Hungry for Change (2012) User Reviews

Positive take aways and worth watching...

[kmtroy · 7/10 · 14 January 2013]

Wow, it's crazy how there are 4 reviews that slam the movie, yet it's overall rating is still high.

Maybe it's because you have people like melinda2001 who thinks "Glutamate" is the "G" in ATGC. Try guanine, not glutamate.

While I believe any movie is open to criticism, even these "Food Matters" films, I think this production has been one of the most sane ones. Why?

Unlike the juicing, vegan, raw food, etc movies, this one was more balanced. One contributor even said, if you can do small steps like reducing red meat intake, it will be helpful.

The main message I took away was to try to shift away from the processed and more to the whole foods. What's wrong with that?

Remember, IMDb has a weighted rating system to filter out new people, weak reviewers, etc. This movie is still a solid 7. I suggest you watch it for yourself before you believe the conventional wisdom posted by others like melinda2001.

Watch for the spirit of it, not for the facts.

[lvpilot1278 · 6/10 · 12 February 2013]

I'll give it a 6 out of a 10, mainly because the jist of the movie is well intentioned. That being said however, the movie does have it's share of problems. I'd like to reiterate what others have said - it turns into a juicing commercial about halfway through. Juicing may have it's time and place, but as a regular diet it isn't a healthy thing to maintain.

My other problem with this move is the lack of data and facts about the "independent studies" they keep talking about. Sure, they present and bad-mouth the manufacturers studies all day long. But the supposed independent studies which counter all the manufacturers studies are talked about, but not presented or shown in any way. Where are they? Because of this, the movie at times feels like a story you hear from your buddy how they heard from so-and-so about this or that.

For example, the story about the Pilots being told by the "Pilot Association" that aspartame is to be avoided? Manufactured BS. While I don't doubt that something artificial is most likely bad for you, there hasn't been ANY formal statement to Pilots on the issue of aspartame. As a Pilot, I would know. I have never been told by nor read anything related to the matter. Neither has my wife, who is a Helli Pilot. We both looked at each other when that segment came on and said WTF to each other.

Even the so-called "Aspartame Consumer Safety Network" confirms that the FAA may know about it, but hasn't issued any statement about it. Thay also claim that organizations like AOPA and ALPA have been warning Pilots for years. This is also false. They have not and a simple goggle search under those two organization will prove it. Here is a link to the ACSN article I'm talking about: http://www.aspartamesafety.com/Article4.htm Again, overall decent flick meant to open your eyes on the dangers of processed food. It succeeds in this area, however many of the "facts" are presented in that fast-and-loose manner so commonly found online these days.

Recommended to watch, trust the jist of it, don't trust the facts presented 100%.

Loved it.

[d-bartlett0366 · 8/10 · 18 October 2013]

I guess I'm a little late for viewing this documentary. I just the other night found this little gem on Netflix. I gotta say, there were a couple times I was brought to tears. Not because it was sad, or that I'm a wimp but because some of the things said at that moment affected how I was feeling and it hit home. I have always been a tiny, well balanced frame of a person, right up until the day I quit smoking. I gained about 35 lbs in a very short space of time but that was OK because I expected some weight gain. I had successful surgery to reverse a tubal, got pregnant at 38 and from that moment on my life has been to say the least different. Some of the choices I've made haven't been so beneficial. I went from being 115 lbs on the day I quit smoking on January 14th, 2003 to 185 lbs to this date, October 18th, 2013. My daughter is now almost 9 years old and I literally have no excuses except I thought after having her, history would repeat itself and the pounds would drop off like they did when I had my sons while in my early 20's. I was terribly wrong. Then I thought, because my daughter walked at 9 1/2 months, chasing her active little mind and body around would help. Again, I was wrong. So now, at 47 yrs. old, approximately(to be healthy) 60 lbs overweight, I am at a loss for words on what to do about it. I'm embarrassed, scared, disgusted, out of control and unsure where the next step to help me is at. Until now. I found this movie to be so enlightening and hopefully life changing, I'm just sorry others haven't seen what I did. I don't think the point of the movie is about being a glorified infomercial, or a bunch of individuals telling their story and not being truthful, I think the movie is about people, like me, who struggled to find their way as well, discovered a better, healthier way to see the end of a long, hard road and they are passing on their knowledge and success in hopes of, again, people like me who will benefit from their knowledge. That's it. I walked away from this movie with a goal, and I can't wait to get started.

The REAL objective of this documentary: CHOOSE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

[ciennabelle · 10/10 · 24 January 2014]

I don't understand why some people here keep on saying another infomercial. Really? You did not get the point at all? Just because the people in this documentary are authors selling books about health doesn't mean they are promoting their products. Where in the film did they promote it because I want to see.

The message is CRYSTAL-CLEAR. CHOOSE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. It's sad that some people fail to see it instead writing a negative review that this documentary gave them BS after 10 minutes. If this film judged the fat people, call them names, and blame their choice of food in an unspeakable terms then I will surely write a negative review. But none of it was delivered in this film.

I'm not going to buy a juicer. But after seeing this documentary participated by health experts and medical doctors, I now have a different approach to eating food. I choose healthy lifestyle because I do not want to get sick and pay for high health care costs. It is my choice.

Excellent. Enlightened. Changed my life and helping my loved ones.

[jeskoog · 10/10 · 22 July 2013]

http://www.hungryforchange.tv/first-20-minutes check out the website. if you trust that jack canfield, tony robbins, etc., endorse for the right reasons, then i hope you will ignore the previous reviewers comments which appear to be unfounded and not researched. it's not a 3 day cancer cure. it's a way for people who are suffering everywhere to try economical, healthy, non-cell killing options for healthy living and if they are sick.

when you sick, even an incremental improvement is appreciated and often motivates the person to do more.

or you can take the pills the $80k a year pharmaceutical rep is actually prescribing since doctors know very little about pharmaceuticals.

or you can follow the advice of a physician constrained by 15 minute appts and probably not one of the ~11% of doctors who have knowledge of nutrition -- and enter the vicious cycle that the medical, insurance companies and PHARMECUTICALS are in business to profit from.

test your doctor. ask them what the nutritional diet is for the diagnosis they've provided and try that first before taking any prescriptions (with doctor supervision). good luck.

Hippocrates said Let food be your medicine. duh.

A good lesson in healthiness

[marie-omalou · 3 December 2013]

Hungry for Change is a documentary that denounces the Food & Beverage industry, holding it largely responsible for obesity and consequential unhealthiness in the US. It condemns the dieting industry for maintaining the status quo while disguised as a cure.

So, how do you lose weight, regain energy and treat any associated illnesses? Hungry for Change promotes the consumption of natural whole foods as the only real solution. The film is not too loaded or soppy (my main complaint with these types of documentaries), and extremely interesting.

This film won't come as a revelation for those who are already nutrition-conscious, but it's a great reminder not to fall for that refreshing diet soda anytime soon. I highly recommend the watch to those who have a desire to lose weight and have tried every fad diet without success, for those who feel plain unhealthy and need a change.

For a more in-depth summary, check out my article on www.omalou.com!

Helpful Heartfull facts for your Health

[fredrickfoodie · 7/10 · 7 November 2014]

Hungry for Change is informative, educational and motivational.

Hungry for Change is great for those who want some tips on losing weight. The central premise is to remember that "you are to love yourself unconditionally" .

The movie also enlightens viewers that carbohydrates are not the problem... sugar is the issue. If you need a place to jump start your nutritional journey, a place to realize what is in the foods you eat- a place to realize that that stress can affect your weight then this documentary is for you.

The documentary can be the first step on your "journey for a healthy lifestyle".

An Eye Opener for a Fast Food loving 17y old Male

[batanater · 8/10 · 31 October 2013]

I'm going to put it like this. i love my fast food and fatty convenience packaged meals. fruit and veg, never touch them.

I was so inspired at one hour in, that i paused the video and ended up eating a bowl overloaded with raw veges and fruit.

through the beginning I did find it to be dis-interesting. and nearly turned it off. i'm just pleased i stuck it out.

the overall message is clear and the point does come across. at times some of the info does seem to be directive at putting down major corporations. and at times a little far fetched. but as i watched i did sift through an take away the vital points i see as worth. which have been of an unparalleled value to me.

Interesting. But...

[Robert_duder · 6/10 · 14 August 2013]

Another reviewer sort of nailed the major issue with Hungry for A Change by saying it was an infomercial. It really is an infomercial. They are trying to sell their book and other documentaries based on the same concept but they're also trying to sell you on a new lifestyle. I truly believe they are trying to get their message out there about how dangerous our food and lifestyle has become. However, Hungry For A Change could have done this in about a half hour. The same three or four people repeat literally the same information over and over and over again. Sometimes I wondered if they weren't just looping the interviews to try and drive home the point. They could have absolutely included more science behind what they were saying or more interesting facts about our food supply. Instead we see a group of people (all who were very, very unhealthy which bodes well for their point) saying the same two or three things over and over. Now that being said, it absolutely did get through to me. There were one or two facts that made me go wow and that is the point of a documentary really. There was also some new information that I had never heard before about ancestral genetics and why our bodies choose to be "fat." That was an interesting take...told three or four times.

The "experts" all seem very enthusiastic about what they're talking about. Seeing a tiny bit of their backgrounds and how unhealthy they were definitely makes you pay attention. Even still I would have liked to have seen a little more about their backgrounds. As usual with most health based documentaries they do little to actually tell you HOW to change your lifestyle. Perhaps its because they want you to purchase their book. Well it worked for me enough that I did get their book. It has some great recipes that actually are fairly simple but the rest of the book...as if we didn't hear the same thing enough in the documentary...is the exact same stuff from the movie word for word. I guess repetition gets the point across. Basically the entire concept is eat nothing but natural and it does make sense! Its captivating but perhaps done in a less appealing way. It does try though. 6/10

More positive than negative in film

[ghsciguy-603-20027 · 8/10 · 8 February 2013]

**** There may be information in this review that would spoil this film ****

Let's be honest, anyone with enough of an interest in a subject to make a movie about it is going to have a pretty biased viewpoint. I have seen a number of "food" documentaries that are filled with half-truths, stories, or misinformation. This film struck me as far more balanced, logical and fair than others I have seen.

Yes, they strike the conspiracy bell about corporate food giants stamping out artificial food products laced with chemicals to addict us and deteriorate our health. While I do not buy that proposition that there is an evil conspiracy, it cannot be denied that many of our foods have chemicals that are not normally present in natural foods. It would also be fairly difficult to argue that eating processed foods is BETTER than eating natural foods.

The main thesis seems to be junk food is full of chemicals that provide very little nutrient value so you eat a lot and get fat. Natural foods are more nutrient rich and you eat less. Their thesis is backed up with anecdotes, studies, and frankly, common sense.

Towards the end, they do enthusiastically endorse juicing as one method of changing your dietary habits. Most intelligent people have the ability to see past this and get the overall message of health and wellness by consuming natural foods.

This film has legitimate advice about improving health. I'm not sure why other reviewers have tried to subvert that message by offering their own health advice (some of which is obviously misguided -- like the person confusing guanine and glutamate) I suppose some people feel more important if they try to tear this film down?

Be inspired

[typhoon74 · 9/10 · 22 January 2014]

Thats the main goal with this movie. To inspire people to find their own way. Its not all about finding THE right food, THE right vegetable and what not. Its about being hungry for change. If this movie doesn't trigger your mind to make a better life for yourself, Im afraid you missed the point. You could ask any multi billion dollar company for a comment regarding the so-called healthy food they are producing and their answer would be like it always is; we have no comment. Just because they don't give a .... about you. Its all about profit. The people in this movie has walked in your shoes, they know what its like and they know whats working and whats not working. Its up to you who you wanna believe. Either you're hungry for change, or you're already on your way back to your doctor for another dose of addictive drugs that do you no good.

Some common sense truth and lots of misleading propaganda

[fx_man · 5/10 · 30 January 2013]

I just saw this movie on Netflix, and I have to agree with the reviewers who have voiced their concern about some of the misinformation present in the film. The agenda of the filmmakers becomes obvious about halfway through, and by the end it does turn into a full blown infomercial for juicing. An activity that has been soundly committed to the nutritional dustbin years ago as questionable at best and quite dangerous at worst.

What is ironic is that the interviewees spend much time talking about what is natural and unnatural to put in one's body, then try to convince the unwitting viewer that gulping down glasses of fruit and vegetable juices is natural. Well, it isn't any more natural than eating Twinkies. It results in the same sugar overload delivered by sugary sodas and sweets. Fiber is the natural delivery system of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients found in vegetables and fruits. For example, our bodies are suited to eat an apple or two at a time, not to drink the juice extracted from a dozen or more apples in one sitting.

It's too bad, because the film does also provide some good common sense information, though most of that information has already been widely disseminated elsewhere in the past. But since they do include it, and it does provide some contrast to the misinformation, I gave the movie 5 stars. But for someone who is not aware, the movie can be dangerously misleading.

Weight Loss and Healthy Living on a silver platter.

[chimarrao-mate · 10/10 · 2 February 2013]

The advice in this documentary is sound advice. Every well known Nutritionist, Sports Model, World Famous Strength Coach, etc. would agree with everything this movie will teach you. I've been living like this 90% of the time for three years, and my health and fitness results have been outstanding.

As an add-on to this film, I recommend you also read "The Paleo Diet for Athletes" by Loren Cordain and Joe Friel. When I made the change, I was already in great health, and so I thought. I was having a difficult time getting below 10% BF without loosing all my hard earned muscle mass. Within six weeks, I dropped to 6% BF and gained 2 lbs. of muscle mass. I used bi-weekly visits to the U of U's athletic department to take measurements in their state of the art Bod Pod. On this diet you can maintain a six pack 365 days a year and still gain muscle mass. I know because I have for two years.

Good movie - Worth the watch for an overall message

[fcliverpool814 · 8/10 · 19 March 2014]

The movie is not to be taken as gospel. It offers solid and highly beneficial advice to altering a processed lifestyle in a manor you see fit by offering a variety of different options. You will either both benefit from good advice and utilize a new method(s) to improve your nutrition intake, or not. You will either be informed on information you knew not before (which can be followed by proper research), or not.

Shout-out to the other reviewer that caught the whole "glutamine being the "G" in ATCG" incorrect comment from someone blasting the film. Respect. If you have criticisms, I suggest doing plenty of research, not wikipediaing the information presented. Nutrition is a highly person-specific science and what works for some may not for others. You should gather ideas, test them, include the ones that make you feel better, healthier etc and don't follow the ones that don't work for you.

Don't underestimate how many people don't know the basics

[herbertbrunnerfitness · 8/10 · 2 February 2013]

I'm a fitness instructor, the information is basic but relevant, and good to be reminded of. More often than it's realized, such basics are not understood, known, are overlooked, or simply ignored by many average people just going through their daily routine. What's most important than a critical opinion of the movie are masses of people "struggling with the basics" and need help with the simplest things, and encouragement to follow through with change, then maintain that change. I've seen some reviews elsewhere that seem a bit critical. However, like all things you take what's useful to you as an individual. If the information is nothing new to you, that's fine, but don't underestimate how new and life changing it might be to those who are not as informed as you. Therefore as I watched this movie I was thinking beyond myself, but rather for the benefit of others in need that are not as informed (regardless of how basic). I say it's a great movie that's worth watching, and the information is relevant enough to refer clients to watch it as well.

Excellent film! A must watch if you want to improve your health!

[mullumbimbylove · 10/10 · 31 May 2014]

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Not a magic bullet, but a good dialogue starter

[silvergirl-11779 · 8/10 · 6 October 2016]

I saw this movie a few months back and recently referred a friend who is struggling with health and weight issues. I feel this movie is an excellent primer for those who either have little concept of what comprises nutrition, or for those who need a reminder. I agree with some of the reviewers that there is an over- emphasis on juicing, but I don't feel that this is the real focus of the movie, rather, to shift your food intake from processed foods to foods that you prepare at home, processed or not. Really, if you look at popular food movements over the past several years, Paleo, 21 day fix etc, they focus on lean meats, healthy fruits and veggies, good fats. Perhaps they go about it differently, but the message is largely the same, which it should be. Long term health comes to 1% of us by luck, and 99% of us by working at it through mechanisms that have been evolutionary programmed. Eat right and exercise. Period. Are the 'experts' interviewed Nobel-prize winning researchers in the field of physiology and nutrition? No. However, they have devoted considerable time and effort, if not their career and personal well being into familiarizing themselves with the topic. I have a Doctorate in Medicine and don't discount any information given to me based solely on the lack of degree credentials following a name. Regarding the food industry's 'plot' to make us fat..no real smoking gun there. I understand this part of the plot as a cautionary tale about profit margins, bringing back returning customers (food addicts) and bottom lines, not about a larger collusion amongst Kraft, General Mills etc to make America fat. My father is a retired food scientist for a major American food company. A food scientist's job is to engineer the product to make it taste better, give it better 'mouth feel', last longer on the shelves, all the while fulfilling the whim of the market. What that has translated to over the past few decades changes...remember Crisco and Margarine being touted as the healthy answer to butter? Ha. We are programmed by design to gravitate towards foods which are high in sugar, fat, and to some degree salt. The fat free craze of the 80's and 90's gave us a whole host of processed food items which did nothing in the long run for our health and left us wishing for more. I was able to experience this first hand at home, 'behind the curtain' seeing the scientific aspect of food manipulation. I think the movie does a great job of initiating a dialogue and exploring the complex venn diagram intersection of anthropology, economics, and physiology. In a sense, profits from the food industry paid for my parent's salary, which helped pay for my college, and opened a door to me for medical school (which I paid for myself). Now I tell people to avoid eating the very foods which made my education possible. If you're looking to this light documentary movie for a new magic bullet for weight loss, you've come to the wrong place. There is no magic bullet (not even juicing, ha). But, understanding the roots of your eating behavior will help you disengage from 1) a blame game and 2) may help you format a path for change.

An infomercial disguised as a nutritional education video.

[inflamesjester2004 · 3/10 · 6 January 2013]

The beginning of "Hungry for Change" was very a informative look into the human body and some of the nutrients needed to sustain it, most of the stuff I agreed with and there were a few tidbits new that I learned. Towards the middle of the video, the opinions of these "specialists" gets very, very skewed and my bs meter started to go off. #1 they were not giving a FULL array of what your body could ingest to survive and stay healthy and #2 by the last 1\4 of the video, it turned into a full blown infomercial for juicing.

The sad thing is how they trash the food industry for heavily marketing their product so people "buy more and more", when this very video "Hungry for Change" does the exact same thing only with their juicing products. What could have been an extremely detailed, comprehensive view on all things healthy in the food world turns into a Billy Mays infomercial joke by the end. I turned it off in disgust.

The 3 points I gave this video is for the makers ability to fool me into watching more than the first 10 minutes. Normally my bs meter will ping a lot sooner than it did. What can I say? It was late and I was tired.

Repackaged and re-branded from 10 other documentaries

[mtbgtown · 3/10 · 11 December 2012]

This is an attempt at branding several health gurus together, ala "The Secret," into one central DVD and book sales pipeline. There is nothing new in this video, only rebranded and repackaged info from the last 10 you've seen. It starts by indicting government and big business for sinister food refining ("they're bad!"), then the usual anecdotal description of how cavemen ate and stored up food during famine, none of which has ever been proved ("we know the secrets of human behavior, follow us"), and then give the answer: go to our website and buy stuff (ask for the sale). I am surprised, though, at the dated info on juicing. One of the "experts" gave an impassioned plea for home juicing, ignoring modern opinion that it extracts sugar and water and leaves the best part in the bin. Foodmatters have latched on to a good brand and will latch on to lots of money, too, but don't mistake them for health concerned philanthropists. Go to the library, all of last years books will be there for free!

disappointed

[dogonu-215-965738 · 2/10 · 10 December 2012]

I had hopes for this movie, but after an hour and a half I was very disappointed. There is a conspiratorial flavor to the movie, the government and corporations are in labs creating foods designed to make us fat and unhealthy. Although there may be some truth in the idea that processed foods do this or are empty calories its hardly a conspiracy and has been know for decades. It was repetitive and there seemed to be some misinformation about the MSGs in mice. From what I read, Mice baby's are given massive doses of MSGs that cause the obesity problem. Just as when we were told that saccharine caused cancer in rats, but to get the same doses in humans we would have to drink ten cases of soda a day.

Water causes death in large doses People have died from too much water at one time. Not saying all that was in the movie was BS but it has to be looked at with a skeptical eye.

The basic theme was eat more veggies and walk more and you will be healthier. NO CRAP REALLY? Thanks captain obvious.

I feel better now that I see all the other reviewers feel the same.

[melinda2001 · 2/10 · 9 January 2013]

Two stars for some good basic information in the beginning, zero for the rest. Truthfully I didn't even get to the part about juicing. My BS meter also went off in the middle part about the dangers of MSG so I just stopped and did some digging. The only thing I have to add to the conversation is the result of my brush-up on that topic. I'm glad that I did because I had always heard that MSG is bad but didn't know any details. I thought it was a sort of super-salt. In fact it *is* a salt. It's the sodium salt of glutamate. (Thanks to kmtroy for pointing out it's not the same as guanine.) Turns out that compared with table salt it's basically benign. Both are flavor enhancers. The main difference is that the LD50 of MSG is five times that of table salt which means that it takes five times as much MSG to kill a rat than table salt.

What surprised me was both the absurd amounts they gave to baby mice. My back-of-the-envelope guestimate says it would be roughly the same as injecting a 150 pound person with almost half a pound of MSG. Imagine being injected with half a pound of table salt! This does seem to cause a lot of obesity in mice so there is a grain of truth there. I'm just surprised those doses didn't kill all of them.

Studies on people don't seem to indicate any real problems with the stuff. (Might it have something to do with the crappy foods that get loaded up with MSG? Nah.) Double blind tests on people taking capsules of the stuff didn't show any problems. The part I liked best was one study where one participant who self-described as being highly sensitive to MSG handled it just fine but claimed a reaction to the placebo.

Watch out too about Jon Gabriel, the guy trying to paint MSG as poison. Turns out he's not any sort of scientist. He's just a guy out there selling yet another diet book. So I'm not surprised to hear that the movie ends as an infomercial for a juicer. Personally, I'd rather eat all the healthy fruit and stuff than drink their juice. I'm definitely glad that I learned to not fear MSG.

Biased to the opposition

[landrytodd · 2/10 · 20 February 2013]

I very much wish that more people would eat healthier. The problems I have with this movie pertain to the biased nature of the movie. The people have an agenda just as their opposition has an agenda.

I hoped this movie would be a refreshing movie to review the good and bad of current food, and what people can do to take steps to correcting it. Instead it's a movie to allow those with biased attitudes to give half truths and peddle their books.

They don't make entirely true statements in the same way the Food Conglomerates make half true statements the other biased direction.

They already had me doubting their truthfulness when they started, and later continued, to reference High Fructose Corn Syrup to be a direct correlation to Cocaine. While I agree that people should not be ingesting as much HFCS as they are, and I agree it's not good for you. There was no need to lie and state HFCS is as bad as cocaine or even in any correlation.

HFCS is indeed a reduction of corn to a small concentrate. Cocaine is not just a reduction of a cocoa leaf in the same way as they state. Cocaine is also made by adding diesel fuel, and battery acid. The ways cocaine is horrible are NOT similar to the ways HFCS are.

They then go into the second half of the movie discussing how you should really juice all of your stuff. This is a load of crap. The only reason they gave for juicing over just plain eating all of the veggies (which is better for you as it contains needed fiber) is because apparently we've ruined our digestive system so we have to juice everything.

This movie is so completely biased in the opposite direction that it can't be taken to full truth value. It dashed my hopes and I can't recommend it to anyone.

There are mixed in many sound reasonable truths. However when it's peppered with falsity and half truths it loses credibility. Most unfortunate, wish I hadn't wasted my time.

An affront to decency and intelligence

[diplodocus-86685 · 1/10 · 15 January 2020]

I've never felt the need to leave a review here before. Then I saw Hungry For Change. This 'documentary' features interviews with David Wolfe - yes, THAT David Avocado Wolfe - and other bona fide conspiracy theory enthusiasts (like the guy from Natural News) who proceed to proclaim that almost every modern processed food, additive and synthetic chemical is toxic. And then it's all downhill from there. Juicing (apparently) will make you more attractive, fix all your weight problems, improve your finger nails and... well, juicing. Unbelievably, one scene genuinely tries to imply that a better diet (based, of course, around juicing) helped cancer sufferer be "cancer free" after just four weeks. And on it goes. Hungry For Change lends credibility to some of the internet's most harmful conspiracy nut jobs. It is an offensive affront to decency and even rudimentary intelligence.

The real plot......

[bronsmithut · 1/10 · 16 June 2013]

The plot:

1. Feel bad about yourself, then go buy an expensive juicer. 2. Buy bushels of unwashed vegetables from the back of some random truck (also known as a farmer's market.) Eat only bunches of unwashed parsley and cilantro. 3. Drop 400 lbs. and claim it's due solely to consuming "Phyto-nutrients." 4. Interview a host of anorexic men who have added such titles as "Whole Food and Natural Expert" to their list of "Credentials." 5. Replace the guy who provides the soundtrack for the first half of the film because he only plays sad minor and diminished chords. (People who just started juicing only hear inspirational, happy melodic sounds.) 6. Improve the lighting on the movie set, start wearing bright colors, curl your hair and *finally* smile for the camera. 7. Beat cancer in just three days, you've saved the planet and now you're going to live to be at least 100 years old. 8. Replace thatexpensive juicer with an even more expensive one. *But,* only buy the brand marketed/endorsed by the guy who's done the "Research." Coincidentally, he starred in this film and his QVC infomercial verifies that he's an "Independent Expert."

It's an infomercial.

[steve-hartwell · 2/10 · 18 March 2013]

They want you to buy something. For fun, see how long you have to watch before you figure out what it is!

This piece has all the characteristics typical of the genre. It's an overlong, manipulative commercial; repetitive, bombastic, with smarmy dialog, carefully-chosen quotations, and dubious "authorities". A real drag, really.

Netflix should exercise better editorial control of this type of content.

What really earns my contempt is the depths to which they stoop in fear-mongering. They even bring in an I-was-dying-of-cancer spokesperson. Before seeing this, I never would have imagined I could lack sympathy for a cancer patient.

Ironic that a film promoting a healthy diet can do no better than to serve up spam!