WTH Documentary

Documentary Review by Kenva Smith
Kip Andersen, filmmaker

Neal Barnard, M.D., FACC
Milton Mills, M.D.
Michael Klaper, M.D.
Family history of major health diseases
• Cancer
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
About Kip Personal lifestyle choices to avoid disease
Andersen • No smoking
• No drinking sodas
• Get enough sleep
• Follow recommendations of major health
organizations
Processed meat can increase the risk
of cancer by 18%.
W.H.O. on Can cause colorectal cancer

processed
meat Equally as dangerous as smoking
Classified as a “Group 1” carcinogen

American Cancer
Society on
processed meats
• Recommends deli and canned
meats in their “eat healthy”
suggestions for Americans.
• A Harvard study shows that
unprocessed meats such as
chicken, eggs, and beef increase
cholesterol and cancer risks and
alter our hormones. However,
they are still a part of the healthy
suggestions page on ACA.
Link between diet and disease
• Government and media blame high sugar and high carb diet as the cause of
diabetes
• Carbs/sugar are inversely related to diabetes.
• Meat is directly related to developing diabetes
• Diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and even “dementia” are all a
result of a meat-based diet
• Harvard research shows that dairy milk does NOT protect against bone
fractures, but it does increase risk for cancer, cholesterol, and breaks.
• There is no such thing as “hormone free milk
• Regulations for milk permit up to 750,000 pus cells per cc
• Fish are “mercury sponges” that have high counts of pesticides and
herbicides in them, which all have negative health risks and associations.
• Farmed fish are not much better than wild fish.
Government &
Organization Conspiracies
• American Cancer Association initially accepted, but later rescinded
the invitation for an interview.
• American Diabetes Association interviewee did not want to talk
about diet and diabetes. Was very evasive.
• American Heart Association and Susan G Koman refused interviews.
• Dietary Recommendation Committee & check off programs aim to
get you hooked at a young age since they are funded by fast food
restaurants
• They all accept sponsorships from companies that produce food
which are linked to the diseases they try to prevent
• Pharmaceutical industry sells most of their product to livestock
farmers.
The Pig Farm
Animals live in their
own waste
Remains are taken away, ground

Kept in over-packed pens with
up, and brought back to the
sick/dead animals
farm to be fed to livestock.
Dead pigs are removed Sick animals are given

and put in bins out in the antibiotics and other
hot sun until they are medication that we will,
eventually picked up. indirectly consume.
An Environmental
Issue & Human Rights
Demographic surrounding the pig farm is
predominantly minority (Black or Hispanic).
Nearly everyone in the area has or died from

asthma, cancer, or some other disease.
No waste system or regulation for the pig farmers,

so they spray the waste into the surrounding area.
Air and water pollution for people and other

animals
• Stench spread throughout the area
• Fish and other marine life die
Go Vegan
• “All protein is made by plants. Therefore, we don’t need animal
meat. It’s all just recycled protein anyway.” – Dr. Mills
• We are severely fiber deficient rather than protein deficient, so
eat more vegetables.
• Physiologically, we are not meant to eat meat (GI tract is longer
and canine teeth are shorter). We are not true omnivores
• In a little over a week, you can reverse heart disease and
diabetes by adapting to a plant-based (anecdotal).
• If we all go vegan, it could save the U.S. about 48 trillion dollars
(which is roughly 3x the U.S. GDP).
• Kip went vegan. He doesn’t believe he’d be physically ill for
eating meat occasionally but does not want to support an
industry that takes advantage of others.
Critiques
• Very passionate • Producer and people interviewed may be
biased/have a conflict of interest
• Encouraged people to eat healthier • He shouldn't have been surprised that the
to reduce disease. people answering the phones at the non-
• Encouraged people to look at meat profits could not give him sound answers
consumption from an ethical and • Many vegan and non-vegan dietitians disagree
humanitarian point of view. with the documentary because they feel that
he “exaggerated weak data and
• Tried to give organizations a chance misinterpreted science”
to speak for themselves before he • The way they portray the information may
came to his own conclusions/pushed insight unwarranted panic and fear.
his agenda • Does not advocate for moderation in diet
Reasons I chose this
documentary
• I love nutrition and the notion
that food can be either a cure or
disease
• Curiosity about what diet-induced
diseases and links would be
uncovered
• Thought provoking
• It sheds light on human rights,
environmental, and organizational
issues I was unaware of
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Documentary Review by Kenva Smith

Kip Andersen, filmmaker

W.H.O. on Can cause colorectal cancer

Classified as a “Group 1” carcinogen

Remains are taken away, ground

Dead pigs are removed Sick animals are given

Nearly everyone in the area has or died from

No waste system or regulation for the pig farmers,

Air and water pollution for people and other

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