Grab a glass of red, switch on Netflix and put your feet up…
… but don’t get too comfortable. Once you watch these three shocking food documentaries, you’ll never look at your plate the same way again.
1. The Big Fat Fix.
This illuminating film follows Sarah’s mate and esteemed cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra as he travels to the Italian village of Pioppi. This is where controversial physiologist Ancel Keys birthed the Mediterranean diet, years after his Seven Countries Study sent the Western world into a fat-fearing tailspin.
It quickly becomes clear how Big Food has warped the science to demonise fat in favour of sugar and refined carbohydrates. Dr Aseem dismantles the current dietary guidelines one by one, providing his alternative solutions to achieving good health.
The takeaway message: You’ll want to pour extra virgin olive oil over all your food by the time this film ends.
2. Cereal Killers 2: Run on Fat.
The first Cereal Killers film was a cult success. It tracked ex-athlete Donal O’Neill on a 70 per cent fat diet… and, to the shock of his doctors, he actually improves his health. The sequel features triathlete Sami Inkinen, a man who looks the picture of health, but in reality suffered pre-diabetes from his carb-loading lifestyle.
It’s a truly phenomenal watch as Sami and his wife Meredith transition to a low-carb, high-fat diet and row 4,000 kilometres unsupported, with not one speck of refined carbohydrates, sports gels or even Gatorade.
The takeaway message: While eating carbohydrates, especially starchy veg, is part of a healthy diet, we desperately need to reassess our focus on refined carbs for energy.
3. Cooked.
This Netflix series by writer Michael Pollan is less of an exposé. Instead, it gently weaves in his sustainable, back-to-basics food philosophy by exploring the roots of cooking: Fire (barbeque), Water (slow-cooking), Air (bread-making) and Earth (fermenting).
Pollan’s passion for real food is palpable throughout: “To cook for the pleasure of it, to devote a portion of our leisure to it, is to declare our independence from the corporations seeking to organise our every waking moment into yet another occasion for consumption.” Well said!
The takeaway message: To be healthy, we need to cook.
What food documentaries have shocked you?
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