Over the weekend I decided to watch some movies and went over into my long dormant Netflix streaming account. Some time earlier I had added some documentaries on veganism, but had never gotten around to watching them.
I ended up watching the documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". Without giving too much away, I want to say that this is one of the greatest documentaries I have ever seen. I immediately watched it again after watching it the first time. And today, I went ahead and showed it to a friend.
It's basically about an overweight Australian guy who decides to start eating (or drinking in this case) healthy, and the lengths he goes to achieve that. The real star of the show is someone he accidentally befriends in Winslow, Arizona during a cross country trip through the US. Do watch it, it is amazing.
I ordered a juicer. It is coming Wednesday. Do yourself a favor and watch this film. It will change your life.
A couple of postscripts:
- the film has a website: www.fatsickandnearlydead.com and it can be seen for free on Hulu (albeit with commercials)
- the juice fast portrayed in the film is apparently called "Rebooting" and there is a reboot website as well
- I haven't bought into Juicing as the end-all, cure-all, I think a much better place to start is the book Eat To Live, authored by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (who is featured prominently in this film), but it's certainly a start