The movie we watched in class on eating only plant-based foods was eye-opening and shocking but often seemed exaggerated. The idea of being vegetarian wasn't new to me- many of my friends had made the switch away from the endearing hamburger but the movie's sense of a 'plant-based diet' described something much more extreme: as even Shaws brand veggies just wouldn't suffice. The movie was encouraged me to make a change in my own life as it scanned the rotund bellys of the mid-aged men and women but what made me second guess its credibility is when it started listing off the cures such a 'simple' change could make! Not that it wouldn't be wonderful for our world to have such a cure for Cancer but with these diseases being so rampant in our society how did everyone not already know?! I decided to do more research and found information that fortified atleast some of the argument-even Oprah's website displayed a congruent article on the topic (
http://www.oprah.com/health/Can-a-Plant-Based-Diet-Cure-Cancer/1) ( even though they do a horrible job in making the meal they picture look appetizing!) The same doctor's interview (Dr. Campbell) is on youtube... (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htgpvZBCxA). The movie was interesting but to be a true believer myself, and make the switch from my "American Diet" I may need to see more results.
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