MUST Watch Food/Health Documentaries

BiscuitsNDavy
BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member
edited October 5 in Food and Nutrition
If you haven't seen any of the following, I highly recommend you doing so!

Food Inc.
Supersize Me
Sicko
Forks over Knives


What're some other ones that you guys have seen?
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  • knmanda
    knmanda Posts: 6
    Killer At Large

    http://youtu.be/KBVm3fWPXCY
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Fat Head (in response to Supersize Me)

    Fat Head is hilarious, and eye opening.
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member
    Killer At Large

    http://youtu.be/KBVm3fWPXCY
    Watching now...


    OMG this is graphic
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    If you haven't seen any of the following, I highly recommend you doing so!

    Food Inc.
    Supersize Me
    Sicko
    Forks over Knives


    What're some other ones that you guys have seen?

    All of these are from a sole bias viewpoint, or highlight what we already knew, i.e. eating too much of the same thing is bad. There is no actual scientific fact in these. These are the Daily Mail of the food documentary world.
  • PBJunky
    PBJunky Posts: 737 Member
    Bigger, Strong Faster
    Food Matters
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member
    Fat Head (in response to Supersize Me)

    Fat Head is hilarious, and eye opening.

    Will check it out! Have you seen Run, fatboy run with Simon pegg?
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member

    All of these are from a sole bias viewpoint, or highlight what we already knew, i.e. eating too much of the same thing is bad. There is no actual scientific fact in these. These are the Daily Mail of the food documentary world.

    Are you joking? There's tons of scientific fact in them? Have you not seen Forks Over Knives?
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Fat Head (in response to Supersize Me)

    Fat Head is hilarious, and eye opening.

    Will check it out! Have you seen Run, fatboy run with Simon pegg?

    Nope. Just Fat Head and part of Supersize me. Supersize me made me cry cuz it was boring and depressing. Fat Head is fun to watch!
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    Killer At Large

    http://youtu.be/KBVm3fWPXCY

    I feel so bad for this girl who got liposuction. What awful parents, no wonder she's gaining it all back- she never was taught how to manage her weight in the first place. I've also heard that when you gain weight again after liposuction, you gain it really awkwardly on your body because all of the fat cells are gone..
    And the effects of diabetes part was horrifying...
  • darbym7
    darbym7 Posts: 61
    watch food matters! thats honestly the BEST documentary ive seen out of all of them!
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member
    watch food matters! thats honestly the BEST documentary ive seen out of all of them!
    oh I think someone mentioned that one to me awhile back! I'll try watching that this weekend
  • fastmethod
    fastmethod Posts: 40 Member
    King corn i thought was pretty good
  • LisaMarieee
    LisaMarieee Posts: 176 Member
    Bump
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    We feed the world
    Our daily bread
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    The World According to Monsanto
    The Future of Food
    Tapped
  • taurusa16
    taurusa16 Posts: 2 Member
    The truth about food - being slim
  • mar109
    mar109 Posts: 101 Member
    I JUST watched Food, Inc. and now I am back to being 100% vegetarian. That movie was CRAZY! It still haunts me...
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member

    All of these are from a sole bias viewpoint, or highlight what we already knew, i.e. eating too much of the same thing is bad. There is no actual scientific fact in these. These are the Daily Mail of the food documentary world.

    Are you joking? There's tons of scientific fact in them? Have you not seen Forks Over Knives?

    Are you telling me Supersize me is scientifically accurate and eye opening? You didn't know that eating McDs every meal of every day, and eating far more than you should, would be bad for you?
  • Snoetje
    Snoetje Posts: 11
    Vis noch vlees. But this one is spoken in Dutch and not subtitled in English
  • janac777
    janac777 Posts: 22 Member
    bump
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member

    All of these are from a sole bias viewpoint, or highlight what we already knew, i.e. eating too much of the same thing is bad. There is no actual scientific fact in these. These are the Daily Mail of the food documentary world.

    Are you joking? There's tons of scientific fact in them? Have you not seen Forks Over Knives?

    Are you telling me Supersize me is scientifically accurate and eye opening? You didn't know that eating McDs every meal of every day, and eating far more than you should, would be bad for you?

    You said "all of these". By your reply I see that by all of these, you just meant supersize me, which is an entertaining gimmick documentary. I'd agree that isn't too scientific but before you say all of these make sure you are aware of all of these. ;)
  • Lobster1987
    Lobster1987 Posts: 492 Member
    Yes, these are all biased (in my favor) but they are super interesting and make me think. I've become very interested in eating raw veggies now because of shows like these because of their health benefit. Being a former morbidly obese person, these shows are still eye opening and I watch them just for entertainment. They are extremely interesting and help me become more aware of what I put into my body.

    I'm actually watching Forks Over Knives as I type this!!!
  • Lobster1987
    Lobster1987 Posts: 492 Member
    Killer At Large

    http://youtu.be/KBVm3fWPXCY

    I feel so bad for this girl who got liposuction. What awful parents, no wonder she's gaining it all back- she never was taught how to manage her weight in the first place. I've also heard that when you gain weight again after liposuction, you gain it really awkwardly on your body because all of the fat cells are gone..
    And the effects of diabetes part was horrifying...

    OMG. I SCREAMED at the TV...Her parents are so EFFED up for putting her through that. They could have done so much more by modeling healthy behaviors to help her change her weight issues.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I've seen most of the documentaries listed on this thread. Most are terribly biased, as many documentaries are. If you really want to know the science of nutrition you need to look beyond the film industry for the truth.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    I've seen most of the documentaries listed on this thread. Most are terribly biased, as many documentaries are. If you really want to know the science of nutrition you need to look beyond the film industry for the truth.

    Could you tell me what you mean by "biased"? For the most part, documentaries are meant to explain, and provide a ton of evidence for, a specific problem or even just a point of view. Is this "biased"? You are correct in stating that we should look beyond the film industry, but many of these documentaries aren't produced by big name people or companies with some other interest in mind.

    I listed these documentaries:

    The World According to Monsanto
    The Future of Food
    Tapped

    If you have seen them, please tell me what is so "biased" about them, by whatever definition of that you have.
  • amandamyers1212
    amandamyers1212 Posts: 15
    Has anyone seen the one about juicing? cant remember what its called atm, but its great!! I'm on the hunt for a good juicer now!!
  • Emmahayes2802
    Emmahayes2802 Posts: 1 Member
    My friend and i just watched Food Inc last night. It was so stressful to watch. A real eye opener though. It definitely convinced me to go organic when possible at the very least. Food Matters is the next on the list ....
  • fastmethod
    fastmethod Posts: 40 Member
    I'd say some are kinda biased, not all. Supersize me is pretty biased they kinda just attack Mcdonalds, and pretty much blame them for the whole obesity epidemic. but there were fat people before mcdonalds existed. and i think almost everyone has the sense to know eating mcdonalds is not a healthy balanced diet. mcdonalds dont force people to eat there.
    lol not that im all pro mcdonalds
  • BiscuitsNDavy
    BiscuitsNDavy Posts: 212 Member
    Thanks for all the suggestions!
  • mrsredneckmorris
    mrsredneckmorris Posts: 119 Member
    Bump
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