Full version is here on the sift
http://documentaries.videosift.com/video/SuperSize-Me

eeugh Morgan Spurlock is such a douche. what on earth is this supposed to prove to the viewer? that food gets moldy when you leave it out? wow, shocker. that fast food is "unnatural" and bad because the fries didn't get moldy? is it too difficult to believe that the thin fries didn't get moldy because they were more thoroughly heated to the sterilizing temperature of the deep fryer than the thick fries were? i mean, come on now. couldn't one just as easily and deceptively argue that the conditions at the mcdonald's were MORE hygienic than those found at the slow food place, if we assume both batches of fries were sterilized by the deep fryer then the packaging at mcdonald's must've been more free of microorganisms than the "real" food place.

Sterility has absolutely nothing to do with it. None of the items were in hermetically sealed containers. The fact that aroma was escaping proves an air exchange, which means everything, including the McDonald's fries were exposed to the environment. What the demonstration was attempting to illistrate was the lack of a biodegradability quotient inherent in the McDonald's fries. To that end, the results were obvious and well illistrated. Microbes will not germinate if there is nothing for them to consume. In layman's terms, the unspoken question is: if mold wont even eat these fries, should you?

I find both the premise and purported conclusion of said experiment to be highly specious. especially in light of the fact that the control was removed.

yeah, it's not exactly scientific, but how can you not draw some reasonable conclusions from the state of the fries? as was said earlier, they were not kept in a sterilized container and did not arrive hermetically sealed, so something is wrong there. and even though the control was removed, i don't think the "slow food" fries were gonna magically turn back into an unadulterated state as the weeks wore on.

This experiment proves absolutely nothing. When you eat food, it's not molds and household bacteria that break it down. There are specific acids, enzymes and chemicals in the digestive system that break down everything we eat into it's basic components. Fries, which are basically pure starch, begin being broken down as soon as they enter your mouth, where salivary amylase breaks it down into maltose and dextrin. The process continues after it leaves the stomach (salivary amylase is deactivated by the acid in the stomach). Watching food rot is no way to demonstrate how the "food is breaking down in your body".

Good thing I ate lunch before this video.

I eat fast food about once a year. I havent eaten fast food french fries in at least 7 or 8 months. When I washed out my car last week under my seat I found 2 french fries that seemed as bright and yummy as the day i bought them. They were really hard though. I cringed a bit and tossed them out :-p

Go back to Russia, comrade. I decide what I want to eat, not you and your assf-ck nanny state religion.

Wow, qm goes over the edge as usual. Do you try to sound stupid or does it come naturally? BTW, I'm pretty sure that he doesn't talk about restricting your ability to eat sh*t if you want, just letting you know that it is, in fact, sh*t.

god, i was so tense watching this video. the whole time i was worried that they would accidentally knock the lids off and the fumes might actually come through the tubes at me!

*dead

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by mintbbb.

Awarding mauz15 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

*dead

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by kulpims.