:23,645 --> 01:33:26,147
79% of your daily fat intake.

1928
01:33:26,148 --> 01:33:28,650
Over the course of my McDiet,

1929
01:33:29,150 --> 01:33:31,653
I consumed 30 pounds of sugar
from their food.

1930
01:33:32,153 --> 01:33:33,153
That's a pound a day.

1931
01:33:33,154 --> 01:33:36,157
On top of that,
I also took in 12 pounds of fat.

1932
01:33:36,658 --> 01:33:38,159
Now, I know what you're saying.

1933
01:33:38,660 --> 01:33:41,663
You're saying "nobody's
supposed to eat this food

1934
01:33:41,664 --> 01:33:42,663
"three times a day.

1935
01:33:42,664 --> 01:33:45,166
No wonder all this stuff
happened to you."

1936
01:33:45,167 --> 01:33:46,667
But the scary part is,

1937
01:33:46,668 --> 01:33:49,671
there are people
who eat this food regularly.

1938
01:33:49,672 --> 01:33:51,672
Some people
even eat it every day.

1939
01:33:51,673 --> 01:33:54,676
So while my experiment
may have been a little extreme,

1940
01:33:54,677 --> 01:33:56,177
it's not that crazy.

1941
01:33:56,678 --> 01:33:58,679
But here is a crazy idea...

1942
01:33:58,680 --> 01:34:01,682
why not do away
with your super size options?

1943
01:34:01,683 --> 01:34:05,186
Who needs 42 ounces of coke,
a half-pound of fries?

1944
01:34:05,687 --> 01:34:07,688
And why not give me a choice

1945
01:34:07,689 --> 01:34:10,191
besides French fries
or French fries?

1946
01:34:10,192 --> 01:34:11,692
That would be a great start.

1947
01:34:11,693 --> 01:34:14,195
But why should these companies
want to change?

1948
01:34:14,696 --> 01:34:17,198
Their loyalty isn't to you.
It's to the stockholders.

1949
01:34:17,199 --> 01:34:19,701
The bottom line...
they're a business,

1950
01:34:19,702 --> 01:34:21,201
no matter what they say.

1951
01:34:21,202 --> 01:34:25,206
And by selling you unhealthy
food, they make millions,

1952
01:34:25,207 --> 01:34:27,708
and no company
wants to stop doing that.

1953
01:34:27,709 --> 01:34:30,211
If this ever-growing paradigm
is going to shift,

1954
01:34:30,212 --> 01:34:31,712
it's up to you.

1955
01:34:31,713 --> 01:34:34,716
But if you decide to keep
living this way, go ahead.

1956
01:34:35,216 --> 01:34:38,219
Over time, you may find yourself
getting as sick as I did,

1957
01:34:38,220 --> 01:34:39,721
and you may wind up here...

1958
01:34:39,722 --> 01:34:40,722
or here.

1959
01:34:41,222 --> 01:34:43,223
I guess the big question is...

1960
01:34:43,224 --> 01:34:47,729
who do you want to see go first,
you or them?

1961
01:34:56,237 --> 01:34:59,490
Right now, you have the urge
to eat something.

1962
01:34:59,491 --> 01:35:02,744
When it's through,
if you still want to eat,

1963
01:35:02,745 --> 01:35:05,246
then you're probably
really hungry.

1964
01:35:05,247 --> 01:35:06,748
Think about what I'm saying.