The documentary Forks Over Knives is one of the most interesting yet informational films I have seen regarding health and society today and I was intrigued since the second I turned it on. It made it so much easier to understand and conceptualize because the film followed patients and documented their success stories; you were forced to believe in its truth. I found it to be inspirational and motivational. What I enjoyed most about the film was that the information that they provided was easy to understand and something that I actually never heard of before. You are not taught much about this specific type of diet. I was very overweight when I was a child and still am not in optimal shape to date. Watching this film provided me with …show more content…
This woman reached out to a doctor who specializes in this and trusted him completely with her life. She remained a runner and changed her diet routine and eventually cured herself of her cancer. Later on, she won a gold medal for completing an iron man marathon; how much more inspiring can a person be? After watching this film I genuinely want to change my habits and become the best version of myself. As I stated previously, I have had issues with weight since a very young age. I have a disease called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome which is a hormonal deficient illness. As a result of this disease, I am insulin resistant, gain weight extremely easily and have a very high risk of infertility. I have tried every single diet that I have heard in my life time and I never see results. After watching this film I am excited to begin to change my life and begin eating whole foods and cut out meats and dairy. I cannot wait to see the health benefits that will ensue. I found it to be quite moving when the woman with diabetes revealed how she was in Wal-Mart wanting to buy the meatball sub. Right before she ordered the sandwich, Mrs. Esselstyn called; it was almost as if she knew this was happening. This gave me chills because I can really relate to this situation. There are so many times when I struggle with choices and feel as though I am all alone. It is during those moments of weakness that I could really use someone’s support to help me make the right decision.
Where innumerous catastrophic events are simultaneously occurring and altering the mental capability of its viewers eternally, war is senseless killing. The participants of war that are ‘fortunate’ enough to survive become emotionally distraught civilians. Regardless of the age of the people entering war, unless one obtains the mental capacity to witness numerous deaths and stay unaffected, he or she is not equipped to enter war. Kurt Vonnegut portrays the horrors of war in Slaughterhouse Five, through the utilization of satire, symbolism, and imagery.
The book uses fictional documents, such as book excerpts, news reports, and hearing transcripts, to frame the story of Carietta "Carrie" White, a 17-year-old girl from Chamberlain, Maine. Carrie's mother, Margaret, a fanatical Christian fundamentalist, has a vindictive and unstable personality, and over the years has ruled Carrie with an iron rod and repeated threats of damnation, as well as occasional physical abuse. Carrie does not fare much better at her school where her frumpy looks, lack of friends and lack of popularity with boys make her the butt of ridicule, embarrassment, and public humiliation by her fellow teenage peers.
Academics, Attitude, and Effort are what I learned to help me achieve my targets in high school, and will be the same for college. What I want to experience at CBU is their immense amount of resources that will benefit me in a major or career that I want to be in, however, right now I am undecided. With my attitude at CBU will help me experience great effects on what I could do to exceed in life. With my effort I know my experience will be a tremendous including social life, so knowing I will get to know my professors with the ratio being 17:1 in almost every class at CBU.
Because I 'm older, curious by nature, and an avid reader of research (domestic and worldwide), and because social issues matter greatly to me, I didn 't really learn anything new from the documentary. However, it confirmed for me that my fears and growing apprehension about gun violence and guns in general are valid.
I really enjoyed this documentary because it made me realize just how lucky I am for the life I was given. It changed my perception of happiness in so many ways. It made me realize that I have more than I need to live a happy life. Other people around the world don’t have as nice of a house or even a house at all to live in and are so much happier than I am and that is something that sparked my attention. For example, the man who lives in India, Manoj Singh, he lives in what looks like poverty to me, but to him, he lives well. There are times where his family are only able to eat rice and he has no air conditioning in his home, but he still remains a very happy man. When he mentioned that there are times where his family only eats rice, it instantly made me feel awful because I have all the food in the world around me and I still take it for granted some days. I also take my family for granted at times. For instance, the man from Louisiana, his family and friends are what make him happy the most. He is simply grateful for them while
Read the article Diagnosis Coding and Medical Necessity: Rules and Reimbursement by Janis Cogley located on the AHIMA Body of Knowledge (BOK) at http://www.ahima.org.
Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) portrayed an important social problem of the time period – interracial rivalry. The movie was one of many ghetto action films made during the era. In the article “Producing Ghetto Pictures” by Craig Watkins, he says that the movies of the ghetto film cycle committed much of their storyline to that of the relationship between young, poor black males and the ghetto (170).
Although most of the material was that in the movie related to something we have learned previously in the course, it still offered new insight to certain aspects. One of the things I liked most about the documentary was as stated before was its ability to incorporate relatively everything we learned in the class. Such as having people from other documentaries, books and articles. Another thing I liked about the documentary was how despite reviewing a lot of material, it also gave real-life accounts of what was going on during that time. Overall the documentary sparked the interest in me to understanding more about how minorities, homosexuals, and hemophiliacs were treated before after and during the AIDS
To add on top of that, Fulkerson, an average joe, gets initial blood tests and starts the diet himself and finds that he is more alert, active, and feels better in general (Forks 00:47:33). Fulkerson demonstrates to himself and the audience that diet-change is the answer through these real-life
To begin, I would like to summarize the movie. At the beginning of this movie we see a man named Joe who has made the decision to go on a juice fast. Now the reason Joe has chosen this is because he is not only over weight, but also suffering from a disease called ____. Now Joe had considered his problems and came to the conclusion that his body is naturally made to where it can heal itself, but the problem was his body was not getting the nutrients it needed to do this. When speaking to some doctors and specialist on this subject this thought was confirmed. These people said that realistically we consume far too many processed foods and not enough of the nutritious foods we actually need. Also, too often the fruits and vegies that we do consume
The rats fed more protein had more cancer growth, which proved to Dr. Campbell that people need to eat less protein. The documentary also gives the success stories of many people. Men and women who have diabetes meet with these doctors, follow their diet for just a few months and no longer are diabetic. The narrator and director of the movie, Fulkerson, had high cholesterol levels and other health problems, so he started a whole-foods, plant-based diet. At the end of the film, Fulkerson had much safer levels of cholesterol and was far healthier. The entire documentary is closed with a shot of every main character eating salad together, celebrating their health. It also seems that they are celebrating a convincing documentary. Fulkerson, and the other crew members, successfully argue that Americans should adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet. They do so using the rhetorical devices, especially logos and pathos.
B. The thoughts and ideas presented in this video were very interesting. It was great seeing the before and after pictures and health status of people who were on heavy loads of medication for health problems. Seeing the after pictures of people who made drastic food diet and physical exercise changes along with an updated health status of the person no longer having their previous health issue, was a really strong reflection of how important it is to have a healthy lifestyle. So, the thoughts of doctors and nutritionists in a way “prescribing” a healthy food diet and exercise plan, as a way for people to improve their health problem and ultimately eradicate the problem, is far better than giving people medication to just treat a problem that will allow them to continue living unhealthy. Additionally, the medicology term described by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, suggests that the American population sees medication as the solution to a healthy lifestyle. I
The Godfather is the story of a Mafia family. It follows the rise of Michael Corleone within the family. Michael was once a war hero and did not want to be involved in the family business. When his father is shot though, Michael takes revenge on the people who did it and becomes a part of the Mafia lifestyle. When his older brother is murdered, Michael ascends to become the boss of the family, and proves to be more ruthless than his father and brother combined. The scene that I am analyzing is one where Michael is becoming his nephew’s godfather at his baptism.
Color of Purple is a Novel by Alice Walker, published in 1982. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983. A feminist novel about an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment, the novel was praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular.
The Catcher in the Rye, a contemporary novel by J.D. Salinger, is a thought-provoking, fascinating look at society’s values and issues in the 1950’s. This book would make an excellent transition to film because it is full of both action and implication. It focuses on a four-day period of time in the life of a sixteen-year-old cynic with emotional problems. The book follows Holden Caulfield as he struggles with others and himself to find his way through the “phoniness” and disillusionment involved in his adolescent life. These struggles essentially make up the novel, occurring during a long “flashback” of the four days as he