Fed Up And Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives is a documentary dedicated to spreading knowledge of the effectiveness of a whole-foods, plant-based diet. It was directed by Lee Fulkerson, produced by John Corry, and distributed by Virgil Films and Entertainment. The documentary was released May 6, 2011, a time ridden with diabetes and heart disease. America in 2010 had seen over 20 million cases of diabetes. Over 600,000 people died of heart disease. America was in crisis mode – desperate for a solution to keep residents healthy

injustice to our society. This movie along with the movie Fed-Up and the many others address the issues at stake with regard to the way we eat. The movie Fed-Up was made in 2014, with newer data paralleling the food productions to irreversible obesity in our young children. Both of these movies serve to educate us in the hazard these methods are instilling on our earth and to ourselves as we produce and eat food

soda does not have the same health benefits as 160 calories worth of almonds (Fed Up!). Vegans often purchase foods that claim to be healthier simply because they do not contain animal products, but they lack what is needed to satisfy the body. Processed meals/products still contain large amounts of sugar and chemicals that are meant to substitute for the animal products. “Junk is still junk, even if it’s less junky” (Fed Up!). While there are fewer calories in these products, and are easier and more

of factory farm pigs and the retention of their waste in massive manure lagoons. Many have examined factory farming’s effects on small farmers too; Nathaneal Johnson’s "The Making of the Modern Pig" states that the past few years have eliminated over half a million hog farmers; “As large farms replaced small ones, the population of Thornton became too small to warrant its own high school. Now his high school serves as a middle school for both Thornton and three other towns “ (Johnson 2006). There

three documentaries in a row would make [nearly] anyone go vegan. I was already vegetarian for health reasons, and I figured it would be the push I needed - so I watched them. These three documentaries, in order, were Forks Over Knives, Cowspiracy, and Earthlings. Forks Over Knives is a documentary that discusses how veganism can help our health, and can even treat or prevent illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, while Cowspiracy explains how veganism can help to better our planet. These

Genetically modified organisms have been the talk of the town for quite some time. People protest in strike movements in addition to writing letters to Congress about them; but are they that harmful. Should they be illegal? Research has shows that GMOs are in almost every aisle of any American grocery store. The average American would not be able to recognize that the food they buy contains GMOs since they are not labeled as such. GMOs non-labeled state allow numerous companies to disperse dangerous

even have probably 1/10 the original nutrients that were in the food in the native state” (Cross). Giving up fast food can be a challenge, especially when it’s much cheaper than eating healthy. But when you compare the costs of healthy groceries to the medical bills that come from a heart attack or other preventable health conditions, it’s incomparable. In the documentary, Forks Over Knives, it is explained that every year, America spends around $2,200,000,000.00 on healthcare and that the most widely

large scale would enable us to feed not only the hungry in the United States, but also the hungry in other countries. However, our hunger for these products soon became insatiable, with Americans eating over 222 of pounds of meat and eating over 605 pound of dairy per person per year ("Forks Over Knives", 2011). This has left the countries and people that we thought we were going to be providing for with nothing more than they started with, and now they are starting to have even less as we continue to

When I grow up, foods becomes popular especially processed food. I stayed alive and healthy because of those foods. Although now that I am more knowledgeable about foods, I realize that I do not need those food to survive. What I consumed everyday is very toxic and very unhealthy. When we get a chance to understand more about it, I realize and got inspired that I should go on a Plant-Based Diet. First of all, what is Plant-Based Diet? According to the article from Kaiser called The Plant-based Diet

The film “Forks Over Knives” begins with some pretty alarming statistics regarding obesity, and clips of some inherently unhealthy food choices and very large waistlines. One of the patients featured in the movie goes to two doctors that assess his health, which is sub-par, as his cholesterol is much higher than it should be. His treatment was to adopt a Whole Foods/Plant Based diet. The film illustrates a huge increase in calories from meat, dairy, and refined sugars in the American diet from