Hungry For Change

I love it too!! FoodMatters, Food Inc., Forks over knives, and Fed Up are all really good too!

Just watched this and I agree it is great! The only part I don't like is the stress on juicing and cleanses. I may incorporate parsley and more cilantro in my diet after watching.

lexiek47 wrote: »

i have seen this docmentary over 5 times because it has become a favorite of mine. Very informative and a definite eye-opener. My family has always been extremely healthy so most of the information isn't new to me but I'm sure loads of people on MFP would enjoy this movie. Whether you change your habits or not, I hope some of you will take the time to watch it. If you haven't seen it, get up,watch the movie and do squats whenever you learn something new.

It might change your life.

Hungry For Change- Available on Netflix

Yes!!!

MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »

I love watching food documentaries like this. They usually have some very interesting views on things. However, I always take everything I see in them with a grain of salt because I know that depending on the person who is making the documentary, there is always a chance for bias.

I can't agree more! I enjoy watching them and have been inspired to take my health in a better just from watching them. I especially love the one with the group of people that try to go vegan for a few months or whatever it was. Really cool stuff.

trigden1991 wrote: »

rkg1966 wrote: »

RochelleLReid wrote: »

MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »

I love watching food documentaries like this. They usually have some very interesting views on things. However, I always take everything I see in them with a grain of salt because I know that depending on the person who is making the documentary, there is always a chance for bias.

I can't agree more! I enjoy watching them and have been inspired to take my health in a better just from watching them. I especially love the one with the group of people that try to go vegan for a few months or whatever it was. Really cool stuff.

They are mockumentaries with a biased agenda. Take them with a grain of salt.

But not too much salt else your blood pressure might get too high.

As long as you drink plenty of plain tap water you should be fine.

MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »

I love watching food documentaries like this. They usually have some very interesting views on things. However, I always take everything I see in them with a grain of salt because I know that depending on the person who is making the documentary, there is always a chance for bias.

I pretty much agree with this. I sometimes find them fun/enjoyable/inspiring, but I don't use them as a source of information any more than I would some Michael Moore or other similar rabble-rousing movie, because that's what they are. I feel sad that some seem to use them as if they were an unbiased source and not know enough to question them.

One of the things that bothers me the most about them (as well as specific questionable claims I've noticed being made, like with the ones that present the China Study without any of the questions raised about it) is that they seem to present diet as all or nothing -- like we are all eating horribly (many people probably are, but it's not that hard to just adopt a normal, sensible healthy diet) and the only solution is to eat in some special way being promoted -- as if the problem is MEAT or PROCESSED FOOD or SUGAR vs., you know, eating an unhealthy, unbalanced diet with excessive amounts of stuff everyone knows shouldn't be consumed in excess, like sweets or whatever, and inadequate vegetables, so on.

The juice one (which I haven't watched) seems the most extreme -- juicing as the way to eat healthfully? It's like normal people wouldn't just eat lots of vegetables with meals in a sensible way like we were told to as small children and as everyone should know they should without some goofy documentary.

But yeah, sometimes they are fun and Netflix has tons of them.

One of 2 recently resurrected necro posts about this documentary but that's ok w/me because I've never seen it b4.

So, I just ordered the DVD from Netflix to check it out. I doubt that it will provide any great revelations but I like to stay up-to-date w/what other people are seeing, reading and hearing regarding matters of health and nutrition.

I have seen this film. It really opens your eyes ! Locally sourced organic in the way to go! i have recently started checking labels for GMOs

A documentary I thought was fun was this. http://www.watchdocumentary.tv/dumpster-dive/

Watching the DVD now. Boring. Going to give it few more mins but will probably turn it off before it's over.

Have heard/read all of the info mentioned in the film elsewhere but probably a good as a general introduction to "healthy" eating if you've never considered the topic before.

Argh!!! They just lost me at the: You need to "love" yourself to lose weight section. Really??? Perhaps but what "new age" drivel!