Anyone watch (The game changers)

Anyone watch the Netflix doc? What was your thought about it?

I am almost cured of an incurable autoimmune by just following dr sebi diet, i'm, not a full vegan but day by day and ill get there. I also know lots of vegans and vegetarians with health problems, but the reason being is they are lazy to learn new foods, or buying what they can get based on location, budget or timeline. and they are the vegans/ vegetarians who are usually animal lovers or for religious purposes and not for health, because if they were for health they would be doing what all of us are doing on this forum. researching, debating, brainstorming....

so in saying all that what do i think about it. meh nutthing that hasent been said in all the other vegan films thats been posted before
 
Anyone watch the Netflix doc? What was your thought about it?
We evolved into humans because we started eating meat. Other primates eat none or very little meat and that’s why they stayed lower on the evolutionary tree. It’s not hard to figure out that humans need meat to be healthy in the long term. Plants can keep us alive but certainly not the ideal food source.
 


I am not the first to write a critique of the documentary The Game Changers, but I chose to write mine before reading others so as not to be influenced. When I finally read the other blogs out there in their entirety, I found that many of the things that troubled me the most also troubled others. Some eloquently written in blogs by Layne Norton and Menno Henselmans, have some overlap with this analysis, but I have added additional points. In my opinion, the more voices for science and unbiased truth, the better.

I will dive very deeply into both the main and minor claims and implications made by GC and go over the actual consensus (or lack thereof) as supported by more than 200 references. I will discuss what the creators of GC got right, what they got almost right, what we just don’t know yet, and what they got dead wrong. I will walk through the film minute by minute so that you can follow along while watching if you would like.

Hopefully at the end of the day all of this helps those swayed by the clever propaganda utilized in this film to better understand how to critically analyze claims and come to the (usually less sexy and more moderate) truths for themselves.

I will summarize each section throughout this article, but first, here is the overarching “TLDR” summary for those not ready to walk through all 60 pages of the gritty details with me:

ARTICLE SUMMARY:

While there is an enormous scientific consensus that eating a plant predominant diet has a multitude of potential health benefits, those benefits appear to result mainly from adding whole plant food rather than from eliminating animal products. There is evidence in support of reducing red meat consumption and some very strong evidence for minimizing or eliminating processed meat consumption.

The overall data suggest that a health and fitness promoting diet need not be vegan, unless you want it to be. There are some supplements that vegans might need for optimal health and fitness and some caveats and care that omnivores must take for optimal nutrition.

Health comes down to maintaining a healthy weight, exercising, and eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, enough protein, healthy fat sources, and unprocessed whole foods. Athletic achievement comes down to rational diet choices (omnivore or vegan), relentless hard work, and good genetics. This is what the data support.

The disappointing part about this film is that it had the opportunity to explain how veganism can be a viable diet choice for high achieving athletes if they make good nutritional choices. They could have outlined the basic principles of a healthy diet rather than leading people to believe that peanut butter cheesecake, mac-n-cheese, and other processed foods are rendered totally healthy so long as they are vegan.

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I cant speak for how other people have done on vegetarian and vegan diets but as someone who was vegetarian for 8 years and had all sorts of problems Im really hesitant to believe its a healthy long term diet for anybody.
 
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