Netflix Documentaries That Have Changed My Outlook On Food
I
usually use Netflix to binge watch old Disney films or American TV shows.
Lately however, there have been loads of amazing new documentaries added to Netflix’s
ever expanding list of things to watch. One genre of documentaries that I can’t
get enough of is their huge selection based around food. I seem to have watched
quite a few lately and they have really changed my outlook on food. Both in
terms of production and how it effects not only local communities but the
environment as a whole, as well as how it has effected society over the years
in terms of health epidemics.
I’m not saying in any way that I am now the healthiest person in the world, but these documentaries have definitely opened my eyes in regard to the food industry. It has changed my shopping habits and has changed the way I think in terms of where my food comes from and how it is made.
I’m not saying in any way that I am now the healthiest person in the world, but these documentaries have definitely opened my eyes in regard to the food industry. It has changed my shopping habits and has changed the way I think in terms of where my food comes from and how it is made.
Food Inc
This documentary focuses on the treatment of animals in the process of our food chain. This isn’t a documentary for the faint hearted as there are some pretty graphic scenes involving the treatment of some animals. It seriously opened my eyes in terms of thinking about where my food comes from and has changed my shopping habits when I’m doing the weekly shop. It really does make a difference buying organic and free range meats, as the animal’s lives are so much better.
Hungry
For Change
This
documentary explores the idea that diets are something that has been created to
make money and that they don’t actually work. Lots of nutritionists argue that
the food industry create diets to guilt trip people into feeling bad about
themselves and their bodies. It highlights how food companies market their food
as reduced fat products but in order to make it taste nice they add lots of
sugar, which is actually worse for you body. It made me realise that there
aren’t any quick fixes to have the perfect body, that being healthy is a way of
life not a fad diet.
Fed
Up
Feb
Up looks at childhood obesity in America. It explains that it is cheaper for
families to buy sugary and processed food and suggests that governmental issues
are behind the epidemic. It talks heavily about sugar in the food industry and
explains the science behind its effects on the human body. It really changed my
outlook on sugar and even though I knew it wasn’t good for you, I didn’t
realise how bad it is for you.
Fat
Sick and Nearly Dead
An
Australian man has been diagnosed with a critical illness but after years of
being overweight, not exercising and not paying attention to what is best for
his body he decides that something needs to change. He travels to America and
he takes the viewer on a juicing journey that really opened my eyes as to how important
eating healthily is for the body. After months of eating pure, natural food,
his illness was greatly improved and it really made me think about how food
doesn’t only effect how you look on the outside but also how it keeps you
healthy on the inside.
Have you watched any of these documentaries?
What are your thoughts about where our food comes from?
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