This documentary examines the health crisis in America and promotes the idea that by adopting a whole food vegan diet (ie. eliminate animal products and eat unprocessed food) we can prevent and possibly even cure degenerative diseases such as type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and heart disease.
Jordan has lost 130lbs (just under 59kgs) in a couple of years with a vegan diet. Her videos are extremely accessible to anyone as she is honest, down-to-earth and naturally charismatic, and while vegan, she's somewhat of a lazy cook, so she shows that you can eat calorie-controlled, satisfying and tasty vegan meals without spending much time in the kitchen at all.
Project Nim (2011) is a documentary that chronicles the life of Nim, a chimp taken from his mother in infancy and "adopted" by humans as part of an experiment to see if a chimp can be taught language if raised under the same conditions as a human child. It's heartbreaking, juxtaposing the use of animals... Continue Reading →
Without a doubt, my two favourite "vegan" and anti-animal-cruelty documentaries are Speciesism and Earthlings. Speciesism While you can refute claims made in health-focused documentaries that promote veganism, you cannot fault the logic of Speciesism. This documentary proposes that we justify killing animals because we view living beings as part of a hierarchy or a food... Continue Reading →
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