Regarding this new documentary, Origins, that is being pushed as the new amazing thing to watch. It is a whole lot of hyped up nonsense mixed with some good stuff while encouraging a diet that is organic and free of GMOs, but includes meat and saturated fat from meat, dairy, eggs. Not worth watching. For a documentary that positions itself as pushing ideal nutrition, they might have tried to get some experts who know about pure nutrition, but then if they did that they would have to delete the stuff about eating animal protein and saturated fat. They could have included any number of doctors from the growing list of vegan doctors. But, that wouldnt fit in with the message of the movie: to eat animal protein and eat saturated fat from animals. The movie claims that humans evolved eating meat and saturated fat. But, consider the history of humans, especially what has been revealed by numerous studies, and you find that, historically, many humans did not eat much fat, especially saturated fat. They list the examples of sources of Omega 3s as fish and flax. That is ignorance. They fail to mention that EFAs are in every cell of every raw fruit, vegetable, nut, seed, seaweed, sprout, and germinate. Where do the fish get EFAs? Plant sources. If they want to claim that meat has EFAs, consider that the animals are eating greens, which is where they get the EFAs. Skip the dead animal bits. Eat a salad. Eat raw fruit. Eat greens. Juice veggies. Make green smoothies. It is good that they speak against bottled oils, but to put so much influence on including saturated fat in the diet is pure hogwash based on misinformation spread by the promotors of meat. Largely, the documentary stands as a way for certain people to position themselves as a experts, sell DVDs, get invites to be speakers at events, make money, etc. That is likely what you will see these people doing.... making the rounds of various events, promoted as experts. Mixed in there are some quotes from the king of the parasitical predatory raw faux gurus, Wolfe. At least he encourages raw fruits and vegetables, but they seem to try to edit him to sound as if he is promoting meat - which he isnt doing. Having known him too well, and after years of his nonsense, I wouldnt rely on Wolfe for information on anything. The film does promote a diet that is far healthier than the standard America diet. But, encouraging the consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs is not a solution. The meat and dairy industry, including the organic and free range grass fed stuff is not sustainable. Lets not overlook that meat is the bits of a murdered creature that felt joy and pain, saw, smelled, ate, had family relationships, breathed air, and had blood flowing through its veins, just as you and I. Mammal meat and dairy also contains free radicals, neu5Gc (which promotes inflammation and cancer), and other substances that increase disease risk, including cancers, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disorders. Their encouraging people to get EFAs from fish only will encourage the consumption of fish and fish oil supplements, which are not something a person should do if they want to experience the best of health. Consider the risks of consuming fish oil supplements - such as brain hemorrhage - which a friend of mine experienced in his early 30s when he was taking fish oil supplements (Google: brain hemorrhage, fish oil supplements). Consider the pollution of the oceans and lakes, and how those pollutants are in the tissues of all fish, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Consider the collapse of sea life, which is partially due to the fishing industry, but also global warming and ocean acidification caused by the burning of fossil fuels - including all of the fossil fuels being burned to raise, process, market, transport, refrigerate, and cook meat and other varieties of animal protein. Consider how many fossil fuels are used by the fishing industry, the dairy industry, the egg industry, the slaughterhouse industry, and to grow massive quantities food to feed farmed animals. The documentary contains a variety of closeup shots of bits of animal carcasses being cooked, sliced, prepared. While it is good that they are promoting organics, speaking out against GMOs, promoting supporting family farmers and farmers markets, and encouraging good soil practices, they had the opportunity and resources to make a documentary that truly could have been pushing for more solutions, but they missed the boat. How many of the people in that movie actually grow at least some of their own food? How many are, like most people these days, completely reliant on stores and restaurants for every single bite of their food? I give the documentary a D-. Watch it if you want to waste an hour and 40 minutes. You can get better information from watching a variety of Dr. Michael Gregers videos at NutritionFacts.org.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:39:19 +0000
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