Super Size Me Quotes

“A film of epic portions.”

“My body... officially hates me.”

“This is gonna be you like, after every meal.”

“The first ever reality-based movie ... everything begins and ends in 30 days!”

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“Morgan Spurlock - Himself”

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“This is the best part of the day, when I get to be fat, on the bed, with my quart of Coke.”

“[after being again rebuffed for an interview with McDonald's public relations officials, and while holding a Ronald McDonald doll] You'll not talk to anyone and you'll like it that way.”

“I've got Morgan's detox diet all ready to go. The biggest thing is taking the crap out and putting good stuff in. I'm really focusing on nutrient-dense food. Organic, seasonal, fresh food, making sure that I'm getting as many cleansing vegetables into his diet as possible.”

“In fact, there are only 7 items on the McDonald's menu that contain no sugar whatsoever: French fries, Chicken McNuggets, bash browns, sausage, Diet Coke, coffee, and iced tea. Everything else - even the salads - contain sugar.”

“[on the 21st day, Morgan wakes up to serious symptoms] It's, um, it's like, 2:00 in the morning on February 21st. I, uh, woke up, couldn't breathe. I'm having really difficulty breathing. I'm very hot, and, felt like I was having heart palpitations. Came up and walked around the living room. I was trying to get my breath back. and, uh ...I want to finish, but I don't want anything real bad to happen, either.”

“[deleted scene] Another disturbing fact: Over the course of the 30 days, I generated more than 13 bags of garbage. Multiply my daily amount by 46 million - the amount of people they feed each day - and you get enough garbage to fill the Empire State Building... every single day... and that's only 1 fast food chain... in one day.”

“[referring to McDonald's claim that a vast majority of nutrition professionals say their food can be a part of a healthy diet] We called 100 nutritionists all over America. And the results were not on track with the vast majority McDonald's talked about. Only two out of the 100 said you should eat fast food two times a week or more. Twenty-eight said once a week to once or twice a month. And 45 said you should never eat it.”

“[while consuming a super-sized double quarter-pounder with cheese meal] Now's the time of the meal when you start getting the McStomachache. You start getting the McTummy. You get the McGurgles in there. You get the McBrick, then you get the McStomachache. Right now I've got some McGas that's rockin'. My arms... I feel like I've got some McSweats goin'. My arms got the McTwitches going in here from all the sugar that's going in my body right now. I'm feeling a little McCrazy.”

“It's hard for me to watch go through this. I got to tell you, I worry about his health. He's exhausted by the end of the day, just so tired. He gets home really late from work and he gets all jacked up on sugar and caffeine, and then he crashes. And then, when we two have sex, I got to tell you, he's not quite as energetic as he used to be. [laughs] I have to be on top. Otherwise, He, uh...he gets tired easily. I think the saturated fats are starting to impede the blood flow to his penis. And he's having a hard time, you know, getting it up. He does, totally. It's still good, but it's definitely a big difference. There's definitely a difference. I can tell.”

“Companies spend billions to make sure that you know their product. In 2001, on direct media advertising, that's radio, television and print, MċDoṇạld's spent 1.4 Billion dollars worldwide. On direct media advertising, Pepsị spent more than a billion dollars. To advertise candy, Hershey foods spent a mere 200 million dollars internationally. In its peak year the Five-a-Day Vegetable Campaigns total advertising budget in all media was a lowly 2 million dollars, 100 times less than just the direct media budget of one candy company.”

“Everything's bigger in America. We've got the biggest cars, the biggest houses, the biggest companies, the biggest food, and finally: the biggest people. America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations! Nearly 100 million Americans today are either overweight or obese. That's more than 60% of all US adults. Since 1980, the the total number of overweight and obese Americans has doubled. The fattest state in America: Mississippi, where one in four people are obese. Obesity is now second only to smoking as a cause of preventable death in America, with an estimated 400,000 deaths from related illnesses.”

“In the lawsuit against them, McDonald's stated that it is a matter of common knowledge that any processing its foods undertake serve to make them more unhealthier than unprocessed foods. Case in Point: MċṆuggets. Originally created from chickens too old to lay eggs, McNuggets are now created from chickens with unusually large breasts. They are stripped to the bone, and ground up into a sort of chicken mash, which is then combined with all sorts of additives and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep-fryed, freeze-dried, and then shipped to a McDonald's near you. Judge Robert Sweet called them a McFrankenstein creation of various ingredients not utilized by the home cook.”