Food Matters

I love Netflix.  Yesterday, I watched one of the most interesting documentaries I've seen in a while.  The title?  FOOD MATTERS.  In fact, if, upon reading this snippet you're interested in learning more, there is the FOOD MATTERS website.  


So what is it about?  Well, just like Food Inc. talks about the realities and dangers of GMOs and pesticides in food and hormones in food, which sadly goes unnoticed by a large majority of the population and is often kept quiet by food companies, Food Matters deals with food and it's link to medicine.  For example, they discuss how nutrition should be more of a focus for doctors, but how it is immensely underplayed, not taken seriously, and often not taught in medical school.  Seems like a no brainer to me.  Food supplies nutrients.  Nutrients keep things working properly and keep you healthy.  If you're sick, obviously there is a problem.  


One example specifically, which I enjoyed, was the use of extremely high doses of Vitamin C to cure illnesses.  Vitamin C is that same drug you're told to take in tablet form when you feel a cold coming on.  Logic would lead, therefore, to say that if small doses help small colds, then large IV-fed doses would help larger problems.  It's even cooler, however, that this same idea was discussed in the TV Series:  HOUSE.  YAY!  The other one I thought was cool was how the original founder of AA treated alcoholism and depression with Vitamin B3, until the drug companies overtook the medical field.  Again, pretty cool.  Natural vitamins to fix problems.  (It is also known that 2-3 handfuls of organic cashews daily has the same chemicals effect as Prozac).  


Now, don't get me wrong.  They don't completely knock the importance of modern-day medicine.  If you need a quick 7-14 day antibiotic, they were in full support.  This had more to do with how drug companies and the medical field affect economy, why drug companies don't actually want to "cure" you in the long run, and how today's society has seriously overlooked one of the most fundamental parts of health and life in general:  The importance of good nutrition and the benefit of organic foods.


Check it out for yourself.  Maybe you'll find you learn something, maybe you'll find support for what you already know, or maybe you'll just expose yourself to a different perspective.  It's up to you if you want to believe it or understand it or not.  But I loved it!