Morgan Spurlock dies at 53

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

A bit of a grifter whose most well known film is quite dishonest and has basically been debunked, but definitely never good when someone dies at that age. RIP.

The revelation was that much of the side effects he suffered from in Super Size Me was because he was a long time alcoholic who was suffering from withdrawal. This might've been related. Very sad indeed.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The dude who eats two Big Macs and a Sprite everyday is still alive.

In addition to the point that Spurlock outright lied about his alcoholism in the film (some of his symptoms were compared to an alcoholic suffering withdrawal...because that's exactly what it was!) he was also intentionally overeating and engaging in abnormally unhealthy behavior. Some have noted at some points he had to be consuming about 4000 calories a day. That's basically an Olympic athlete-level diet except Spurlock was clearly not working out at the level of an Olympic athlete. He was actually limiting his steps and physical activity and continuing to eat when he was full.

Some people replicating his all McDonald's diet experiment actually reported losing weight when it was paired with a solid level of physical activity and portion control. It goes without saying eating only McDonald's is not healthy or a good idea, but the movie didn't accurately portrwy it at all.