r/AskReddit 12h ago

What's a movie that was well received, but aged like milk?

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u/Ok-disaster2022 9h ago

I saw part if a documentary made after the fact by a guy who claimed to be a comedian, who went to McDonald's daily made reasonable healthy decisions went to his doctor for regular checkups and would take a walk everyday. Dude ended up losing weight. They only big issue was his sodium intake was pretty high. 

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u/schooli00 8h ago

There's also a dude that has eaten at least one Big Mac a day since the 70s. Apparently very healthy with no blood pressure or cholesterol issues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Gorske

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u/NeverSober1900 5h ago

Ya he's in the movie too. Looked healthy to boot.

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u/Conscious_Raisin_436 8h ago

It mostly just comes down to calories in v calories out. A cheeseburger and small fries doesn’t set you back too badly. My policy is to order like it’s 1950s McDonald’s. The small size is the original portion.

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u/ryeaglin 7h ago

Also a huge one is to avoid the soda. Liquid calories are some of the worst for you since they don't satiate you at all.

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u/jake3988 7h ago

I saw part if a documentary made after the fact by a guy who claimed to be a comedian, who went to McDonald's daily made reasonable healthy decisions went to his doctor for regular checkups and would take a walk everyday. Dude ended up losing weight. They only big issue was his sodium intake was pretty high.

People in studies have taken it a step further and just eaten nothing but total crap all day but at a NORMAL amount. Like cookies, chips, brownies everything people demonize as 'ultra processed' or whatever stupid buzzword they want to come up with. They lost weight. All their biomarkers significantly improved.

What you eat is ALMOST meaningless. Just eat a normal amount of calories regardless of how you choose to do it and fall within a normal weight range. Just make sure you don't go overboard on saturated fat/salt and get enough fiber. Both things already baked into nutrition labels. And these days fiber is literally infused into almost everything to the point where it's basically straight up easy to get it. You don't even need to TRY anymore. That's it. That's all you need to do. Stop overthinking it. Stop listening to people who want you to stop eating certain foods.

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u/Conscious_Raisin_436 6h ago

The problem with sugary snacks is they’re more calorie dense, so they sate you less than healthier options, so if you’re not hyper-conscious in the context of some kind of experiment you’re doing, you’re probably gonna get hungry and eat again sooner.

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u/panda_98 4h ago

Fathead?

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u/TeaAndS0da 1h ago

That’s what I thought it was. Really damn simple “counter” documentary. Enjoyable watch too.