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Jul 23, 2015Curiouskind rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There's a lot going on in this film, including the ability to reverse heart disease and Type 2 diabetes through diet (and complemented with exercise). But my biggest take away was how strong Big Ag really is, the insights of how this industry really works and their influence, and how the USDA is inherently structured as a conflict of interest -- to the point where the industry has so much pull, since often the leadership is from Big Ag, that you can't trust what USDA says, certainly not if your life depended on it. And then the leadership in the federal government are so beholden to Big Ag that they continually and heavily subsidize known unhealthy foods and products, in concert with imbalanced food amounts (eg, corn, dairy, beef, etc), to create a system that effectively recommends unhealthy and sometimes life-threatening lifestyles to the unsuspecting consumer. So it's not a surprise that billions are spent to temporarily repair people -- let me repeat that, repair people -- at hospitals through largely preventable procedures but instead are allowed to manifest and become complicated, expensive, and high-risk surgical necessities. We should be thankful of conscientious doctors like Dr. Esselstyn and researchers, etc., who try to do the right thing, but unfortunately don't get the face time with the American public as effectively as the federal government and Big Ag. This film is about food consumption, yes, but it also provides food for thought about the inner workings of such mammoth agencies as the USDA and special interests like Big Ag.