Book Review: Don’t Eat This Book

Don’t Eat This Book, by Morgan Spurlock, is a tongue-in-cheek look at the fast food industry all over the world, focusing primarily on McDonalds in America. This book accompanies his documentary Super Size Me, in which he demonstrated the effect that eating nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days could have on the human body.

I found this book an incredibly fascinating read. If it wasn’t Spurlock’s witty and, at times, sarcastic style of writing keeping me hooked, it was the detail in which he covered industries including fast food all over the world. The book delved into what could only be called ‘gruesome facts’ at times, revealing stories about decaying burgers (or rather, the invincible McChicken Sandwich) and what some processed meat factories do with roadkill (mm, burgers).

This book isn’t necessarily a light read — it’s all about the facts — but if you are one of those fastidious people that needs to know where your food comes from, you’ll find this book particularly interesting. Especially if you have a habit of dropping into McDonalds every now and again.

While a large part of this book seems to be a testament to Spurlocks ego — how much he walks, how well he usually eats, etc. — a lot of legal and nutrional information is stuffed amongst the pages and using this book to improve your eating habits could change your life. Well, that is, unless your name is Jem and reading about burgers caused you nothing but food cravings…