Sugar Coated (2015) User Reviews

Important and interesting

[OJT · 8/10 · 21 July 2016]

This Canadian documentary is the kind of documentaries I love. Research- based and with important interviews and interesting facts shown in a graphic and understandable way.

Sugar is the most drastic change in diet ever made in human history.

The film discussed the troubled consequences of sugar being put into 75 percent of the processed food we eat. The problem is that the sugar industry does what it can for us to use as much of the stuff as possible, hence the industry earns more. The film also discussed food in general, and the battle of fat and sugar, and the false papers made to make us buy into the "low fat" argumentation, and instead filling the fat gap with processed sugar.

The film also debates if children today could have a better everyday situation without all the added sugar. You could say sugar being one of the main problems we face in today's world. And it's not only USA and Europe. It's all across the world.

The Sugar is today's tobacco problem. Scary, but well worth watching.

Some Important Information About Sugar

[zachzach0036 · 7/10 · 11 December 2016]

Sugar Coated's beginning represents the film as a whole perfectly. Ominous music plays while we are shown videos of candy production. It sets up that this loved treat may hold some secrets that we don't know about.

The main goal of this documentary if obviously to open up the eyes of the viewers to the threats of sugar and the sugar industry as a whole. This goal is definitely met throughout the film, but that doesn't mean the film is without its flaws, but more on that later.

Throughout the film we learn a lot about the hazards of the over consumption of sugar, which the word over consumption is important as the film does not say sugar itself is bad, but rather the having way too much sugar is, which include fatty liver disease and different forms of gum disease.

We also find out that it's not as easy as avoiding sugar since there are over 50 different names for the word in the foods we eat. On top of that when a product says that there is no added sugar there is still more than likely way more sugar than you should be consuming in that food or beverage.

The film also takes a very good look into the sugar industry as a whole. This is how they used scientist to fight against people wanted to lessen the amount of sugar consumption.

The documentary is very positive in that it doesn't just solely focus on the fact of sugar is terrible, but how it's also the fault of the industry as whole and how it rules over what is healthy and not. Never says that sugar is bad, just that the amount of sugar everyone consumes is bad.

With all the positives there are definitely faults. The documentary as a whole came to a screeching halt in the middle that didn't really pick up again until the end. This is due to the heavy focus on the sugar industry, a lot of which didn't further the films argument any. It is not to say that the knowledge isn't good, but they just focus on it a bit too much. Lastly, the film could easily have been half the length with just as much effectiveness as it has at its current standing. A lot of the information came off as repetitive and unnecessary in the middle of the film.

All in all, the film was good and it's a good watch even though the slow parts.

Great documentary about important topic

[ken-parker-3 · 9/10 · 12 February 2017]

This is a very well-produced documentary about how a "harmless" (according to sugar industry research) ingredient has been added to our diets in toxic quantities. It is powerful stuff.

The comparison with tobacco co's, their motives and tactics, is frightening. The documentary highlights the fact that it's the same exact playbook. I remember watching the transition in the mid-60's to today.

They open and close the movie by showing how our holidays and most sacred events are all bathed in sugar. How did the industry pull off such a coup in the most intimate parts of our lives?!

The movie certainly boosted my awareness of and opposition to sugar.