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The ostensible premise of this documentary is that Morgan Spurlock started off with no health problems, but after 30 days of eating and drinking only items available at McDonalds, he had a raft of health issues that (the film claims) could only have been caused by his diet. A dramatic aspect of the film are the moments when Spurlock's doctor tells him that his liver is showing signs of damage: "If somebody were doing this to their liver with alcohol, they could theoretically wipe out all the liver cells, and they'd be in liver failure. I've never heard of anybody doing this to their liver with a high-fat diet, but i guess anything's possible." And then, later in the movie: "The results for your liver are obscene, beyond anything I would have thought, truly. I mean...you know that movie [Leaving] Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage, he pickled his liver during the course of a few weeks [of heavy drinking] in Las Vegas. I would never have thought you could do the same thing with a high-fat diet." The strong implication here is that Spurlock is claiming that the only thing that could have caused these liver problems over the course of the month was the food and drinks from McDonalds. However, in December 2017, in the course of admitting to having committed sexual misconduct, Spurlock also stated that he had "consistently been drinking since the age of 13. . . . I haven't been sober for more than a week in 30 years." After this admission, numerous writers noted that this threw the veracity of this movie's premise into doubt, since those 30 years included the period when he was filming this movie. In a May 2018 Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Phelim McAleer wrote, "Could this be why his liver looked like that of an alcoholic? Were those shakes symptoms of alcohol withdrawal? Mr. Spurlock's 2017 confession contradicts what he said in his 2004 documentary. 'Any alcohol use?' the doctor asks at the outset. 'Now? None', he replies. In explaining his experiment, he says: 'I can only eat things that are for sale over the counter at McDonald's - water included.' . . . Journalists should have asked for verification of his claims back when the film came out. Instead, he got supportive headlines and endless awards. Mr. Spurlock has recently emerged from rehab - yes, it was a 30-day stint-and is looking to revive his career. Maybe he will clean up his personal behavior, but he also owes viewers a full accounting of the truth behind Super Size Me."

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