Healthy Documentaries

**I tried to post this a few night ago, but our stupid internet went down.  So I finally have five minutes to myself to sit down and post it now.  **

For those of you who have been following the recent food journey of the Stone household, here is a summary of all of the "healthy" documentaries that I have watched recently.  My list continues to grow, but I may be nearing the end of the films that are readily available to me!  (The first two are a must-watch, if you're interested in this topic.)

• Forks Over Knives: I really enjoyed this one.  This made me rethink the nutritional benefit of a lot of the food items that I have always eaten as a part of my regular diet.  It also made me think about some of the things I have been conditioned to believe are the healthiest options, when in fact they may not be.
• Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead: This is a powerful film about a man who has a severe autoimmune disease.  He had been taking a truckload of medications for a number of years, and the combination of the steroids and a lifetime of poor eating habits had left him severely overweight.  His disease continued to worsen, no matter the medications, so he decided to take matters into his own hands and see if there was a chance that he could heal himself through eating the healthiest foods possible.  He kick-started his dietary changes and weight loss journey with a 60-day (yes, SIXTY day) juicing fast!  The film follows him throughout that 60-day period and beyond.  His weight-loss was incredibly impressive, but even greater than that was the way in which he was able to decrease his medications to almost nothing.  Through the course of the film, he also assisted another man on a nearly identical journey.  This man started at well over 400lbs and managed to lose over 200lbs!  Throughout the film, there was a great deal of information about each person's health statistics and the ways in which those numbers were transformed, not just in terms of weight.  This is the film that convinced Rob and myself to give juicing a serious chance, and we have definitely seen some major improvements in our own weights and health.
• Vegucated: This is the one film that I have watched that I would NOT recommend.  I actually didn't finish it myself.  It's not that there is anything "wrong" with the film, but it just takes a different angle on a vegetarian lifestyle that really doesn't help motivate me to be healthier.  It just tells you what a terrible human being you are for slaughtering animals.  It goes so far as to point out unhealthy, packaged food that qualifies as vegetarian!  How is this beneficial???
• Hungry for Change: This was a very inspirational film because it was almost strictly interview-format with health professionals who not only provide a lot of beneficial information, but who also have been on their own transformational food journeys.  They look at our common eating habits from many different angles that most of us have not ever thought of.
• Food Matters: This one takes a serious look at how our food helps or harms our health.
• Food Fight: This one discussed the problems in today's "food system" and promoted local, organic, sustainable agriculture.
• Ingredients: I like that this film focuses on where your food comes from and encourages us to eat locally.
• Killer at Large: This is an overview of the many factors contributing to the American obesity epidemic.  In 2006, over 112,00 Americans died due to factors related to obesity.  This is a serious problem.