Forks Over Knives Documentary Picks Up Where Food, Inc. Left Off

Already gaining massive media hype after profiles on CNN, Oprah.com and The Doctor Oz Show, soon-to-be-released documentary Forks Over Knives is set to cause controversy amongst meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, as it puts the idea of “food as medicine” to the test. Following the personal journey of Dr T. Colin Campbell (a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University), and Dr Caldwell Esselstyn (Cleveland Clinic’s former top surgeon), as well as several case-study patients who have chronic symptoms, this documentary, hitting cinemas across North America on May 20th, examines the profound claim that many of the most debilitating degenerative diseases prevalent in the Western world are almost always preventable, and in most cases reversible.

Picking up where 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary Food Inc left off (which exposed the corruption of the meat industry), Forks Over Knives shows how Dr. Campbell and Dr. Esselstyn conducted several groundbreaking studies separately, but their research led them to the same conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. If you’re wondering exactly what that wording implies, simply put, it means VEGAN. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.

What’s more is the doctors implicate the North American governments and powers that be for keeping this form of preventative medicine under wraps, in order to protect and reinforce the status-quo.

I don’t know about you, but I am literally counting down the days until I can veggie-feast my eyes on this documentary. Watch the trailer below, it’s pretty riveting.