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Movie Reviews of Fat Head
Movie Review: Entertaining and thought provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
First, the movie is very well done. Its a fun movie to watch, its well presented, and not a boring lecture.
For entertainment it's an easy 5 star movie.
In addition, the writer points out a number of flaws in the ducumentary SuperSize Me. He also points out flaws in views espoused by some groups, the media, and the government. Things like exagerations, and spotty research.
1. People don't get enough exercise. Exercise dosn't have to be going to the gym, it can consist of walking instead of taking the car/bus.
2. People have a brain and need to count calories and take responsibility for their eating habits and weight. I like Doritos and Chocolate chip cookies. I might eat them once a month. I love pizza, and may eat it once a week.
3. Its important to eat fruits and vegetables. There is something to be said for not eating a lot of processed foods (white bread, sugar, cookies, frosted flakes, etc).
The point I will argue is I think the writer and his team of experts also had their own political agenda. I don't think its OK to eat a lot of meat. Not in the long run. People 250,000 years ago worried about starvation, and ate whatever they could get. They also died before ago 40. So they didn't live long enough to die from cancer or heart disease. I think eating a lot of high fat food, for a long time, is generally unhealty. It also depends on the type of food eaten - eating unpolluted free range Salmon is a lot healthier than eating hamburgers and hot dogs.
My only complaint is I think this documentary advocates eating more fatty meat than is healty. And it has it's own political agenda, it's not unbiased research. I would not trust all that his self selected experts say.
For him to lose 12 pounds in a month is uspicious. Try doing that yourself.
Try losing 3 poinds in one week. Inthe movie he is sticking to a 2,000 calorie a day diet. To lose 3 pounds means you need to run a caloric deficit of aproximately 3600*3 = 10,800 calories. 10,800/7 = or around 1,500 calories per day. Assuming a middle age man at 5'11" 206 needs 2,500 calories a day to maintain his weight.
This implies he did 1,000 calories of exercise every day for 30 days.
I can tell you from experience that that's a lot, unless one works out a high intensity. It would take him 90 - 120 minutes of exercise a day to burn that, and maybe throw in some walking too.
He did not say anything about that level of exercise. If he did, then I would attribute that to his drop in "bad" Cholesteral. Doing 90-120 minute sof cardio in 2 sessions will absoluetley help you blood fat levels.
While the movie is entertaining, I would not agree to tits conclusions. Yes - other studies and views are deeply flawed. And No - eating a lot of meat is not healty.
Movie Review: An easy-to-understand and funny explanation of nutrition
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is funny and entertaining and amazingly informative. It has so many pieces of useful advice that it's hard to catch them all. Furthermore, it passes along this information in a way that got my wife's attention in a way that I hadn't been able to.
A year and a half ago I was 35 pounds overweight. I ate like the standard American. I finally decided to do something about it so I did some research on the Internet, trying to focus on the science-based research. Following the advice that I found, I lost that weight in 4 months and have kept it off ever since by continuing to follow the advice. This movie captured the basic idea of all that research: low fat is bad for you, low cholesterol is worse than high cholesterol for most people, don't eat high carb food.
He does the best job I've ever seen at disproving the lipid hypothesis which nearly every doctor and media outlet promote: 1) Eating high fat foods give you high cholesterol. 2) High cholesterol leads to heart disease. Well, he makes it really clear that both of these statements are false. It's shocking to anyone who has been fed these lines (lies) for year. He explains all of this in a simplified manner that is within reach of everyone.
The other points that he make extremely well relate to what it is that actually does cause heart disease and what we should do and eat in order to minimize our risk of getting it. Again, he's funny and informative. It's hard to believe that this combination can exist when talking about nutrition, but he does it.
I added this to my library so that I can heartily recommend it to my family and friends. I read (and loved) "Protein Power" by Eades & Eades, "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Taubes, and the "Great Cholesterol Con" by Kendrick but not everyone is going to spend the time and effort to get through these books. However, this movie presents the highlights of these books in 100 easy-to-watch minutes. If you are intrigued after watching this movie, then I highly recommend those books. And if you were not intrigued, then you weren't paying attention. ;)
Movie Review: A Big Nod to Fat Head!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film started out as a hilarious and informative sendup of the Super Size Me documentary from a few years back. The resulting film is that, plus a lot more -- it's also a hilarious and informative sendup of the nutritional industry's disastrous turn of the last several decades!
Now, I'm the sort of guy who will cheerfully devour books like Gary Taubes' meticulous and astonishing _Good Calories, Bad Calories_, but that is simply too much of a long, technical grind for most folks (he was really addressing doctors and professionals in the nutrition industry). I can't give that to my parents, for example. In contrast, this movie is a wonderful resource I can pass on to introduce others to what I've learned from people like Taubes.
Naughton features many of the big names we've come to recognize in this area, like the Drs. Eades, and Fallon and Enig from the Weston A. Price Foundation. And he consulted with people like Taubes -- so even when he needs to simplify something, the result is nonetheless strong. Naughton cleverly, effectively, and humorously addresses topics such as:
* The many distortions and errors of Supersize Me.
* The "lipid hypothesis", where it came from, why it's complete crap, and what damage it's done.
* Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and the mechanisms of energy storage and use in our bodies -- what the science actually says about how people get fat.
* Inflammation and heart disease, and how they really relate to cholesterol.
* How activists and special interests and their coercive efforts via government intervention are responsible for so much dietary mischief that's hurting us.
And the look on his doctor's face after seeing the results of a month of thoroughly flouting the standard advice of the nutrition industry was priceless!
While there is of course much more to say than can be packed into a film like this, Fat Head just became the FIRST resource I'll share with family and friends on this front -- highly recommended!
Movie Review: Excellent movie that speaks to your intelligence.
Summary: 5 Stars
I always enjoy humor, but more than that I enjoy clarity and logic and this movie delivered both for me.
The whole "Super Size Me" thing never really rang true for me, and seeing Spurlock on blaming everything on McDonald's was ridiculous but people ate it up. And that crazy factory known as CSPI have always been hiding their true vegetarian agenda behind slants statistics and bogus science. Soy is bad for you, carbs are bad for you, meat and fat are good for you, yet you will never hear that from the vegetarian sect because they make choices based on emotion rather than science and logic. I have seen a woman cry over someone else eating meat because it "upset here so much".
Much like finally having Keith Oberman finally make a stand against the Bush/Cheney Whitehouse I am happy to have Tom Naughton to speak for all of us who see that the low-fat vegetarian emperor's have no clothes and are telling us nothing but a pack of lies that are ruining the health of everyone.
There is no low-fat vs low-carb war, there is only bad science and good science and anyone with a brain should be able to figure it out by now, but if they haven't then I highly recommend this DVD because it breaks it down to such simple concepts that even a child can understand it.
There was only one thing that I would take issue with in this DVD, and that was him promoting that we let out kids walk home from school. I am a parent and I never let my children walk home alone, or with other kids, yes I picked them up every day and I would do so forever in order to keep them safe from all the crazy people out there. It only takes one lapse in supervision for a pervert to have a chance at a kid, and I'd rather error on the side of caution when it comes to my kids and their safety.
Other than that the entire DVD was wonderful, so much so that I bought a copy for a friend to help them.
Movie Review: Very simple and to the point movie that makes you think...
Summary: 5 Stars
There are way too many nutritionist who told my parents the exact same thing when their sugar was too high, to "stay away from carbs"! Now, I am pleased to have seen this movie because for me Super Size Me was lacking in so many ways. Both movies are biased, yes, but they have to be to make their points because they are done by human beings who are passionate about their subjects and have a goal in mind they are aiming to persuade you in. The point is, that using simple graphics and low-budget affects along with simple Math and reasoning, we all draw the simple conclusion the author wants you to: you are allowed to do what you want to do with your life. You can waste it as a "fat" person or you can decide to change it. But, you should educate yourself and make sure you get regular check-ups. I loved that he ended up using coconut oil to fry his food. That told me he had definitely educated himself about the good fats versus bad, processed and unhealthy fats.
It amazes how far from commonsense science on health and nutrition has come in order to create foods that generate profit and keep others who cannot afford to, from eating the very way they should. I recommend Food, Inc. and a few other movies also for being eye-opening and very unique on this topic as well.
I would recommend Super Size Me, but it's obvious that McDonald's is far from the only culprit. For every person who refuses McDonald's but splurges daily or even several times weekly on the fattest caloric drinks of Starbucks, this too could be an issue depending on one's insulin issues, bmi and other factors.
Everyone has something they can work on, that is the main point this film hit home for me personally.