Hungry For Change: Review: Hungry For Change

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“Hungry for Change” is an eye opening documentary made to explore the role that food plays in peoples’ lives. The experts, ranging from authors to medical doctors, address a variety of claims through testimonials, experiments, and statistical evidence. They not only state the flaws in this generation’s diet but also logically explain the reasons behind the downfall in peoples’ diet and offer better ways to approach our health. The information is presented in an efficient manner as it correlates and appeals with viewers existing knowledge and lifestyle. The documentary begins with a lethargic women who appears to lack motivation due to following an unhealthy lifestyle and diet. This example, that continues throughout the whole documentary, …show more content…

David Wolfe claims that people have “forgot about our instincts” and says, “it has led us to an obesity crisis” (Hungry for Change). Our processed diet and indoor lifestyle has led to too many calories and not enough nutrients. The documentary brings about these consequences of the latest diet trends and the effects of the seemingly healthy way to change your life. This segment in the documentary contains personal testimonies from experts like Kris Carr and Jon Gabriel that are more compelling than just stating the facts. Both experts agree and testify that diets don’t work and often times have a negative effect of gaining back the weight if not …show more content…

Jon Gabriel explains how sugar has become an addictive drug like nicotine, the only difference is that its legal. Once we become hooked on it we become habituated to its effects and need more and more to satisfy ourselves. As a result of the increase in marketing and the on going dependence on sugary foods and beverages, children are taking in more and more sugar and obtaining less and less nutrients. According to Gentry Lasater, “From 1989 to 2008, calories from sugary beverages increased by 60% in children ages 6 to 11, from 130 to 209 calories per day, and the percentage of children consuming them rose from 79% to 91%.” The 12% increase of children consuming surgery beverages is continuing to grow as children are not educated on the harmful effects of this drug like substance we call sugar. Personally, I found this claim the most alarming and convincing given the amount of data and evidence in opposition to

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