The film follows intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases – and investigates why the nation’s leading health organizations don’t want us to know about it. With heart disease and cancer the leading causes of death in America, and diabetes at an all-time high, the film reveals possibly the largest health cover-up of our time.
By Carolanne Wright
Contributing writer for Wake Up World
Back when I was studying nutritional science in university, I began to seriously question what we were being taught. The alarm bells didn’t truly go off, however, until we ventured into the core of the program — dietary recommendations for health.
I was quite surprised to discover these recommendations were nothing more than the USDA food pyramid developed in the early 1990s. Processed food heavy — with a staggering recommendation of 6-11 servings of bread, cereal, rice and pasta — the bottom tier of the pyramid is the result of reducing the fruit and vegetable suggestion, due to an order by the Secretary of Agriculture who wanted to push more cereal grains and processed foods.
Meat, poultry, fish and eggs are ingeniously grouped with plant-based protein options like beans and nuts — making no distinction between the items, only recommending 2-3 servings a day. If someone didn’t know better, you would think this would give you free rein to eat meat three times a day — just imagine all the bacon and processed deli meat! Not only that, but, according to the pyramid, you can consume 2-3 servings of dairy per day. Again, no mention of the health effects of sugar-laden yogurt or full-fat milk.
I couldn’t believe my nutritional science program was peddling this kind of nonsense. Needless to say, I walked away and continued my nutrition education in areas I truly believed in.
As it turns out, poor nutritional recommendations aren’t limited to the USDA or universities — they are rife in our medical system and organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association.
What’s more, these establishments have been shown to have huge conflicts of interest with industries that have everything to gain in keeping Americans fat, sick and tired. This is exactly what filmmakers Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn (creators of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret) set out to expose. What they discovered was far more corrupt than they imagined.
As it turns out, poor nutritional recommendations aren’t limited to the USDA or universities — they are rife in our medical system and organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association.
What’s more, these establishments have been shown to have huge conflicts of interest with industries that have everything to gain in keeping Americans fat, sick and tired. This is exactly what filmmakers Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn (creators of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret) set out to expose. What they discovered was far more corrupt than they imagined.
