What the Health

NR 7.2
2017 1 hr 37 min Documentary

Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

  • Cast:
    Steve-O

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Reviews

Greenes
2017/03/16

Please don't spend money on this.

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UnowPriceless
2017/03/17

hyped garbage

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Freeman
2017/03/18

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Scarlet
2017/03/19

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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guyadiangold
2017/03/20

Don't know what to think. Some of what was said in the film seems a bit far fetched. However, I do think a plant based diet is beneficial. When I think about foods I was told are supposed to be good for my body, I often had/have to force myself to eat or drink them, like dairy, eggs, animal flesh. When I look at them raw and uncooked they make me want to gag. Often times I have to eat something sweet after eating them so I don't throw up. I can't think of any vegetables or fruit that make me want to barf! This has always been the case for me, even when I was a kid and I am 52 now. Seems to me my body knows what is best for it, so I am going to stick to a plant based diet, only eating that other stuff on occasion.

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tafilint2003
2017/03/21

Nazi propaganda minister Goebels would hail this video. The "alternative truths" in this movie are more numerous than beggars in Rome. The video is full of pseudoscience, anecdotal evidence and hear-say. They completely twisted the way human metabolism works. They even said that sugar is not really important in diabetes. According to them, eating sugar is much more healthy than eating any animal-based product.I have diabetes mellitus. I know how sugar affects me, compared to how cheese, milk or (unprocessed) meat affects me. Sugar doesn't cause just one disease. It's the #1 cause of cancer. More dangerous than tobacco. The only chemicals as harmful as sugar are pesticides and food preservatives. So they can repeat their lies to an average dumb viewer, but they can't tell it to someone having the disease.They also claim that Big Pharma has conspired with the meet industry to poison us. Now, there's no doubt that preservatives like E250 used in PROCESSED meat (not fresh) are carcinogenic. They are deliberately put there and approved by food agencies all over the world. Even though there are healthier food preservatives.But he forgot to say that Big Pharma is in bed with the GMO producers too. And with chemical companies producing normal pesticides. They forgot to say that Bayer is buying Monsanto. And it's not the only marriage between Big Pharma and GMO corporations.It's clear that producers wanted to avoid showing bad sides of the vegan diet, and true conspiracies that exist, pushing just one sided agenda, which makes this a propaganda movie.

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rozlyn-46219
2017/03/22

This movie changed my life. It changed my health, the way I view the world and provided me an entire new perspective and appreciation for how I treat my body by how I eat.

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scdelgado
2017/03/23

I can't believe all the information I just learned!!

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