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Soso, So Good [via]:

Morgan Spurlock, of Supersize Me fame, may have gained 30 pounds living on McDonald’s for a month, but Soso Whaley had an altogether different experience — both losing weight and dropping cholesterol points. […]

Even without seeing the film I could tell from the clips and the description by Spurlock that this was nothing more than junk science masquerading as legitimate scientific discovery.

Same here.

The real motivating factor that took me back to the Golden Arches for another round in February 2005 was the Oscar nomination for Super Size Me. I was not surprised but certainly disappointed that the Academy nominated Spurlock’s film for an Oscar for Best Documentary. To protest this nomination of such a blatant piece of propaganda as a legitimate documentary I once again ate for 30 days at McDonald’s and experienced another 10-pound weight loss. […]

This was not intended to promote a McDonald’s diet for losing weight, it was meant to demonstrate that some of our current belief systems are incorrect.

Thank Heavens — ever since I first read about Supersize Me I’ve been waiting for someone to go forward and say this. But are the American media ready to put emphasis on someone’s injuction for people to take responsibility for their lives?