Before the study began, the subjects thought they were in for an easy time. In fact, they could hardly believe their luck: “You mean to tell me that if I were to go out tonight, and order beer and peanuts, you’d pay?” said one incredulous student. But eating 6,000 calories a day - roughly double what most of the volunteers ingested normally - is not as easy as it sounds. You can’t do it simply by letting yourself go and having an extra scoop of ice cream. It takes effort. One Big Mac with large fries and a large Coke still nets you just 1,164 calories, according to McDonald’s Swedish website.
Just as in Super Size Me, the idea was that all calories would come from fast food. But breakfast at home was allowed, provided it was bacon-and-eggs based. And the fast food didn’t have to come exclusively from McDonald’s: hamburgers could be exchanged for pizzas, as long as most of the calories still came from saturated fats, those having the most effect on levels of cholesterol. Still, it wasn’t unusual for students to be about to go to bed only to discover that they were some 600 calories short of their daily target, and forced to face a large calorific milk shake rather than a mug of hot milk.
This is a fundamentally different experiment than what was performed as part of the show.
McDonald’s fats and calories are not special in any regard.
If the question is “What would 30 days of McDs Big Macs do to you?” and you answer it by guzzling beer and peanuts, you’re engaged in a different experiment.
And saturated fats aren’t interchangeable. Red meat, whole milk, and coconut oil are going to have very different impacts on your digestive system, as anyone with high blood pressure or lactose intolerance can tell you.
Hell, the documentary even covers this when they compare two different sets of hamburgers and fries one of which decomposes rather quickly while the other remains disturbingly inert.
These are fundamentally different foodstuffs. And eating a pizza you made fresh from raw ingredients will have a very different impact on your body than consuming pink slime juiced with preservatives.
However, the rumor that fast food never goes bad is just a myth. The truth behind why certain fast food items never seem to rot is simple. Most fast foods are high in salt and low in moisture. They dry out before they can grow mold. It’s the same reason why foods like beef jerky and beans last so long in cool, dry conditions.
This is the reason the fries didn’t go bad stated in the original Super Size Me documentary.
High salt foods are bad for you. Beef jerky is also bad for you
This is a fundamentally different experiment than what was performed as part of the show.
Calories are calories. Saturated fats are saturated fats. McDonald’s fats and calories are not special in any regard.
If the question is “What would 30 days of McDs Big Macs do to you?” and you answer it by guzzling beer and peanuts, you’re engaged in a different experiment.
And saturated fats aren’t interchangeable. Red meat, whole milk, and coconut oil are going to have very different impacts on your digestive system, as anyone with high blood pressure or lactose intolerance can tell you.
Hell, the documentary even covers this when they compare two different sets of hamburgers and fries one of which decomposes rather quickly while the other remains disturbingly inert.
These are fundamentally different foodstuffs. And eating a pizza you made fresh from raw ingredients will have a very different impact on your body than consuming pink slime juiced with preservatives.
You probably shouldn’t talk about that comparison since it’s also bullshit.
https://www.mashed.com/1340824/biggest-rumor-fast-food-spoiling-debunked/
But please do show scientific evidence that the type of saturated fat is different in a big mac than it is in a milkshake.
This is the reason the fries didn’t go bad stated in the original Super Size Me documentary.
High salt foods are bad for you. Beef jerky is also bad for you