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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Science Teacher Drops 37lbs Eating Only McDonalds for 90 Days
A high school science teacher re-imagined the premise of Morgan Spurlock's
film Super Size Me, eating nothing but McDonald's for 90 days. By sticking
to nutritional guidelines, he managed to lose 37lbs. and his cholesterol
dropped 50 points.
John Cisna teaches science at Colo-Nesco High outside Des Moines, Iowa. He
came up with the idea as a class project, allowing three of his students to
create his daily menu at a local McDonald's for three months. The class
tracked the results on a spreadsheet. As the report below points out, when
Cisna shared the idea with the local McDonald's they agreed to provide all
of his meals for free.
There were several differences between Spurlock's film and Cisna's
experiment. Spurlock's film took place over 30 days and there were some
silly rules suitable for a Jim Carrey comedy. Spurlock was required to
purchase a "super-sized" meal any time he was offered one and he had to eat
everything he bought, even if he wasn't hungry. He wound up gaining 20 lbs.
and making a trip to the doctors fearing he was having heart problems (among
other issues).
By contrast, Cisna's experiment lasted 90 days and his students attempted to
keep him close to the recommended daily nutrition guidelines for calories
and carbohydrates. Cisna says he ate salads for lunch but dinners included
everything on the menu, such as burgers, fries, and even ice cream.
Back in 2004 Morgan Spurlock became a sensation when his film Super Size Me
became the darling of the Sundance Film Festival. The film eventually earned
$30 million worldwide, an unusually large sum for a documentary and far
more than the $65,000 production budget.
Spurlock has since moved on to other projects. In 2012 he released a film
about San Diego's Comic-Con which was co-produced by Stan Lee, Joss Whedon
and Harry Knowles. In 2013 he directed a concert film for the boy band One
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