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Movie Reviews of Fat Head
Movie Review: Funny Movie About a Serious Topic
Summary: 5 Stars
"Fat Head" is simultaneously a send-up of Morgan Spurlock's "Supersize Me" and an expose' on the state of nutrition "science". Using humor and Pythonesque cartoons, Tom Naughton does a good job of tipping many sacred cows on the topic of nutrition, showing how the government, media, and special interests combined to yield the current situation: people are eating what's supposedly "healthy", yet are developing metabolic diseases like diabetes at an alarming and increasing rate.
The core premise of the movie is to revisit "Supersize Me", where Spurlock supposedly showed the evils of fast food by eating nothing but McDonald's for a month. Spurlock gained 25 pounds, was issued a variety of dire health warnings by his doctor, etc. Naughton turns this idea on it's head: he also ate only fast food for a month, but used his "functioning brain". Rather than just blindly eating whatever was available, he avoided those foods which science has shown contribute to metabolic problems like obesity, including sodas, french fries, too much bread, etc. The result? Eating nothing but double Big Macs and the like, he lost over 12 pounds in 28 days and his cholesterol went down. The expression on his doctor's face alone is worth the price of the DVD.
"Fat Head" is very funny and discusses the science of fat gain and loss in an manner which is easily understood. My kids (8 and 4) watched it with me, and they "got it". Get a copy and share it with your friends and family.
Movie Review: It took me 29 years, but I'm finally converted!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been an avid follower of the low-fat diet craze ever since I started yo-yo dieting in college. After having my son 2 years ago, I was over 215lbs, so I turned to cutting calories and, in August 2008, I started Nutrisystem.
I've lost over 73lbs so far, but after seeing "Fat Head", I'm finally seeing the facts of low-carb diets and I'm off the Nutrisystem wagon. "Fat Head" is a funny and immensely informational documentary that goes into the "bologna" of the low-fat diet craze. Like many people in the US, we're told that fat (especially animal fat) is bad and should be avoided at all costs. Instead, have a piece of bread or a bowl of Special K. "Bologna" says Tom and I believe him!
My father died a few years ago from a heart attack at 55. He went on Atkins about 5 years prior and I remember comments afterwards like "there's no telling what that diet did to his system." Since I can remember though, my father also liked his large share of carbs and battled his love of food and his desire to lose that last stubborn 30lbs. After seeing "Fat Head", I can only now assume that all of those carbs he loved so much were the real culprit behind his heart disease- not the fact that he was on Atkins for 6 months.
Thank you Tom for making me see the light at 29, while I still have time to start making changes that will help insure I see 56.
Movie Review: Great Counterperspective to "Super Size Me"
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is a documentary that was produced in answer to the documentary "Super Size Me". It reviewed the arguments made by Morgan Spurlock in the film "Super Size Me" and answers them with scientific answers. It shows that a healthy diet isn't merely about caloric intake alone, but also the content of the food. It cites prehistoric man's diet as the basis for what our bodies have been primed by evolution to require (basically that processed carbohydrates are bad and animal fats are good). It debunks the Lipid Theory and shows that cholesterol has less to do with health than chronic inflammation and oxidization. It is obviously a slanted, anti-government, anti-vegetarian diet film, but it does present valid arguments and utilizes the resources of medical research and trained professionals (while "Super Size Me" relies a great deal on anecdotal evidence). I don't entirely agree with all of the information presented in the film, particularly as the Atkin's low carb diets have essentially been shown to be less than ideal, but I thought it was good to have a counter argument to "Super Size Me". I would recommend looking at both films and doing a little research on your own to formulate an opinion on the matter. This is a terrifically down to earth film, made by an average Joe that presents logical counterpoints to modern opinion. I highly recommend it.Movie Review: Wait - WHAT? All the 'healthy diet' advice I've ever heard isn't true?
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary, which we found as humorous as it was educational. We had both watched Supersize Me and had bought into its message. After watching Fat Head, however, we feel differently about Spurlock's film.
Unlike other reviewers, I appreciated how Fat Head didn't just stick with debunking Supersize Me point-by-point. I loved how it delved into the merits of cholesterol, the influence of the government on scientific research, and the truth about the 'consumer advocacy' group, CSPI. I am no dietician, so bear with my ignorance, but I had chewed and swallowed almost everything I'd heard about healthful eating: cholesterol is bad... losing weight is as easy as burning more than you take in... low-fat diets are heart-healthy... whole grains should comprise most of your diet. Fat Head showed how these things were all WRONG.
I am a young, non-overweight person with no health problems, but how many times, in an effort to cut calories, have I eaten a sugary granola bar for breakfast or a frozen diet meal comprised mostly of carbs? Thinking calorie count was all that mattered, I probably did a number on my blood sugar. Thank goodness for Fat Head. I think it will really change the way we eat. (No more feeling guilty because I have a few eggs for breakfast.)
Movie Review: fun film
Summary: 5 Stars
i wish i could curse in this review, but i can't. I was almost 200 pounds when i saw this film. last month i weighed in at 154 on my new insurance weigh in. That's ridiculous. i would recommend staying away from processed meat as eating a bunch of this, kale and peanut butter had literally short circuited my thyroid. now, i can't eat any of these but i digress.
Lets speak of the movie. it's informative in a mean manner where some of the jokes are superfluous and odd. It tracks the film maker in his journey to health by disproving the accepted mantras of modern medicine. it is a powerful statement to say this book will change your life or help you lose weight, because it won't. i also worked out a lot and lead an active lifestyle. was i misleading to open with this? no, you should have been asking what else i was up to.
Why did i bring this up? because the topic is also discussed in the film. he says to use your head and think. don't listen to the diet books and ripoff artists who promise a one stop solution because in all cases you need to do multiple things. Eat right, as he explains in the movie and work out/exercise.
it's a fun movie to watch. i'm watching it as i write this review (watching for the 6th time i'd say). you need carbs though. Buy it.