Super Size Me Page #10

on February 21.

I, uh, woke up,

couldn't breathe.

Im having

really difficulty breathing.

Im very hot,

and, uh...um...

felt like I was having

heart palpitations.

Came up and

walked around the living room.

I was trying

to get my breath back.

and, uh ...I want to finish,

but I don't want anything

real bad to happen, either.

Dr. Isaacs:

your EKG is normal.

Deep breath.

And out.

Now, listen, I don't have

a ready explanation

for your chest pain.

Would you at least consider

taking aspirin once a day

now that you're

on this ridiculous diet?

Maybe.

Ill think about it.

Why would you even

think about it?

Why wouldn't you

just do it?

This is really --

you know --

you saw

these numbers, right?

These numbers are

absolutely outrageous.

For the first time,

we're seeing uric acid elevated,

so you're giving yourself

hyperuricemia,

and the danger of hyperuricemia

is gout, kidney stones.

The results for your liver

are obscene

beyond anything

I would have thought.

Truly.

I mean...you know that movie

"Death in Las Vegas" --

Nicolas Cage,

that pickled his liver

during the course

of a few weeks in Las Vegas.

I would never have thought

you could do the same thing

with a high-fat diet.

My advice to you,

as a physician,

is that you've got to stop

pickling your liver.

And you're kicking it

while its down now.

Now it's down,

and you're kicking it further.

I mean, if you were

an alcoholic,

Id say,

"you're gonna die.

You keep drinking,

you'll die."

If the pain starts to radiate

to your jaw or down your arm,

that's life-threatening,

and immediately so.

So I need to hear about that,

or you need to call 911.

All right?

Hello?

Hello.

Hi, sweetheart.

How are you?

Im good.

I'm worried about you.

Yeah.

I had no idea this was gonna be

such a dangerous experiment.

Yeah.

I don't think anybody did.

The doctor didn't even think

it was gonna be this drastic.

He's floored by it.

And, um...he doesn't

know what will happen.

He says,

"listen, I have no idea."

But he said that if I am feeling

bad or feeling anything,

to page him,

and he'll admit me immediately

wherever I am.

Oh, sweetheart.

Yeah.

I love you so much,

and I don't want you to be hurt.

Yeah, me either.

Me either.

Ill tell you --

if you start to get nauseous

and you start vomiting

and your eyes turn yellow,

you have got to go

to the emergency room,

no matter where you are.

Again, if you're not

keeping food down

or you're feeling

sick to your stomach --

it looks like your

liver-function tests

are getting worse.

My suggestion would be

to stop the diet

and go back to eating

a lower-fat diet,

rechecking the blood tests

in a couple of weeks.

Nobody needs to be

partisan about this issue.

We need fixes, we need remedies,

and we need support.

How much influence

on government legislators

does the food

industry have?

The food industry is an enormous

business in the United States.

Therefore,

it employs very expensive

and well-paid lobbyists,

and those lobbyists are in

Washington for two purposes --

number one, to make sure that

no government agency ever says,

"Eat less

of the company's products."

number two --

that the government never passes

legislation that is unfavorable.

And I guess the third one

is to encourage the government

to pass favorable legislation.

The GMA

is one of those lobbies.

You're going to see us do

what we do best,

and that is

market appropriately,

finance education programs,

as we're doing

in a great abundance,

getting good information

out to parents

so we can solve the problem.

That's what we do

in the food industry.

we think that is a responsible,

important role to play.

We are not police.

We are not regulators.

We provide a safe,

affordable abundance of food

like the world has never seen.

The food industry

and the broadcasters

are extremely powerful lobbies,

and ...they outgun us.

The industry

has stepped up to the plate.

We're going to do more.

we want to do more.

We recognize

we have a role to play.

We're part of the solution.

We're part of the problem,

and we also are part

of the solution.

Did everyone hear

what he just said?

"We're part of the problem."

The lobbyist for Coke, Heinz,

Smucker's, Kellogg's, Nestl?

Kraft, Hershey's, Sara Lee,

Cadbury, General Mills,

Seagram, Welch's, Wise,

Anheuser-Busch, Birds Eye,

Lance, Campbell's, Carvel, Mars,

Ocean Spray, Hormel,

Dannon, and Pepsi

said,

"We're part of the problem."

I think

we're making some headway.

Good afternoon.

Media Line.

Yeah, I wanted

to speak to somebody

about scheduling an interview

with Jim Cantalupo.

I can take the information

and have somebody

get back to you.

Good morning.

Media Line.

I wanted to speak to someone

about scheduling an interview.

I can take the information

and have somebody

get back to you.

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the united states of America,

for which it stands, one nation,

under god, indivisible,

with liberty

and justice for all.

One more time.

Yeah, what did you do?

I said it.

What were you doing?

I pledge allegiance

to the flag

of the united states

of America, one nation...

And to the republic

for which it stands.

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the united states of America,

and to the republic,

for which it stands,

one nation, under god,

indivisible,

and justice for all.

Liberty.

Where's the liberty?

The liberty.

Say it.

Do you want us

to keep walking?

What's the Big Mac slogan?

You know,

"two all-beef patties"...

"special sauce, lettuce,

cheese, pickles, onions

on a sesame-seed bun."

Yeah, you know that.

That is a shame!

Welcome to McDonald's.

We're glad you're here.

Help me out, now.

Hi, can I help you?

Could I get

a large vanilla shake, please?

Im sorry, sir. We don't

have any shakes right now.

No shakes?

When will you have shakes,

do you think?

Guess that's a never.

At the end of this month,

Ill have eaten

as much McDonald's

as most nutritionists say you're

supposed to eat in eight years.

Media Line.

This is Sheila.

Yeah, Sheila,

It's Morgan Spurlock calling.

Im trying

to reach Lisa Howard.

Okay, Morgan,

I will let her know.

Hi, this is Lisa Howard.

Im not able to take

your call right now.

If you'll leave me a message,

I'll get back to you...

Hey, Lisa,

it's Morgan Spurlock.

I wanted to follow up

on the e-mail I sent you...

...close to

the end of the day,

and I didn't know when

she was gonna be taking off.

Ill put another

message on her desk.

Lisa Howard.

Hi, Lisa,

it's Morgan Spurlock calling.

- How are you?

- I'm okay.

So you got my e-mail.

Yes, I got your e-mail,

and I'm circulating it around.

I don't have

an answer for you.

Any idea when

you think you might?

Probably in

the next day or two.

Oh ...man.

Walking up the stairs

has gotten --

it's starting

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