How ‘gross-out’ movie ‘Super Size Me’ pushed McDonald’s to change its menu
nypost.comSuper Size Me,” which exposed disturbing claims about the health impacts of a fast-food diet.Over the month-long course of daredevil dining, Spurlock gained 24.5 pounds, his cholesterol skyrocketed by 65 points, he had a 15% increase in body fat and just about doubled his risk of coronary heart disease.
On Thursday Spurlock, 53, died from complications due to cancer — 20 years to the month that “Super Size Me” made him a star.Dr.
Darryl Isaacs, Spurlock’s longtime internist who is featured in the film, told The Post, “I last saw Morgan two weeks ago. He was very sick.
But the cancer was not caused by his having eaten all that fast food.”Spurlock was 32 when he embarked on his directorial debut, limiting himself to the McDonald’s menu for 30 days and vowing to say yes any time a cashier asked if he’d like to “super size” his order.He consumed around 5,000 calories a day, with a typical lunch of a double Quarter Pounder with cheese, super size fries and, as seen in the movie, Coca-Cola in a container so large it barely fit in his car’s drink holder.
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