(2008)
written and directed
by James Colquhoun
Are you what you
eat?
Food Matters is an interesting documentary on food, how
we eat it, what types, and the drugs we have to take if we are eating too much
or too little of certain types. The documentary is interview style where the
experts are answering questions and/or inserting their opinions while various
images are flashed at us. There are also a few dramatized parts to illustrate
various stresses of life and what they do to us. The movie goes on to point out
that greed is a driving factor on the current way healthcare is administered to
the public. Several alternatives treatments are highlighted throughout the
movie, but people interviewed are quick to point out that there are several
medical treatments and medicine that are necessary for treatment. The overall
message is that we can control our own health, and therefore our ballooning healthcare
bills, by switching our diets and making sure we take our vitamins.
While I was watching
this, my bull-crap sense started tingling. A lot of the things they were
talking about just couldn’t be true. One thing that really stood out was the
mega doses of Vitamin C to kill cancer cells. After a bit of phone googling I found
a few studies that proved this to be true. A few others searches were telling
me they had their facts straight and that the public at large is just grossly
misinformed. A lot of good points are brought up in this movie even though they
get a bit sensationalized with their presentation. I don’t know, maybe we need
to be aware of these things no matter how the message is brought to us. The
movie is available on Netflix and amazon prime at the moment.
The trailer is
below.
I’ll leave you with
a quote:
“People are fed by the
food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health
industry, which pays no attention to food.”
― Wendell Berry
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