I have been promising to do a review for sometime now, I find it hard to find the time to read a book from front to end so I am still currently reading a couple that have been put on the back burner, but I do find I can squeeze in a movie or two between my regular series watching. Last night I watched a movie called "Fat Head" This is not a new movie it has been around for quite a while, 2009 in fact is the release date on the movie/documentary and I stumbled upon this movie by accident really, while doing my normal research I was intrigued that a comedian/ health book writer would have something to say about eating low carb and when the movie title was mentioned I went in search. I suppose because it is not a new title the movie is free to watch on YouTube, here is the link to go watch it now or after my review, _http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fat-head/ The movie documentary goes for 1 hr and 45 minutes, I suggest you watch it to the end and even to the credits and listen to the words of the song playing the background it is very relevant, anyway Tom Houghton is calling bologna (Meaning bull shit. If someone is telling you something that sounds completely unbelievable or made up it is bologna) on the advice of the Medical researchers and the government that had us believing that "Saturated Fat" is bad and Low Fat is good, that we need carbohydrates and Cholesterol causes heart disease. At the beginning of this movie I was not sure I was on the same page of this bloke at all, I am so anti McDonald's so the thought of someone proving they could live on fast food (in particular Maccas) really didn't put me in the right frame of mind and I was calling bologna myself, but not far into the movie he was doing it in a sensible way (if there is such a thing?) he was keeping to a set amount of calories and set amount of carb intake, he was choosing diet sodas only occasionally having a dessert and not always eating the fries, but mostly what I think he was doing was disparaging the guy that made the film "Supersize me" Morgan Spurlock whom I believe was blaming McDonald's for forcing super sized portions onto the unsuspecting public, that is an even older movie 2004 and is also free to watch on YouTube if you want, and as much as I like the idea of turning people off McDonald's I don't think I will be watching that movie anytime soon. Fat Head was filled with some good information, plenty of Doctors calling Bologna on the same things I call bologna on, and I didn't know that the US government were responsible for McDonald's changing from cooking in Beef Tallow (saturated fat) to Trans Fats, that just, justifies my hate of McDonald's more, one doctor in particular "Dr Michael Eades" was one of the first people I researched who gave me the information I needed concerning Statin drugs, in fact I think this movie does outline all the important information that you need to make the choices about your own health, as Tom demonstrates in the movie by standing outside Maccas, no one dragged him inside and forced him to eat the food. Conclusion Tom lost weight and his cholesterol levels were better much to his doctors amazement when he looked at his diet for the month, the movie wont be winning any film festival awards anytime soon but the information was easy to understand (perhaps by the use of animation and illustrations) and the message was clear SUGAR is the culprit , Carbohydrates cause the inflammation that causes heart attacks and high cholesterol is not always as bad as the medical profession would have you believe, one woman states ("women with high cholesterol live longer") I wont be eating Maccas anytime soon (if ever) but the information in this movie was good, I would give this movie... 7.5/10 That was my first review, if you watch the movie because of my review please let me know. By the way I don't think this is a green light to eat McDonald's either Tom was just proving a point, and I still believe processed foods and fast foods are crap, and sugar free and vegetable juicing is the way to better health
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
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