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Must-See Plant-Based Films

I’ve already mentioned a number of influential films which introduce WFPB diets for human health as well as veganism, where the emphasis is also strongly on animal welfare and environmental protection. Such films as Forks Over Knives, Cowspiracy, and What The Health. However, there are a number of other films that I would recommend you take a look at and, if you are so inclined, introduce to your family and friends.

H.O.P.E – What You Eat Matters

HOPE – What You Eat Matters is a life-changing documentary uncovering and revealing the effects of our typical Western diet on our health, the environment and animals. Featuring Jane Goodall, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Vandana Shiva, Melanie Joy and many other experts. Available for free on YouTube:

Let Us Be Heroes – The true Cost of Our Food Choices

How much difference can one person make? Let Us Be Heroes explores the impact of our food and lifestyle choices on our health, our home planet and our values by sharing inspiring stories from athletes, food and fashion entrepreneurs, a public speaker and an ocean warrior fighting to protect people, planet and animals. Available for free on YouTube:

Vegan 2017 – The Film

Covers the ever growing vegan movement and how it’s best for the animals, human health, and the planet. Available for free on YouTube:

Vegan 2018 – The Film

Following on from the 2017 film, Vegan 2018 – The Film sees a movement in its ascendancy, showing how more people are starting to move away from the ethical, environmental, and health horrors of animal exploitation. A number of celebrities including Lewis Hamilton and Moby share their views. Available for free on YouTube:

Running For Good – The Fiona Oakes Documentary

From the director of Cowspiracy and What The Health, Keegan Kuhn, this sports documentary is narrated by Rich Roll and follows world record marathon runner Fiona Oakes in her attempt not only to set a new global record in endurance racing, but to compete in the “toughest footrace on earth,” the Marathon Des Sables, a 250km race through the Sahara Desert in an aim to raise the plight of animals. A fascinating interview with Fiona and Keegan Kuhn by Rich Roll is available for free on YouTube, while the film itself can be rented (downloaded) for £3.01:

Seaspiracy – What You Should Know About Fish & The Ocean

Seaspiracy is a short, eye-opening documentary created by The Friendly Activist. This 14 minute movie is packed full with data and facts about fishing and how the ingestion of fish is not only ruining our planet and its own oceans but is incredibly detrimental to our health. It also covers the forgotten victims, fish, are sentient beings who suffer from pain and stress when taken out of their natural environment. Available free on YouTube:

Dominion

Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind’s dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways animals are exploited and abused by humans, including clothing, entertainment and research. Available for free at dominionmovement.com:

Final thoughts

Documentary films are a really powerful tool in our fight to help humans eat more healthily, and thereby avoid the horrid suffering and waste that diet-related diseases increasingly cause around the world. They also play a significant role in helping us to become aware of the true situation in relation to animal farming and the devastating environmental effects of our food choices.

Life-long dietary habits are perhaps one of the hardest things to change in one’s life; but without new information, what can we expect but that people will continue to consume what they’ve been brought up to regard as normal, acceptable, unquestioned.

Until new information is presented, there really can’t be any freedom of choice, and thus it’s hard to criticise people who simply don’t know any better. For me, it was watching Forks Over Knives that shattered the invisible screen that had prevented me from being aware of the realty of the harm caused by my own food choices – to me, to other animals and to the nature I would have claimed I already loved so much.

And since we all generally have a problem with being told what to do or having a sermon preached at us, being shown a well-produced documentary film is often the means by which the doors of perception are finally opened.

 

 

Nutrition, a Forgotten Science. Dr T Colin Campbell

The following video 1 is a must-see for anyone who is interested in listening to one of the most qualified, eloquent and devoted advocates of using nutrition as a primary medical tool. Dr T Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of research into the effect of nutrition (good and bad) on human health.

As the coauthor of the bestselling book The China Study 2 , the New York Times bestseller Whole 3 , and The Low-Carb Fraud 4 , he appears in several documentaries (some of which are paid-for, others are free and some are on Netflix) including the blockbusters Forks Over Knives 5 , Eating You Alive 6 , Food Matters 7 , Plant Pure Nation 8 , H.O.P.E. – What You Eat Matters 9 , Cowspiracy 10 and others. He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies 11 and the online Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate 12 in partnership with eCornell – a course that I completed myself and would recommend to anyone who is interested in getting to know the facts about nutrition rather than just the gossip and misinformation that so often floods the media and does the rounds within the general public.

He has conducted original research both in laboratory experiments and in large-scale human studies; received over 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding (mostly with NIH), and has served on grant review panels of multiple funding agencies. What’s more, he has actively participated in the development of national and international nutrition policy, has given hundreds of lectures around the world, and has authored over 300 research papers 13.

He currently holds his Endowed Chair as the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, USA. His early training was at Cornell (M.S., Ph.D.) and MIT, where he was a Research Associate in nutrition, biochemistry, and toxicology.

Within the world of nutrition science, there are few more respected scientists than Dr Campbell. I recommend that you not only watch this video, but that you watch the above-mentioned documentary films and read the above-mentioned books. It’s hard to imagine any other living person other than Dr Campbell who could provide a better source of reliable and cutting-edge information on the essential role of nutrition in maintaining and improving human health.

If what he has to say resonates with you, perhaps you could consider signing the petition for Dr Campbell to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine – see my earlier blog 14 .

References

  1. Nutrition, a forgotten Science. It should be the flagship Science of Medicine [↩]
  2. The China Study [↩]
  3. Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T. Colin Campbell (Author) & Howard Jacobson [↩]
  4. The Low-Carb Fraud by T Colin Campbell [↩]
  5. Forks Over Knives: The Film [↩]
  6. Eating You Alive: Film [↩]
  7. Food Matters: Film [↩]
  8. Plant Pure Nation: Free on YouTube [↩]
  9. I H.O.P.E. You Watch & Share This Film – Free [↩]
  10. Cowspiracy: The film. Free on YouTube [↩]
  11. T Colin Campbell – Center for Nutrition Studies [↩]
  12. T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies Plant-Based Nutrition eCornell Certificate Program [↩]
  13. Some recent research papers by Dr T Colin Campbell [↩]
  14. Please Sign Petition – Dr T Colin Campbell for Nobel Prize in Medicine [↩]