The Master Cleanse

by Peter Glickman | Feb 27, 2017 | Alternative Medicine , Master Cleanse | 1 comment Super Size Me is a very entertaining, documentary that shows what happens when the central character, Morgan Spurlock, goes on a 30-day McDonalds-only diet. For 30 days, he eats breakfast, lunch and dinner at McDonalds. Nothing passes his lips that is not purchased... at McDonalds. And whenever they ask him if he wants it super-sized, he answers yes and eats it all. At the beginning of the movie, we see Morgan getting his medical exam results. All these results are normal and he is given a clean bill of health. Yet, after just three weeks, one doctor is shocked at how much worse his liver function has become and encourages him to go off the diet. Another doctor is amazed that the diet alone had such dramatic effect in destroying his health so rapidly and hands him the number for the hospital emergency room and insists he call if he experiences any symptoms of a heart attack! Not only does Morgan gain more weight than expected, but we watch the deterioration in his complexion and mental attitude as well as learn about it from the results of his later blood tests. There are segments where he talks about his worsened mental attitude. His girlfriend, a vegan chef, also talks about his diminished sexual capability. Another scene shows how children with learning and attitude problems change for the better when they are not fed processed food in their school cafeteria. As an experiment in the commentary, French fries, a hamburger and a sandwich from McDonalds are put in separate glass domes as is a fresh-ground hamburger and hand-cut French fries from a local restaurant. The fresh-ground hamburger and hand-cut French fries decompose as you would expect because they are not refrigerated. However, even without refrigeration, the McDonalds fries have no visible decomposition even after six weeks! If this fast food does not decompose like real/nutritional food, what does your body do with it? Your body uses the food you eat to feed your ...Read More