Produced by Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn, the Netflix documentary What The Health is available. This documentary focuses on the connection between our dietary choices and both our health and the environment. In addition to talking about health issues, they also emphasize how corporations, the economy, and public policy all impact what we eat. One of the initial arguments claimed that the primary causes of cancer, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are meat and dairy products. The advantages of a vegan diet are promoted and covered in this documentary. According to the movie, disease and our diets are more likely to be associated than causally tied to one another.The directors' belief that adopting a plant-based diet may alleviate chronic …show more content…
The movie demonstrates how director Kip Anderson learns the key to preventing and even curing chronic illnesses. It looks into why the top health groups in the country don't want us to know about it. The movie aims to highlight the main health problems, which include diabetes reaching an all-time high, heart disease and cancer being the two biggest causes of death in America. Processed meat contributes to diabetes and cancer. Diabetes is not brought on by sugar; rather, it is brought on by the accumulation of fat in the blood, which leads to insulin resistance and keeps the sugar from entering your cells, where it belongs. All attention has been diverted to sugar, ignoring poultry, pig, turkey, dairy products, and beef. The risk of acquiring diabetes rose by 51% with each daily plate of processed beef. When filmmaker Kip Anderson questioned an American Cancer Society cancer information specialist about why processed meats were advised, the specialist said, "Let me put you on a brief hold and get back with you." When he returned, he promised that someone would contact him later. Every fourth death in the country is a result of
In this essay, "In Health. We 're Not No.1," Robert J. Samuelson argues that it turns out that being American is bad for you health, relative speaking. An exhaustive statistics and studies show that Americans ' health is at the lowest levels in compared to most advanced countries. The United Sates possess a higher death rates 15 over 21 illnesses and a lower life expectancy of 78.2 years in compare of 83 years by Japan.
In the essay, “Escape from Western Diet”, the author, Michael Pollan discusses that western diet is unhealthy to people, because western diet is responsible for many kinds of diseases. Michael pollan is against with the new theories and he think that the reason behind this diseases is because of the food industry. Nowadays food industry is making more processed food than the healthy food. I agree with Michael Pollan that food industries is using different type of theories to make a new products which is very harmful and unhealthy to those people who regularly eats diet food. I also agree with Michael Pollan’s three rules “Eat food, Not too much, Mostly plants”.
Based on the data gathered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American consumes more than 150 pounds of sugar and sweeteners each year. When broken down, that’s 22 teaspoons of sugar consumed per day. Americans don’t even realize they’re eating this tremendous amount of sugar. In the documentary Hungry for Change, director Laurentine Ten Bosch uses rhetorical appeals to advise that the listeners consider what they are consuming and point out the dangers of sugar and processed foods in everyday diets. While the statistics provided throughout the documentary contributed to the overall effectiveness, the use of emotional appeal was excessive and over-dramatized.
In Michael Pollan’s essay “Escape from the Western Diet,” he directly to Americans about the western diet and why he believes they need to escape from it. The reason Americans should escape the western diet is to avoid the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan, 420). To support his view on the issue, Pollan describes factors of the western diet that dictate what Americans believe they should eat. These factors include scientists with their theories of nutritionist, the food industry supporting the theories by making products, and the health industry making medication to support those same theories. Overall, Pollan feels that in order to escape this diet, people need to get the idea of it out of their heads.
This is shown by the claim in the film that "Any animal protein boosts the level of cancer promoting growth hormone IGF-1" (What the Health, Anderson). With a focus on the words "cancer promoting," this statistic aims to draw the viewer's attention. By claiming that all animal proteins cause cancer, the producers expect the audience to link meat with illness. This is useful because it aligns with the film's overall goal of convincing viewers to abandon meat diets in favor of plant-based diets. This is also apparent when the film claims that "99.4% were able to avoid major cardiac events by going plant-based" (What the Health, Anderson).
By following the appeal to patriotism with the question of whether there is "safe level of consumption" of red meat, the writer proposes that the much loved barbecue can be redeemed. This leads to the reader believing they can enjoy their beloved meat at the same time as retaining their health. By using alarming facts and figures Wheate appeals to the fear of readers. With statements such as "kills 100 people each year" the reader is fearful of whether their life will also add to this statistic. This causes them to not only question whether they are increasing their chance at developing cancer but also challenges them to make a change to their
Pollan begins explaining that all the scientists have their own causes for western diseases, but the common factor among them is the western diet. After talking about the contradicting scientific theories, Pollan goes on to show the benefit the food industry and the health industry has because of it. Pollan starts to say that the health industry also wants to profit off Theories perversely talked about. Pollan points out how every time a new health kick comes out the food and heath industry immediately try to jump on the
This appeals to our physiological needs because naturally, humans need to eat food and to hear from a professional that there are other influences outside of food that are giving cause to the obesity crisis gives Americans a slight sigh of relief when it comes to the degree of toxicity of our foods. Furthermore, that people eat a more wholesome diet versus those that do not, tend to be healthier than that live on fast and processed foods,there are also stark differences to recognize between these classes that should be taken into account as well such as the tendency to engage in exercise, air quality, and other health considerations such as smoking and
“I 've eaten this food all my life not knowing what was in it and how powerful the food industry was." (Kenner, Food Inc.) “The industry doesn 't want you to know what you 're eating because if you did, then you might not want to eat it" (Kenner, Food Inc.) Ethos components in the film strengthen the documentary claim about the food
In recent decade, the United States has seen supermarkets continuously get filled with packages labeled with things like “Low sodium” or “No Trans Fats.” Companies stick these labels on their food to match the current fads of what is good for you and what is not. In his essay Unhappy Meals, Michael Pollan advocates a return to natural and basic foods, and deplores nutritionism. Pollan argues that nutritionism does not actually tell people what is healthy or not, and that the only way to be sure you are eating healthy is to eat natural, fresh food.
He provides tips on how to shop for and prepare healthy foods, and he encourages readers to start cooking from scratch using whole, natural ingredients. Despite the strengths of Pollan's argument, there are some limitations to his approach. For one, he tends to oversimplify the causes of the Western diet and the reasons why people continue to rely on processed foods. He also does not take into account the social and economic factors that make it difficult for many individuals and communities to access healthy foods.
The more we worry about eating, the likelier we are to listen to claims that food companies make. In 2002, an article in a magazine said that carbs make you fat. Overnight, millions of Americans stopped eating bread and started eating mainly meat. But there are places around the world where people are nowhere close to being as “health-crazy” as Americans. And yet the people living in those countries are proven to have lower rates of heart disease and obesity.
As diets and health become more and more of a public concern in America. Two authors weigh in on their opinions on how the American public should handle the problem of obesity as well as their solutions to the overwhelming issue. In one article, “Against Meat,” published on the New York Times website in 2009, points out that the solution to obesity should be vegetarianism. Johnathan Foer who is a vegetarian, claims that his diet and way of living is his the way of improving health in the American public. Foer’s article provides a sense of humor as well as personal stories to attempt to persuade his audience for the ethical treatment of animals along with his personal solution for his own health and the health of his family.
People need to take initiative to stop eating food that’s not healthy for them because at the end of the day it’s all up to you to stay healthy. Our country become less responsible for their own health and start to blame everyone else for their own health but look at us not eating right and wondering why they are not feeling good, you’re not doing the right thing. This world is full of
Today the modern American is not vegan, but what is commonly known as a “meat-eater,” or more specifically an omnivore. It is widely known that eating meat comes with various positive and negative attributions. Though for non meat-eaters, where does their health state stand? Becoming vegan for one's health,