Many of us in today’s world think that we are much healthier
that we truly are. A lot of this misjudgment had led to people becoming quite
overweight, diabetic, and just generally unhealthy due to our terrible eating
habits. Some doctors are starting to find out that we can actually complete
reverse the full effects of what we’ve been doing to our bodies by simply
eating healthier.
The
movie “Forks over Knives” was all about how bad eating habits has led many
people to getting diabetes and becoming clinically overweight. It followed a
few people who went to a doctor who believed that better eating habits can cure
all of the problems that are brought on by bad eating habits. These people were
diets for a few months, and when they came back to the doctor, it was apparent that
their health had skyrocketed. Most of them were at a point where their lives
could be at risk, and by the end of the program, as I said, they were on a
track for a healthy life.
I
thought this was really interesting. I knew that America had a fairly large
health problem, and I had heard all the different things you could do to lose
weight and be healthier, but I never knew that just eating better foods, even
as much as you ate unhealthy foods, can have such a big effect in such little
time. I also don’t think that eating healthier is all you need to become a
healthier person, as just eating healthy but sitting on the couch all day
probably won’t be doing much for yourself, but I think that it is also a
fundamental part to greatly increasing one’s health. Overall, this what a very
interesting, insightful movie that really brought a new spin on obesity and
what it really means to be eating healthy.
