What Happens When You Only Eat McDonalds For 30 Days

McDonald’s didn’t actually have salads at all locations in 2004. This documentary actually had an impact. They started offering healthier options, had to list the nutritional value, and got rid of super sizing.

Wow, 2004 seems like a lifetime ago. I remember when that doc came out. Also thank you Dr. Mike for pointing out that people with limited income are more likely to eat unhealthy food because it's usually all they can afford. When I was making $9/hr I would go to McD almost every day. One guy asked me why I'm always coming there and I said, "It's what I can afford". "Fair enough," he said.

Spurlock was an alcoholic. He was asked if he ever abused alcohol by one of the doctors and he replied "No" and then a couple years ago he said he hadnt been sober for a week in over 30 years

Morgan Spurlock was also drinking heavily during the production of this documentary, which wasn't revealed until years later. Even he has admitted that his steady decline in health had WAAAY more to do with his drinking habit than his poor diet.

I was literally forced to watch this for health last semester and I’ve really wanted Dr. Mike to react to this.

I feel like the other thing that often gets glossed over when discussing this movie is that his wife at the time was a vegan, and he therefore ate mostly vegan for a long time leading up to the movie. So, not only did he change his eating habits in terms of fat, sugar, etc, but also with meat and dairy.

I think one factor that really contributes to the popularity of fast food in the US is the low price point. Here in Poland fast food restaurants tend to be similarly priced to traditional restaurants and far more expensive than "home cooked" style joints. They're still fairly popular, but they're more of an occasional treat for most people (and i feel like other European countries share this sentiment)

I remember this ..I found it odd he never shared his food blogs. McDonald's stopped the super size but obesity hasn't gone away. The documentary was certainly eye opening.

My cousin worked on this documentary. I can answer some of the questions you asked because I asked him many of the same ones. Bringing in the extra doctors and the dietician was seen as pointless by most of the production but it was decided that the viewer would take it more seriously coming from a larger group of professionals. The dietitian was there to outline what a healthy persons caloric intake would be to better highlight how awful this diet was. As for ordering a salad? It was 2004. There was barely any healthy options available.

One thing not really touched on in your discussion of this documentary is that he also stopped exercising, which has a big impact on both the physical and mental health metrics he was talking about. He also seems to have been eating more during these 30 days than he normally would have. Not to defend McDonald's (I can't remember the last time I went to one, since I'm not a fan of the food), but his claims got a lot of pushback when this came out because he changed so many variables in his life at once.

Anyone else here after Morgan Spurlock passed away. He died from complications of cancer.

I watched this in health class in 2009. We later learned that this documentary was partially responsible for the inclusion of calories and nutrition facts being placed out in the open in these places

Something else that was discovered about this “documentary” is that he suffered from alcoholism and was drinking during this experiment, hence why his kidney looks like “somebody who drinks every day.” Honestly this documentary did help shine some light on the dangers of fast food, but the fact that it was mostly staged to show the extremes of eating nothing but fast food.

For reference, this documentary was before Mcdonald's offered any comparatively healthy options like salad and was one of the major factors that led to their addition

RIP Morgan Spurlock😥

I remember watching this as a kid (it was being shown to us for a class) and even though I was definitely a young child, I still felt like there was something about the entire thing that rubbed me the wrong way. Imagine a 9 or something year old kid literally asking something along the lines of "if the point is just to eat only mcdonald's when you're hungry, why eat THAT much" in their own way. It still rubs me the wrong way, but at least people know why now.

I remember having to watch this several times over the years after it came out because of health class. My biggest issue with it though is it doesn't explain how he went from being a vegan to eating McDonald's everyday for 30 days. That drastic change is going to cause all kinds of issues, including a lot of the symptoms he experienced early on.

I know a lot of this may seem a bit exaggerated or over the top, but this documentary actually got McDonalds to eliminate the super size option and really put focus on the unhealthiness of the fast food industry. *edit: thanks guys I’ve never gotten this much likes before 😂😅

He died this week of pancreatic cancer.

Rest in peace 🪦 Morgan Spurlock