Anyone seen the movie, "Forks Over Knives"?

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It&#x27;s been the #1 documentary movie on Amazon for over a year now.  Excellent!!

MIZUNO22 · Answer

It&#x27;s been the #1 documentary movie on Amazon for over a year now.  Excellent!!

searchwarrant · Answer

Brief description?

ad1260 · Answer

I just watched the trailer...looks pretty awesome. Might have to check it out

squinta1 · Answer

Watched like half of it.... was alright

DHass22 · Answer

basically, it encourages a vegan lifestyle to prevent the onset of chronic diseases.  (heart attack, stroke, diabetes, etc.)  Conveys a mountain of evidence to support this way of life, with T. Collin Campbell, author of the best selling book, The China Study, and Caldwell Esselstyn is world renowned for proving that plaque build up on the arterial walls is reverseable via a vegan diet.  Makes a very compelling case for making yourself bulletproof to western disease.

sharpaction · Answer

Saw it a few weeks ago. It has good intentions but turns out to be a vegan propaganda documentary. This movie has plenty of bad science, cherry picked data and misleading statistics in it. One example would be T. Colin Campbell and his experiment regarding casein protein which is found in dairy, and its relationship with cancer. He found that if you expose rats to aflatoxin which is a carcinogen, and then feed them either 20% or 5% casein protein, the 20% group develops cancer and the 5% group not as much. Casein causes cancer or allows it to flourish when there are carcinogens present are the conclusions drawn from this study. The makers of the film then switch the term from "casein protein" to "animal protein" then proceed to show a bunch of meat on a grill while still talking about cancer. Here is the problem with this. Casein is only present in dairy and the conclusions can't be applied to all animal protein. This is one example of using bad science to mislead viewers.

The movie also explains that animal protein has some way which is not explained, to promote disease, which plant protein lacks. But Campbell had not identified any mechanism that caused the effects that he observed. He goes on to say "it finally occurred to me that there was no such thing as the mechanism. What we were looking at was a symphony of mechanisms"

Esselstyn and his vegan diet are likely not the reason for the success of his program. His diet plan is low in sugar and completely eliminates oils, which decrease omega-6 intake. This reduction in omega-6 reduces inflammation and decreases heart disease risk. His program also eliminates junk food such as anything you would find in a convenience store and any type of processed food. His program allows only 100% whole grain foods which makes it almost impossible to eat things like cereals, pasta, bread, bagels, crackers while following his diet. The main starches in his diet are probably starchy vegetables, roots, legumes and grains like wild rice which have not been processed at all.

The movie seems to lump people who have poor nutritional habits with the Western diet emphasizing meat consumption. Eating cakes and donuts has nothing to do with eating meat and eggs yet this documentary lumps them together.

depeche2 · Answer

If you strip everything else out, is there evidence that shows that vegans live longer than non-vegans?

MIZUNO22 · Answer

Yes, 12-15 years on average.  Evidence?  An example would be how the Papua Highlanders eat a plant based diet, with no evidence of cardio vascular disease. (heart attack)  When autopsied, their arteries are clean.  Their #1 cause of death is respiratory/pulminary (lung) issues because of their penchant for smoking.  Source?  Dig into some Caldwell Esselstyn videos on YouTube.

MIZUNO22 · Answer

Another significant study of evidence would be, "The China Study", a generation in the making.

boberts427 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by sharpaction] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The movie seems to lump people who have poor nutritional habits with the Western diet emphasizing meat consumption. Eating cakes and donuts has nothing to do with eating meat and eggs yet this documentary lumps them together. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;[/Quote]

TRAIN69 · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Why would you want to live 12-15 years longer if you couldnt eat a steak?

MIZUNO22 · Answer

Because coronary heart disease is a toothless paper tiger, that need never exist.  And if it does exist, it need not progress.

depeche2 · Answer

Current life expectancy in US is 78.  So you&#x27;re saying vegan life expectancy is 90-93 years?  Come on now.

MIZUNO22 · Answer

That&#x27;s a fact, jack.

TRAIN69 · Answer

Theres really no reason to live past 90. The quality of life is horrible. Thats a fact. (of course there is the rare case, but 99% of those 90&#x2B; are miserable every day).

depeche2 · Answer

I can tell you firsthand this is true.Vegetarian is fine if that&#x27;s what you want, but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s necessary at all.  Just limit fatty red meat and eat a balanced diet with fruits and veggies.  I could give up red meat but I could not give up chicken/turkey.

Jmt908 · Answer

Great movie, also check out "Fat, sick and nearly dead" - not as informative from a scientific approach but based more on real life accounts on what happens when people cut out junk food, meats, daily fast food crap etc. from their diets.

Coppsguy · Answer

Great movie! Meat is Murder

DHass22 · Answer

Thanks for starting this thread.  Down 17 pounds.

MIZUNO22 · Answer

Sweet Potatoe Lasagna dish from Engine 2 diet is epic!

DHass22 · Answer

I&#x27;m now down 51 pounds, feel great, and don&#x27;t have a single bad thing to say about the approach of Forks Over Knives, &amp; the Engine 2 Diet.

DHass22 · Answer

Still the #1 documentary on Amazon for 3&#x2B; years running.

Anyone seen the movie, "Forks Over Knives"?

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