5 Netflix documentaries that will make you rethink what you eat –

1. What the Health

Released in 2017 and billed as “the movie health organizations don’t want you to see”, this documentary examines the connection between food, diseases and the billions of dollars moved by the health system, pharmaceutical and food industries. What the Health exposes food of animal origin as highly harmful to health and cites several studies to support the theories. However, it was considered “radical” by critics, who allege that there is not enough scientific evidence for all the topics covered.

two. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

The documentary exposes agriculture as the main cause of deforestation, water waste and pollution. The film denounces that large-scale animal and food farming is responsible for emitting more greenhouse gases than the transport sector, in addition to being the main driver of forest destruction, species extinction, soil erosion, the emergence of of “dead zones” in the oceans and a long list of other environmental problems. During the course of the film, the director discovers an intentional refusal to discuss this reality and his interviewees warn of the risk to his life when he addresses the issue.

3. Food Choices

Launched in 2016, Food Choices seeks to problematize the impacts of food choices on our health and the environment. the filmmaker Michal Siewierski collected several questions about nutrition and spent three years filming to answer them. The result is a feature with illuminating interviews and a complex analysis of food in the world today and how it is linked to disease and climate change.

4. fed up

The film directed by Stephanie Soechtig addresses the obesity in the United States, especially children’s, and points to the American food industry as its main cause. With characters’ stories, interviews with health professionals and data about the disease, the documentary exposes the dangers of a diet rich in sugar and sedentary life.

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5. rotten

This documentary series addresses the crisis in the food industry, going through profit, fraud and the attempt to survive by small farmers. From the adulteration of honey by Chinese companies to a scheme to privatize fishing in the United States, the production shows the importance of knowing the origin and composition of the food that goes to our dishes.