14 DAY TRIAL // We’ve all heard many times that McDonald’s is the worst when it comes to providing a healthy, nutritious meal, despite claims to the contrary from the company. Moreover, McDonald’s makes you fat, and that’s something we all try to avoid – all but one science teacher from Iowa.
Over the course of 90 days, John Cisna did a little experiment for which he was inspired by the “Supersize Me” documentary. He also turned it into a documentary, because he believed his findings / results would be of interest to the entire world, as the video report embedded below can confirm.
And that, they surely are: Mr. Cisna lost 37 pounds (16.7 kg) by eating only McDonald’s over the course of the 90-day experiment. He also noticed an improvement in his overall health, which blood tests can confirm.
However, before you rush to the closest Mickey D’s, a word of caution: Mr. Cisna did not simply eat junk food for 3 months to his heart’s content. He actually approached the project with a very solid plan in mind, which also included calorie counting and more physical exercise.
So, basically, all he did was go on a diet, the only difference being that, instead of lettuce, soup, fish, and raw veggies, he ate salads, hamburgers, and the occasional treat of a sundae or an ice cream. The gist is all in paying attention to calories and nutrition facts, he says, stressing that it’s not McDonald’s that’s making us fat, but rather not paying attention to what we eat.
“I can eat any food at McDonald’s (that) I want as long as I'm smart for the rest of the day with what I balance it out with. Hey, it's (a) choice. We all have choices. It's our choices that make us fat, not McDonald’s,” he says.
Because the manager at his local McDonald’s was very curious about the outcome of his “diet,” he offered to pay for it – a nice gesture for excellent PR.
