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Trade paperback. Companion book to Netflix documentary "What The Health", prising apart the problems in food, medical and pharmaceutical industrial practices that damage mass health.
List of contents
Contents
Prologue
- Genetics: The Writing on the Cell
- Medical School: The Doctor of the Future
- Diabetes: Jamming the Lock
- Chicken: What the Cluck?
- Flesh Food
- Cancer: Feeding the Growth
- What Is Milk?
- Eggs: Cracked
- Fish: Pollution Sponges
- Blood Vessel Disease: The Tree of Life
- Our Children
- Exploding Myths
- The Next Stage in Human Evolution: Vegan Athletes
- Things Spiral Around
Top Secret
Recipes: Eat Right, Live Well
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography and Films
Notes
Index
About the author
Kip Andersen's awakening as a filmmaker came as a result of
An Inconvenient Truth. After seeing the film, he dramatically changed his lifestyle and believed he was doing everything he could to help the planet. But his life took a different direction when he found out animal agriculture is the leading cause of environmental destruction. Together with Keegan Kuhn he co-produced his first film,
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, which became an overnight viral success and ignited the environmental movement. Following this success, he was invited to speak in front of the European Parliament and a new cut, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, was exclusively released on Netflix in September 2015.
Andersen is the founder of A.U.M. Films and Media, a 501c3 non-profit focused on creating films and media that promote thrivability, compassion, and harmony for all life. He is also a serial entrepreneur, as well as a certified Jivamukti and Kundalini yoga teacher. Andersen is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo school of business and has called San Francisco home for more than a decade.
Summary
The definitive, stand-alone companion book to the acclaimed documentary—now with 50 plant-based recipes and full-color photos to help you start changing your health for the better
There's something terribly broken in our industrial food, medical, and pharmaceutical systems. What's going wrong? Can we really avoid the leading causes of death just by changing our diet? Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn, creators of the revolutionary What the Health and the award-winning Cowspiracy documentaries, take readers on a science-based tour of the hazards posed by consuming animal products—and what happens when we stop.
What the Health will guide you on an adventure through this maze of misinformation with the same fresh, engaging approach that made the documentary so popular. Journey with Andersen and Kuhn as they crisscross the country, talking to doctors, dietitians, public health advocates, whistle-blowers, and world-class athletes, to uncover the truth behind the food we eat. With the help of writer Eunice Wong, they empower eaters with knowledge about the lethal entwining of the food, medical, and pharmaceutical industries, and about the corporate web that confuses the public and keeps Americans chronically—and profitably—ill.
Plus, discover 50 recipes to help you reclaim your life and health, including:
• Creamy Mac
• PB&J Smoothie
• Winter Lentil and Pomegranate Salad
• Mom's Ultimate Vegan Chili
• Black Bean Fudgy Brownies
• Baked Apple Crumble with Coconut Cream
If the film was a peephole, then the book knocks down the whole door, featuring expanded interviews, extensive research, and new personal narratives. There's a health revolution brewing. What the Health is your invitation to join.
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"Don't read What the Health unless you want to change the way you eat—but if you do, the book presents a compelling path to longevity."
—Foreword Reviews
