Upfront I will say that I have been a flexitarian for at least 5 years now, and really do only eat meat very rarely (usually at a family gathering). I've watched a number of documentaries & podcasts on health & food, and found the Game Changers was quite a pivotal viewing (albeit there are some issues with that one too). I've also watched the counter-arguement documentaries too, and in fairness they have their points too, but personally I'm swayed towards vegetarianim BUT not to veganism.
As for this documentary, it's clear from the off that it is hardly an unbiased non-partisan viewing which really does count against it. Most of the talking heads in this are very well known (and admittedly respected) via other documentaries & podcasts, but they are all vegan proponents, there was no counterpoints, there was no arguements for the other diets or aspects. This meant that this experiment was really just confirmation bias or slanted too much towards one angle. That is disappointing as it really worked against what they were trying to demonstrate, if anything it made it all quite preachy.
There are different diets on the spectrum but this one had a very black & white view which was disparaging, especialy to those from vegetarian communities who have been in existant for many generations and eras.
There are excellent parts to the documentary, and I'd love to watch a full documentary on that chicken farmer who turned his coups into mushroom farms, which was a fascinating story.
As for the rest of the show, well you can go on youtube and find some five minute videos which will summarise all you will find from this documentary series. I'd even say best just find something else to watch to get the same message without the sermans.
As for this documentary, it's clear from the off that it is hardly an unbiased non-partisan viewing which really does count against it. Most of the talking heads in this are very well known (and admittedly respected) via other documentaries & podcasts, but they are all vegan proponents, there was no counterpoints, there was no arguements for the other diets or aspects. This meant that this experiment was really just confirmation bias or slanted too much towards one angle. That is disappointing as it really worked against what they were trying to demonstrate, if anything it made it all quite preachy.
There are different diets on the spectrum but this one had a very black & white view which was disparaging, especialy to those from vegetarian communities who have been in existant for many generations and eras.
There are excellent parts to the documentary, and I'd love to watch a full documentary on that chicken farmer who turned his coups into mushroom farms, which was a fascinating story.
As for the rest of the show, well you can go on youtube and find some five minute videos which will summarise all you will find from this documentary series. I'd even say best just find something else to watch to get the same message without the sermans.