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Aug 12, 2020 · Ugly Delicious (2018, 2020; Netflix) Now in its second season, Momofuku chef David Chang’s award-winning travel, cooking, and history show aims to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Bourdain ...
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May 7, 2024 · Directed by. Pierre Deschamps. Watch on Apple TV+. Located in Copenhagen, Noma has been named the best restaurant in the world. The title changed everything, especially for chef René Redzepi, who ...
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- That Sugar Film
- Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
- Hungry For Change
- Vegucated
- Food Fight
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No, this documentary isn't an instruction for how to hold your cutlery. Forks Over Knives is actually a film that sets out to connect America's meat- and dairy-based diet to the rampant metabolic health crisis. The solution they suggest? Turn to a plant-based diet. The film has earned such high praise that even Grammy-winning singer Ariana Grande t...
Ever wonder how the food you eat is made? From industrial meat to large-scale production of veggies and grains, Food, Inc.details everything you need to know about how big business has cheapened and quickened food production over the last 50 years. It's great for business—but terrible for your health. You can stream it now on Amazon Prime Video.
Did you know that Congress counts pizza as a vegetable? If not, Fed Up is here to tell you more about how powerful Agra- and sugar-industry lobbyists are preventing any meaningful legislation that protects our health from passing. After the film, we're pretty sure you'll be just as fed up with added sugarsas we are. You can stream it now on Amazon ...
Though "GMO" (Genetically Modified Organisms) has certainly become a mainstream term over the past decade, many people don't really know what it actually means or what effects it'll have on their health. And guess what? Scientists don't either. GMO OMGtells the story of a father's discovery of GMOs and his quest to understand how they'll affect his...
After swearing off sugar for three years, one man (Damon Gameau) sets out to see exactly what happens when he follows a high sugar diet (40 teaspoons, or 160 grams of sugar, a day) by consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as "healthy." Case in point: these 14 "health" foods worse than a donut. Spoiler alert: he develops signs of fatty li...
There's nothing more motivating than to watch a man lose 100 pounds over the course of a film. And Joe Cross does just that by following none other than a juice cleanse. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead chronicles Cross' journey across the country as well as the struggles of the overweight people he meets along the way. But because we don't necessarily cond...
America is overweight, and it's not entirely our fault. We're not only programmed to eat food when it's available—and it's now available all the time—but these convenient foods aren't constructed to confer nutritional benefits; they're designed to make us addicted to them. And if that's not bad enough, Hungry For Changeshows us the diet industry is...
Thinking about going vegan? If you're not yet ready to take the plunge, maybe test the waters with Vegucated. Watch how three omnivores take a six-week challenge to ditch meat and dairy. They expose the harmful practices of the livestock industry, learn the long-term health benefits of eating vegan foods, and see how eating a plant-based diet makes...
Through interviews with politicians, activists, farmers, and chefs, Food Fightshows how quickly our food system and culture of eating has shifted in the past few decades and how it's now slowing, beginning to change for the better. You can stream it now on Amazon Prime Video.
You likely know that childhood obesity and diabetes are major health problems in America, but this documentary really helps it hit home. BITE SIZE peers into the lives of four overweight American preteens as they struggle to lose weight and get a handle on healthier eating habits. If you're struggling to lose weight, this film reveals many unique s...
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- Forks Over Knives (2011) Why you should watch it: This is the insta-classic documentary your BFF watched before she decided to go vegetarian. But it’s not just a preachy “don’t eat meat” fest.
- Sugar Coated (2015) Why you should watch it: Got a sweet tooth or two? This “I Quit Sugar” documentary wants to forcefully remove it. Like its friends Fed Up and That Sugar Film, this doc addresses the politics surrounding the sugar industry and its claims that the white stuff isn’t toxic.
- Food, Inc. (2008) Why you should watch it: The food we eat today is drastically different than the food people consumed 50 years ago. And Food, Inc. says that has less to do with human behavioral habits and everything to do with the food and agricultural industries.
- Cooked (2016) Why you should watch it: Acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan takes a compelling look at the four natural elements — fire, water, air and earth — and how they are all represented in the history of the way we make and enjoy food.
The guerrilla-style documentary follows three New Yorkers with a passion for meat and cheese who attempt to go vegan for six weeks and change the way they think about food. Through social events ...
Aug 4, 2021 · Somebody Feed Phil (2018) Netflix. The creator of hit comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, is in front of the camera for Netflix's Somebody Feed Phil. In the documentary series ...
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Jul 2, 2023 · Fresh Fried And Crispy (2021) Food critic and YouTuber Daym Drops hosts one of the best food documentaries on Netflix, Fresh Fried and Crispy. Drops takes viewers all across the U.S. to taste the local flavors of cities like St. Louis, San Diego, and Savannah while sampling anything that's fried and crispy.
