If you are anything like me, you are quick to make New Year's resolutions, many revolving around health. If, like me, you are also motivated by guilt, here are a few films about food that should scare you straight.
Forks over Knives: This challenging documentary makes the bold claim that many American diseases, like diabetes, cancer and heart disease cannot only be prevented but actually reversed by adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet. This claim is supported by several case studies who have seen significant improvements in health after making drastic diet changes. Their personal stories are backed up with research by featured doctors that gets at the root of how an American diet of convenience is killing us.
Food, Inc: Have you wondered where your food at the grocery store comes from? Food, Inc. explores how a few corporations control most of our American food sources, with serious costs in shipping, health and humanity. Looks inside the Perdue chicken factory are especially grisly, and the future of food is foreshadowed in Monsanto actually patenting seeds so small farmers cannot compete. This film may have you questioning your food choices and supporting local produce when possible.
Super Size Me: On a lighter note, in this entertaining but still provocative human experiment, Morgan Spurlock decides to eat three meals a day from the McDonald's menu for 30 days. It doesn't take long for Spurlock to experience shocking declines in his health, and his personal journey is interspersed with investigations into how the fast food industry grew to conquer American cuisine.
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