Welcome to the Friday One-On-One show with Vinnie Tortorich. Today’s guest is Tom Naughton who directed and starred in the movie, Fathead. The movie questions the claim in the movie Super Size Me that fast food is responsible for the rampant obesity in this country. Listen and learn…
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TOM’S THOUGHTS ON SUPER SIZE ME
- He thinks Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, and the movie itself are very entertaining
- It’s obviously a setup
- The nutritionist in the movie berates Spurlock for eating 5000 calories a day
- We never saw his food log. You would have to eat fast food and extra food
THE GOVERNMENTS ROLE
- Government should not be in food business or diet recommendation business
- The government will throw millions of dollars behind wheat, soy and corn
- They have GMO in their back pocket
VEGANS
- Tom agrees with Vinnie that it really isn’t good for your health
- Vegan’s health improves because along with giving up meat, they also give up sugar, white bread, processed foods and probably alcohol. They give up a lot of poor habits
- Ethical reasons for going Vegan are another story
- Initial weight loss is also related to cleaning up your diet
BEING CARB-PHOBIC
- Unnecessary…rice used to be a side dish and pasta used to be a side dish
- Today at home and in restaurants, carbs like rice and pasta are the main dish
- 70 years ago, the focus was not on “no carbs”, it was on balance…don’t eat too many starches
- In the 40’s, the recommended starch per day was 2 servings….like one piece of bread or one potato.
- Today the food pyramid suggests 11 servings
