Could
not eating animal products cure someone of cancer? Can eating a plant-based
diet remove the problems of diabetes? “Forks
Over Knives” explores the possibilities of animal-product free and plant
based diets could reversing, preventing, and possibly putting an end to many
degenerative illnesses. This documentary follows several scientists on their quests
to determine how the findings that areas with plant-based diets had very little
experience with diseases that are extremely common in places with animal
products in their diets.
Because
I thought I was fairly familiar with different variations of plant-based, and
animal-based diets, and positive and negative aspects of them, this movie
crushed many of the positive eating that I believed I had developed; which intrigued
me. I was very unaware that people have realized revelations such as the ones
about diet choices that are discussed in Forks
Over Knives and will consider them when making my own diet choices.
Although I am currently not in a position that would further urge me to remove
animal based products from my diet, I will consider the advice given in the
movie to make healthier choices. One of the biggest shockers I gained from the
movie is how cow milk interacts with the human body. The film states something
like “It does not make sense that giving a species milk from another species
would work.” Growing up, I was always urged to drink cow milk because it was a “healthy
choice”. Although, for a number of reasons, my family has transitioned to
drinking almond milk over the years, this news gives me more reason to stay
away from something I was always taught was good for me.
