The Perfect Human Diet

Contains no useful information whatsoever. Very low budget production just avoid it.

I was vegetarian for over 20 years. I became very overweight with terrible gut problems. Turned out I was allergic to what I was eating, grain especially. Irritated my digestive system badly. I was in my mid 40’s, with heart disease and arthritis. I did not have much hope of growing old. I then completely after reading about low carb. I felt terrible at first then after 10 days, I felt better than I had ever felt, though I felt guilt about eating flesh. I lost over 100lbs, my heart has improved, my cholesterol under 3. Those that advocate veg or vegan for all really don’t know what they talking about. I’d rather live, thank you. The info in this documentary could save your life.

Some truth in it, but very unscientific presented. No mentioning of life span, cancer and other relevant issues to modern society. There are a few scientists in there (PHDs), who actually back up their statements. A perfect human diet is difficult to define, and we survived and evolved because we could adopt to a variety of diets. As I said, there maybe some truth in there, but this is the case in many stories. Not a recommended documentary to help you find a good diet.

The scientific facts and history which back up this film are extensive and very interesting . This film will either test your views or prove what science has always known. Healthy people need animal fats.

Although Paleo diets are not without merit, this one sided presentation - that neglects to consider successful diets of other types, says it's sustainable but does not consider sustainability at all and is clearly aimed at arriving at the Paleo diet than the answer to the question. Avoidable tripe. They say animal protein is good for you - maybe tripe is ok...? - no. Not in a movie review!

Just call it THIS IS WHY EVERYONE SHOULD DO THE PALEO DIET. I am not against the diet, it seems to work for some people and time will tell on the long term effects. However this seems driven and one sided towards making the case for this one diet with no voice of any opposition(and there are plenty of good cases in the opposition). The host reeks of agenda, and takes every chance to make this case he decided before the word GO. It would be very interesting to see who funded the production of this movie

This documentary tells the story of the food we eat today and how this has changed since the beginning of mankind.

If I could, I would have given this minus star ratings. This is so far the most selfish, greedy, highly selective and manipulating documentary films I have watched even worse than those out to get teenage girls weeping and throbbing films. Like one of the reviews earlier it does NOT consider counter arguments but feeds those who already have prejudice against them. One of the most manipulative aspect is that the film approaches other diets life styles as if they are mere 'beliefs' with no scientific or matter of fact approach about them and that this film is purely based on truth, facts and science. Furthermore it only 'looks into' initial concerns about such diets that most populations has already and never looks further in to it. This is my first time writing such a negative review. Human diet purely based on what this film suggests is like one of those media manipulated 'information' that is out there. What a waste of money, my time and resources available in this World. This film is truly The Perfect 'Human' Diet made only for human with no regard to other species on Earth, environment and every other things that contribute immensely to our day to day lives. It is also 'perfect' as those prejudiced with closed minds can feed on their misconception. Perfect.

Whether or not the human body is "designed" to eat meat, this planet and its inhabitants cannot afford it. Eating grains is hundreds of times more efficient in terms of energy transfer than eating meat. If everyone were vegetarian, everyone could eat. In addition, animals raised for the slaughter release significant quantities of greenhouse gases. Switching to widespread vegetarianism wouldn't solve global warming on its own, but it would be a large step in the right direction.

This does not come across as scientific, educational or informative. It has the form and substance of propaganda. It's an advertisement with political motive to get citizens to influence policy and promote proteins (mainly meat) over grains. Their main argument (not scientific fact) is that humans have led a protein based diet for eons, and that problems began when grains were introduced. What was the average life expectancy then? 49years of age? They argue death was due to nomadic life, not diet...interesting theory, but not really tested fact is it? Currently, aggressive animal rearing – animals been pumped with hormones, fattened up, and rarely exercised –means the meat is not as good as it used to be...is it really the solution? Getting Anthropologists and Archeologists to recommend diets - essentially putting words in their mouths. Sure my doctor has an opinion on things, but that doesn't make it a fact because they are doctors. In my experience, most doctors have a hard time recommending diet as a solution because there is no conclusive research that this or that particular food is or isn't good for this or that particular condition. Now that's frustrating – but then there hasn't been a huge focus on diet in western medicine, and so research (50yr+ old kind) is lacking. I imagine this is due to the fact that food provision has been tied up with economical policy rather than health policy as a basis of our 'modern' western model. An interesting exception has been Italy. During the two great wars, Italians had been suffering from starvation on the whole. There were so many diet related illnesses that doctors were particularly interested in improving the diet first and foremost, and then treating whatever illness or symptoms were left. This has led to a 'culture' of food in Italy, which in turn has influenced policy (agriculture was not outsourced) and attitudes that favoured fresh food vs pre-packaged (this having been favoured more recently by the younger generation, who ARE suffering increasingly from obesity, celiac disease, diabetes, auto-immune disease...) If you're a novice to all things related to human diet - stay well away from this commercial/propaganda. This is the opposite of what is being promoted in Europe. A balanced, varied, diet with regular low-impact exercise. Avoidance of processed foods and promotion of local, seasonal, fresh produce and good quality meat sourced at your local butcher's (if you can afford it). People should be focusing on the quality of the raw materials here...really re-think how food is grown and reared. Outlaw junk food (imagine that's going to happen in the States?) Stop the flawed concept of intensively growing potatoes in Idaho, oranges in Florida and exporting to other states, etc and focus on local, seasonal and FRESH food. If you can afford it - live in Italy for 6months and taste the difference for yourself :-)