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YOU COULD ACTUALLY SAVE 12 GRAMS OF THE FAT
AND HALF THE CALORIES
IF YOU SIMPLY ATE AN ENTIRE STICK OF BUTTER.
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIABETES
AND HYPERTENSION AND BONE DISEASES, OSTEOPOROSIS.
- PROSTATE CANCER IS NOW THE MOST COMMON CANCER
IN AMERICAN MEN.
- DOCTORS SAY WE REALLY NEED TO EAT LESS RED AND PROCESSED MEAT.
- AND ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS AND CANCER
AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
- WE HAVE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT
OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN OUR CHILDREN,
AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HYPERTENSION
IN OUR CHILDREN IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
- IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, 2,120 CALORIES.
- CLEARLY THE WESTERN DIET IS TAKING A TOLL.
THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A WAKE-UP CALL.
WE HAVE A GROWING PROBLEM,
AND THE ONES WHO ARE GROWING ARE US.
Narrator Lee Fulkerson: FOOD:
IT'S CENTRAL TO OUR LIVES AND TRADITIONS.
EVERY SPECIAL OCCASION SEEMS TO INVOLVE FOOD AND FEASTING.
BUT COULD SOME OF THESE SAME FOODS,
INCLUDING SEVERAL THAT WE THINK ARE GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH,
ALSO BE CAUSING MANY OF OUR MOST SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS?
INDEED, WE'RE FACING A MASSIVE HEALTH CRISIS.
NO LESS THAN 40% OF AMERICANS TODAY ARE OBESE,
AND ABOUT HALF OF US ARE TAKING SOME FORM OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG.
- THE BEST KNOWN STATIN DRUG, LIPITOR,
IS THE MOST PRESCRIBED DRUG EVER IN THE WORLD.
- ALMOST ONE IN FIVE AMERICAN FOUR-YEAR-OLDS
ARE NOW CONSIDERED TO BE OBESE.
- THOUGH MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN
ARE STILL MORE LIKELY TO BE OVERWEIGHT.
- THIS COULD BE THE FIRST GENERATION OF CHILDREN
IN THE UNITED STATES THAT LIVES LESS THAN ITS PARENTS.
Fulkerson: WE SPEND $2.2 TRILLION A YEAR ON HEALTH CARE,
OVER FIVE TIMES MORE THAN THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
IN FACT, WE PAY MORE PER PERSON FOR HEALTH CARE
THAN ANY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
YET WE'RE SICKER THAN EVER.
- YOU SEE, THERE'S NO MONEY IN HEALTHY PEOPLE,
AND THERE'S NO MONEY IN DEAD PEOPLE.
THE MONEY IS IN THE MIDDLE: PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE, SORT OF,
BUT WITH ONE OR MORE CHRONIC CONDITIONS.
- OBESITY, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE,
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
ARE ALL DIET-RELATED HEALTH ISSUES
THAT COST THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN $120 BILLION EACH YEAR.
Fulkerson: EVERY MINUTE, A PERSON IN THE U.S.
IS KILLED BY HEART DISEASE.
1,500 PEOPLE A DAY DIE FROM CANCER.
COMBINED, THESE TWO DISEASES KILL
OVER 1 MILLION AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.
CASES OF DIABETES ARE SKYROCKETING,
PARTICULARLY AMONG OUR YOUNGER POPULATION.
- DIABETES. - DIABETES.
- LIFE-THREATENING DIABETES.
Fulkerson: ONE OUT OF THREE PEOPLE BORN IN THE U.S. TODAY
WILL DEVELOP THIS CRIPPLING CONDITION DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
MILLIONS OF OTHERS SUFFER
FROM A HOST OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
MILLIONS MORE OF US ARE SO STIMULATED BY SUGAR,
COFFEE, AND ENERGY DRINKS
THAT WE'VE MASKED OUR CHRONIC FATIGUE.
BUT COULD THERE BE A SINGLE SOLUTION
TO ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS?
A SOLUTION SO COMPREHENSIVE, YET SO STRAIGHTFORWARD,
THAT IT'S MIND-BOGGLING THAT MORE OF US
HAVEN'T TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY?
- SOMEONE HAS TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT THE ANSWER
ISN'T ANOTHER PILL.
THE ANSWER IS SPINACH.
Fulkerson: A GROWING NUMBER OF RESEARCHERS CLAIM
THAT IF WE ELIMINATE, OR GREATLY REDUCE,
REFINED, PROCESSED, AND ANIMAL-BASED FOODS,
WE CAN PREVENT AND, IN CERTAIN CASES, EVEN REVERSE
SEVERAL OF OUR WORST DISEASES.
THEY SAY ALL WE NEED TO DO IS ADOPT A WHOLE FOODS,
PLANT-BASED DIET.
IT SOUNDS ALMOST TOO SIMPLE TO BE TRUE.
Fulkerson: YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT SOMEONE LIKE ME
TO EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DIET AND DISEASE.