Juice Fast Movie Discussion

After all the doctors tell Spurlock he is in great shape he decides to start the experiment the next day. The night before the experiment he has "The last supper" of a healthy dinner that includes vegetables and fruits to reveal to the audience that he eats healthy food on regular basis. The truth to his normal healthy lifestyle is his girlfriend who is a Vegan chef, so you can imagine the food he actually eats at home. Spurlock i a surgeon who states that the obesity is one of the main causes of death after smoking. He also interviewed a nutritionist which I think was effective because she showed how the sizes of portions of Coke and fries in fast food restaurants have gotten bigger over time. She states that even car companies now make larger holders inside the car so that big sizes Cokes could fit in. The nutritionist even explains the impact and dangers that fast food has on children and how diabetes has recently increased.

“…So many people want to know about diets because so many people are going to try them, but they don’t work … some weight will be lost temporarily.” Harvey Diamond, author, was speaking. “But let me ask you something – do you want to be healthy temporarily? No. But you want to lose weight temporarily. They’re – They have failures built right into them.”

For the previous couple decades, Americans have been misled by the government and health professionals, who were implementing inaccurate dietary standards that led to the promotion of certain items as “healthy”, has actually resulted in a nationwide obesity epidemic of vast proportions. This unprecedented surge in obesity has affected everybody from children in elementary schools, to retired seniors, and has contributed to the single largest rise in diseases, the world has ever known. Obesity has actually reached the number two cause of preventable death in the United States (Healthaliciousness), thus created the first generation of children ever in history which is predicted to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. The documentaries Fed Up and Forks over Knives are both in support of creating a healthier America for all individuals. Although they both share a similar concept on how fast-food is extremely harmful, but both take quite different approaches to support their claim. In the documentary Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig allows us to follow the lives of four families who are struggling with a childhood obesity problem. Throughout the film she has various “experts” express their opinions to help combat the epidemic, but their selection of “experts” is mainly through politicians, political leaders, and journalist, but not so much on nutritional scientist. On the other hand,

I believe the points behind the objective may be true. For example, in ‘Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead’ although the juice ‘cleansing’ worked I believe that eating nutritious food would be a better alternative. I believe this because I think food and exercise is a better technique for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. ‘That Sugar Film’ however, shows fairly important information especially for parents who believe what they are feeding their kids is ‘healthy’. The films had people try their experiment to prove their points. And in some cases they discussed health issues that appeared. This occurred in ‘Forks over Knifes’ when the experts explained how an animal based diet can cause harm to the body. Such as cancer. Many of the health issues that appeared were caused by a poor diet. They tried resolving the health problems by trying different diets in each films. Although ‘That Sugar Film’ didn’t show a nutritious diet, it showed the effects of why we should look after our

One health topic covered in the movie as well as the website is obesity. In Fed Up (2014), they discussed two reasons as to why Americans are overweight: because they do not exercise enough, and because they eat excessively. Also Dr. Jean Mayer, expert on obesity, did a study with mice. He noted that the larger mice ate just as much as the small mice, but the reason why they were overweight was because they were not nearly as active as the smaller mice; he then linked obesity to lack of exercise. As for the nutrition source website, they describe obesity as an energy imbalance, where too many calories are consumed, compared to how little are actually burned, and how working out could potentially be the “cure”. The site also provided health

Pulp Fiction is a black comedy crime film written and directed Quentin Tarantino (1994). The film’s “narrative follows the unpredictable actions and reflections of two hit men who philosophically meditate out loud about the Bible, loyalty, and McDonald’s hamburgers” (Corrigan, White, 368). The movie goes against the three-act structure of classic films as the story is told out of chronological order making the film so memorable to its viewers. Tarantino’s film begins in a coffee shop and also ends in the same shop. In the beginning of the film, it appears to be a soft, moist, shapeless matter of mass but as the movie progresses the audience can take away much more from the mundane acts they view on screen. The film’s odd narrative

While I watched the segments, thoughts fluttered through my mind. As an individual I, should know better to obtain a healthier diet due to various diseases that are in my family’s medical history. I thought back to when my sister and I were younger, how healthy and thin we once were. As we started to consume foods that weren’t good for us but good to us, we then gained weight and lacked exercise. Food businesses produce food they know that aren’t upright for us but produce junk for profit.

The filmmakers make sure to state their ideas, but also justify why they are correct by using real facts and practical evidence. They explain how it is important to consume real, fresh food, eat it in moderation, and opt for a mainly plant-based diet. These dietary recommendations can be backed up with scientific evidence, as they discuss how vegetables and fruit contain essential vitamins that the body needs. It is better to eat real food instead of prepackaged junk foods and processed foods that have no nutritional value. Also, overeating causes people to be overweight and accumulate fat in their bodies, which has been proven to lead to obesity and other diseases.

This diet is believed to work because ‘the human body was designed to fast’ (pg ). Early humans lasted periods of food scarcity by loading up on food when it was available. The period of fasting is believed to intentionally provoke ‘good’ stress in the body that promotes weight loss (. This period of stress is believed to prompt the body to go into a low energy mode of maintenance and repair called hormesis. The diet also allows dieters to eat whatever they want for five days therefore making it a better diet choice, in order to avoid the typical ‘diet dread’. This diet is also preferable to many others because it is easy to follow and avoids numerous rules and calorie counting.

At this point in the documentary it speaks to a woman named Barbara Kowalcyk, who loss the life of her two-year-old son to E Coli. According to Dictionary.com, E Coli is a bacteria commonly found in the intestines of humans or animals. In this case, two-year-old Kevin ate a hamburger patty and died twelve days later. When you feed cows corn, it makes them ill. Yet, companies still insist of the overgrowth of their animals. Their need of money over the health of their customers. The movies last point comes to why healthy food is so expensive, whereas chemical-based foods are cheap. One in three Americans born after the year 2000, have diabetes. The world is going downhill due to obesity, and that is because the foods that aid the gain weight are cheap. They are ideal price and addicting. Whereas if you wanted fresh vegetables or fruit, you are paying a higher price for something that isn’t as

My favorite part of the film is watching Morgan Spurlock forcing himself to eat McDonald’s until he vomits. It reminded me of my nephew who ate a twenty-piece chicken nugget until he got sick. I also like how the film was able to record Spurlock visit with the doctor and nutritionist. It shows how dramatically his weight has increased after eating McDonald’s for under two weeks. It is even scarier at the end of the experiment. Spurlock gained 24.5 lbs, his cholesterol level is higher, his body fat increased, his liver turned to fat, and he was twice as likely to get a heart disease. More interestingly, fast food caused him to feel depressed and exhausted. It is no wonder why fast food causes people to gain weight. It can make them feel lazy. I also liked when they interview the public and ask if they know what is calories. Surprisingly, many did not know how to explain calorie. This goes to show that many people are counting calories but not many know what it

The movie jeepers creepers is about a brother and a sister coming home from college. They spend the time in the car arguing, until they are harassed by someone in a car and later see the driver unloading what looks like bodies in a blood stained sheet down a hole as they pass by. After they see the brother wants to go back and investigate. The brother tells his sister to hold his feet for him as he looks in the hole. He moves around where his sister cant handle holding onto him and he slips and falls into the hole. Once he's at the bottom he finds hundreds of bodies sewn together. After he gets out him and his sister leave, they go to a gas station to call the police. They take the police to the hole, but on their way they are attacked. Jeepers

In this book and the movie Jumanji the tone is gleeful. Because in the end they were safe. In the end the dangers went away and they were happy.

It is an eye opening experience… Everything we’ve been told for the past few years has been pure and utter lies, and it’s time to put a stop to this all. This is the film the food industry will be ashamed of. The one and only “Fed up”directed by Stephanie Soechtig. Truths will be told, and lies will be unleashed. Is it true that we need to exercise more? Or is it just hereditary? There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity all caused by one and only one substance, sugar. The enduring presence of obesity in the world is horrendous, and even still obesity is not being taken as seriously as it should be. The food industry is trying to maintain innocence, and even though we are given all the facts, we are consistently ignoring all the signs, and being

Like many of the documentaries that are present today, the film Forks over Knives came to be because of the rapidly increasing health concerns. For example, the average American carries 23 extra, unnecessary pounds. American adults aren’t the only ones suffering, obesity and diseases such as hypertension and diabetes type two are now commonly seen in children. One reason for this being the fast paced life of Americans, developed after WWII, produced convenience food, rich with processed sugars and fried meat. What was supposed to make life simpler soon complicated it with unimaginable side effects. The sicker the U.S becomes the more pills are prescribed. Unfortunately, none of these treatments are quite as effective as hoped to be. However, there is one solution that may be able to reduce health diseases; and that is diet. There are many cures to be found outside of modern medicine as many world renowned researchers in nutrition, such as Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyne discovered.