Top 10 Documentaries on Healthy Eating

Description: Although it focuses on the negative effects of fast food, this film indirectly promotes healthy eating by showcasing the health consequences of a diet high in fast food, encouraging viewers to reconsider their dietary habits.

Fact: Morgan Spurlock, the director, gained

Description: This documentary exposes the diet, weight-loss, and food industries, revealing how they keep us coming back for more by overloading our bodies with sugar, fat, and salt. It offers solutions for breaking free from these cycles.

Fact: The film was produced by the same team behind "Food Matters."

Description: Damon Gameau, an Australian actor, conducts an experiment to show the effects of a high-sugar diet, even when the sugar comes from "healthy" sources like juice and smoothies, highlighting the hidden sugars in our diets.

Fact: The film led to a campaign in Australia to reduce sugar intake.

Description: Focused on the myth that athletes need meat to perform at their best, this film follows James Wilks, a former UFC fighter, as he explores the benefits of a plant-based diet for athletes, challenging conventional wisdom.

Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, and Lewis Hamilton are among the famous faces featured in the film.

Description: Based on Michael Pollan's book, this documentary explores the Western diet's impact on health and offers simple, actionable advice on eating well: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

Fact: The film was part of a PBS series, "The Food Chain."

Description: Joe Cross, an Australian businessman, embarks on a 60-day juice fast to lose weight and regain his health, documenting his journey and the people he meets along the way who are inspired to change their own lives.

Fact: The film inspired a sequel, "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2," where Joe revisits some of the people from the first film.

Description: While not exclusively about healthy eating, this documentary exposes the industrial production of meat, grains, and vegetables, highlighting the health and environmental costs of our food system, encouraging viewers to make more conscious food choices.

Fact: The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Description: This film explores the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It's a compelling look at how a whole-foods, plant-based diet can transform health.

Fact: The film's title is inspired by the idea that if you choose between a fork and a knife, the fork (representing plant-based foods) can be a tool for healing.

Description: This documentary investigates the benefits of a ketogenic diet, exploring its potential to treat a range of health issues from obesity to autism, and questioning the conventional dietary advice.

Fact: The film was produced by Pete Evans, a well-known Australian chef and advocate for the paleo diet.

Description: This documentary delves into the relationship between nutrition and health, arguing that the food we eat can be our medicine or our poison. It features experts discussing the benefits of vitamins, minerals, and organic foods.

Fact: The film was one of the first to highlight the importance of nutritional therapy in mainstream media.