Fast Food: What's In It For You? (1988)

[Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Now, the story here is about a girl who look great, but she got it in her head that she ought to lose weight. Then she felt guilty about the stuff she ate, bad diet, you name it, she'd try it. Now, her little brother Alex just wanted to be tall. Oh, one day he could play basketball, bad mood, and he consoled himself with junk food. Now, Alex thought Derek was strong and cool. And he came for some coaching every day after school. Thought he tried. Hold it. Hold it. And they kept it quiet. And then one day, Karen spotted Derek and went out of her door. Instantly, she was Overboard. What did I tell you? Is he cute or what? He's cute. Look out. He's turning duck. Karen, is that your brother Alex down there? Alex? It is Alex? What's he doing with Derek? How does he even know him? Come on. I think we're out of here. Hold your legs, Stim. My legs feel like wet noodles. Hold it. Hold it. Oh, you feel like a geek. Come on, champ. You can't quit now. Hey, why the long face? I don't know. Everybody's bigger than me and stronger than me. I know the feeling. They used to call me shrimp. They did? I thought I'd never grow. You want an apple? No thanks. Hey, you want a donut? No thanks. So, you say you want a good-look body, right? Doesn't everybody? Look, there are two things you can do. Exercise and food. Food? Yeah, that stuff. You know how they make donuts? How? They take dough made from flour, fry it in boiling fat, and cover it with sugar. So, you know what you're feeding your body? Uh, okay. Okay, now I'm trying to think what's in the food. Uh, flour, sugar, and fat. You got it. So, what else did you eat today? Uh, I wasn't watching. Alex, I don't think you're serious about this. Okay. Okay. Just try me. I want you to do something. All right. I want you to write down everything you eat all day, every day. Everything all day. Everything all week. Okay. Okay. Okay. [Applause] [Music] Anyway, even if I do lose weight, how am I going to meet him? Karen, you do not need to lose weight. Okay, but then how am I going to meet him? There is one way you can meet Derek. My twerpy little brother. Face it, Karen. Alex can introduce you. Yeah, my darling little brother, Alex. Hamburger. Hamburger. Fries. Fries. And one small bag of cheese doodles. And one small bag of cheese doodles. Anything else? That's everything I ate. But what's the point? Well, if we add it all up, we can get a picture of what you're feeding your body. [Music] Okay, you're getting plenty of protein. Most people do. What's that all about? You're running low on vitamins, minerals, and fiber. I am. How come? Well, there's your problem. A lot of your food is sugar and fat. Does that matter, Alex? You want a body that looks unhealthy [Music] or one that's well fed? Okay. Okay. So, what do I do? Think about it. You know how they make sugar? How they take a plant like corn or sugar beets, take everything out except the sugar. What's left is a lot of calories with no other nutrients for your body. And that's for all that fat. Well, but where did I eat so much fat? You know what you're eating right now? There's fat in potato chips. Think about how they make them. They cut up potatoes and fry them in boiling fat. Feel the grease? Yeah. Okay. But where else did I eat fat? Any food that comes from animals is likely to have fat. Animal fat, right? Saturated fat. The worst kind. As in milk. Milk has fat. Remember where butter comes from? Oh, yeah. Butter is the fat they take out of milk. So if you drink whole milk, you're also drinking fat. Butter fat. So drink low-fat milk. It's great food. Yeah, but what else am I supposed to eat? Go for more complex carbohydrates. I forget what they are. Look, there's a lot of great foods that come from plants. They're low in fat and high in nutrients. The potatoes you love. Delicious foods made from grains like spaghetti, rice, cereal, bread. You can eat beans, fruits, vegetables. Vegetables. I have a definite feeling I'm not going to like this. Okay, I'm not going to eat you because I know that you're fattening. I haven't eaten all day. Besides, there's no one here to see. Is that your new diet? Alex, if you ever do I mean, Alex, what are you doing here? I live here. I mean, I really am glad to see you, Alex. Are you feeling okay? What's all that? Celery. Derek said to eat vegetables. Listen, Alex. By the way, Derek said ice cream is loaded with fat. Frozen yogurt has less. Listen, Alex. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Butter fat. No, Derek. I was thinking since you seem to know him and Hey, wait a minute. I'm not a dating service. Alex, you can use my stereo. I can? And you can have the bathroom first thing in the morning. Well, I got to think about it. Okay. Okay. So, what do you want? You can invite me to your party. You at my party over my dead body. Oh, well, you didn't care that much about Derek anyway, just cuz he's a neat guy. Kind, smart, great looking. Okay. Okay. You can come. Great. And I'll do my gymnastics act. At my party. Deal. So, when do I meet Derek? [Music] He works at a fast food restaurant. Yeah. He's assistant to the manager. There he is. Alex, what are you doing here? Listen, Derek, I got to talk to you about these vegetables. Oh, yeah. This is my sister, Karen. Hi, Karen. I heard you were into computers and nutrition and stuff. I'm into that, too. Computers or nutrition? Uh, both, actually. Listen, Derek, could we talk? Sure. I got a few more things to do. Come on inside. What's this stuff? It's hot fat. The stuff we use to fry French fries. Are you throwing it out? No way. We sell this stuff. They use it to make soap. You mean the grease on my French fries? The stuff they make soap out of. This is what it looks like before we heat it up in the fryer. Solid fat. Yeah. Some places use animal fat or saturated fat. What's so bad about saturated fat? See this funnel? Now imagine this was your artery. It's all stuffed up. Yeah. If you eat too much animal fat and cholesterol, which usually comes with it, fatty deposits form on the walls of your arteries. Now, if this was blood trying to get to your heart, the arteries clogged. Yeah, that's a heart attack. Uncle David had a heart attack. He almost died. Yeah. Well, a lot of kids have arteries already starting to clog. All right, relax, chief. Listen, it's easy to lower the risk. Just eat less saturated fat and less cholesterol. You got a smart sister, Alex. Hey, Alex, can you open that door for me? Hey, this is me. You serve steaks here? No. So, suppose I took this and I grilled it for you. Would you eat this part? You mean the fat? Of course not. You cut it off, right? Ever see how they make hamburgers? Why did they leave the fat in? Well, you like them juicy, don't you? See, that's what hamburger is. About 2/3 of the calories come from fat. So, I can't eat hamburger. Oh, sure you can once in a while if the rest of your foods are right. That's the problem. I can't handle this rabbit food. Alex, I hate vegetables. Alex, you know what this is? Ah, hot potato. It's mainly carbohydrate. It's also a vegetable. If you eat it this way, you get vitamins, minerals, fiber. Eat a potato like this, you add a lot of calories, fat, and salt. Too much salt can also cause problems. But I like French fries. Hey, that's cool. You can have treats. Just hang on to some balance. Suppose you order a big double cheeseburger and fries. Guess how much fat you're eating. Um 18 teaspoon of fat. Now, how could we lower the fat? Uh make it a single burger. That helps. Can you spend the cheese? Lowers the butter fat. Hold the dressing, too. Is chicken less fatty? Sure. If you leave the skin off instead of French fries, eat a baked potato. Great. Add some trimmings, make the bun whole wheat, cool out the refined sugar, and you got a meal with only two teaspoons of fat. Big difference when you make better choices. See, Alex, the salad bar is definitely a good choice. Imagine a meal with vegetables, beans, fruit, lots of carbohyra. Carbohyra? Yeah. See, these foods look great. Use a low-fat dressing and you got a lot of nutrients and fiber with hardly any fat. Low calories, too. So, if I mean, if a person ate carbs, carbohydrates, then it would be in place of all the sugary and fatty foods. So, then I wouldn't I mean, that person wouldn't have to diet. Well, she'd eat a lot less calories. That's for sure. Well, not that you'd ever have to worry about that. Derek, I was wondering um I'm throwing a little party and I was wondering I'd love to. You would? Sure. I guess we're both interested in the same things. See, a lot of girls all they think about is trying to be skinny. I know. I hate that, too. You can't believe how many girls are always on some stupid new diet. Talk about boring. That's exactly how I feel. Are you okay? Fine. I just find some things a little hard to swallow. I think we're going to have a mob. I know. It's going to be great. So, who else is coming? Well, Derek, Donnie, Kirk, Greg, Tina, what are we going to do for food? Yeah. How about dip and chips? Chips fried in fat. Oh, yeah. Well, we could have Yeah. And buckets of greasy and fat. How about with pepperoni? Too fatty. How about mushrooms and other veggies? Instead of my usual [Music] breakfast, I could [Music] have instead of my usual lunch, I could [Music] have But what do we do for dessert at the party? Everything's full of fat and sugar. Okay, I got it. Picture this. [Music] Just say what I want. Okay. Okay. Come on, people. I have a little special entertainment for you tonight to amaze you with their feet of dazzling feats. With their dazzling feats of courage, the incredible Daredevil. [Applause] Now, Alex could have stood on his head, but he had a great time breaking up instead. Too cool. I said, "Hi." So, it took a while, but they got it together and they finally figured out just when weather fast food can be too crude. If you want the body of a real cool cat, eat up on the sugar and the fat. No need to diet to keep her natural weight in place of junk. The right carbohydrate [Music] A fine healthy body. Do you need it? The question is, what do you feed it?