What the Health (2017)

An intrepid filmmaker on a journey of discovery as he uncovers possibly the largest health secret of our time and the collusion between industry, government, pharmaceutical and health organizations keeping this information from us.

Directors:

Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn

Writers:

Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn

Stars:

Kip Andersen, Larry Baldwin, Neal Barnard

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kip Andersen
Larry Baldwin	...	Self
Neal Barnard	...	Self
Tia Blanco	...	Self
David Carter	...	Self
Jake Conroy	...	Self
Garth Davis	...	Self
Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.	...	Self
Mike Ewall	...	Self
Alan Goldhamer	...	Self
Michael Greger	...	Self
Mu Jin Han	...	Self
Jaydee Hanson	...	Self
Joel Kahn	...	Self
Mark Kennedy	...	Self

Storyline

What the Health is a ground breaking feature length documentary from the award-winning filmmakers of Cowspiracy, that follows the exciting journey of intrepid filmmaker, Kip Andersen, as he uncovers the impacts of highly processed industrial animal foods on our personal health and greater community, and explores why leading health organizations continue to promote the industry despite countless medical studies and research showing deleterious effects of these products on our health.

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Plot Keywords:

vegan | environmentalism | opinion | animal agriculture | vegetarian | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Gruen XL: Eggs (2017)

User Reviews

Just as Good as Cowspiracy

I got to see the world premiere in NYC followed by a Q&A with the directors. I found it very captivating. The documentary entertains, shocks, informs, angers and inspires you. If you watch how they try to investigate health organizations and medical facilities, I think you'll be baffled by the frankness with which they refuse to discuss important information regarding saving people's lives. The personal stories in the film give you hope that there is a better way to how we are going about our diet and health care. We can have a better option than just suddenly dying of cancer or heart disease after a few decades of life if the information, such as in this documentary, would be exposed to the public. I hope people will take a look at the significance of diet after watching this. People would not demonize carbs and sugar as much if they would realize what they're calling carbs contains tons of fat. Pizza is not a carb; it is carbs with a bunch of fat from cheese and processed meat and oil. Potatoes get a bad wrap, but people cover them in butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon, salt, oil and any other unhealthy food you could think of. The combo of fats and carbs leaves your body unable to handle the carbohydrates as they cannot be absorbed into your cells; that is how diabetes arises. People don't even understand what a true high-carb diet entails: plain potatoes, rice, oats, lots of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, without adding salt, oil, meat and dairy to all their meals. I hope this film clears that up for people.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2018 (Norway)

Also Known As:

What the Health

Box Office

Budget:

$273,428 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,187

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1