Having to write this article really shows what our society’s future looks like. Having to stand up for a documentary about science, diet and nutrition is not the way this society needs to going. But, lets go on with this.

For those who don’t know, or don’t know the correct details, “What the Health” is a documentary showing on Netflix about a man who is trying to figure out what is going on with diet and nutrition. He goes about finding research and trying to figure out why Americans have not been given more information about the subject.

That is were people are getting a bit upset. He discovers that many of the associations and organizations that are supposed to be helping us and finding cures for diseases, aren’t doing their job. They are providing information that is doing the opposite of helping us.

They are posting information about recommended foods and lifestyles that should be helping people with these diseases. The research that this documentary finds is that the foods and lifestyle that these organizations are recommending are actually creating these diseases. Make assumptions as to why that could be happening.

Now don’t get me wrong, watching the film myself, things are described a bit dramatically. He compares drinking milk to having similar consequences to smoking cigarettes. He makes a bunch of other comparisons that sounds crazy. They may sound crazy and dramatic but it doesn’t mean the science isn’t there.

Maybe the documentary didn’t describe this information in the correct way but there is plenty of research to show that a plant-based, whole foods diet is the diet to help prevent a lot of these diseases.

At the bottom of this article, you can find information about the science I am referencing because this isn’t an article that I’m going to go deep into science and research. Read it if you want.

So why do people think this documentary needs to be “debunked”?

I think there are 2 reasoning’s behind that.

One being, people get super defensive to new information that is life changing. No matter if it is true or false, if the information shows that you may be doing something wrong, you are going to defend yourself to make yourself look right. Even though a lot of this research is new to a lot of people, its not new information. Some of these studies date back all the way to the 1970’s. Stop caring about always being right and research before making any comments.

Second, people who have done their research, find that not every single study shows the results that are stated in this documentary. Just like not every single study shows that if you smoke cigarettes, you will get lung cancer. Unfortunately, science doesn’t work that way. If you ever took a science or even statistics class, you would know that just because something doesn’t have a 100% chance of happening, doesn’t mean the odds are in your favor. That’s like saying there is a 90% chance of a thunderstorm today and just because its not a 100% chance, you go outside dancing with a 25ft lighting rod. The chance of that thunderstorm happening is so high, you won’t see me out their dancing that’s for sure.

So if this article taught you anything, its to do your own research. Look into the information you are being provided before making a decision.

References:

Campbell, T. Colin. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health. Dallas, TX: BenBella, 2016. Print.