Comments on: Killer at Large – Obesity Documentary Without Focus

By: MAS

MAS — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:17:12 +0000

@Tom – I guess we just disagree. If they are going to organize a public coordinated response to obesity, then I think they need to understand the causes a little better. Otherwise they will fail and we will be doomed to repeat this process over and over. In fact, we already have. The new plan of attack on childhood obesity is same as the last one and the one before that.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:12:57 +0000

MAS, I think your missing what this documentary set out to do. You like I and many others have seen a vast array of pictures that cover the obesity epidemic, GMO’s, fat intake and how all fat isn’t bad and other various aspects that contribute to America being severely overweight. This picture IS TRYING to look at it from a broad prospective to educate the viewer who doesn’t know all the ways we are influenced by food and just how bad things are. From reading you comments you are obviously well versed with how we become fat (ie insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome), which is great, but you cannot just start talking to the average uneducated American about metabolic syndrome and how things work, they’ll lose interest, trust me I know from experience. This isn’t “Fat Head”, its a starter documentary, something that gets the mind thinking about a VARIETY of ways how we’re being influenced to consume horrible foods. Although I really like “Fat Head”, Tom overlooks the education level of the average consumer a little bit. Regardless if he means to or not, this country as a whole is rather uneducated when it comes to food. The majority still thinks wheat bread means it’s whole grain, which you and I know isn’t true. If one was to make a documentary explaining every topic that you have talked about in your comments it would be 7+ hours long and no one would watch it outside of foodies, they’re trying to appeal to the general public. I don’t think this documentary…. no, this documentary didn’t spend too much time on the marketing aspect & schools, because no other documentary has spend a large amount of time looking at this and exactly how far it down the line it goes with government etc… This particular piece is marketed towards schools, which is great so maybe a principal or superintendent will view it and make vast changes to their lunch programs. And you shouldn’t criticize the picture for examining the group approach to a healthy lifestyle because having peer support does believe it or not help aka fat people have fat friends and healthy people have healthy friends (who would of thought), and yes that has be studied. Just because it looked at this way of doing something doesn’t mean it implied that YOU NEED SOME COORDINATED SOCIETY EFFORT TO LOSE WEIGHT, but it helps (that whole peer pressure thing works both ways, good and bad). And yes it comes down to personal responsibility at the end of the day, no one is going to make you eat healthy and exercise. And if your saying it’s negative to mention the importance of exercise, your mad. I don’t think your crazy or stupid or anything, I just believe your looking at this picture the wrong way, remember it’s an overall approach to informing the general public about the obesity epidemic and ALL its components, of which exercise is a big part (fun fact: the best way to improve your HDL level is to exercise, proven by peer reviewed literature, I’d site it but this isn’t a research paper). This documentary is good for what it intended to be, if your watching horror film expecting comedy you’ll be let down.

By: MAS

MAS — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:03:50 +0000

@V Hales – The fact whole grains don’t solicit the same insulin spike doesn’t negate my comment. The movie failed to address the hormonal aspect to fat loss. I felt that was important.

Whole grains have their own issues, but not related to the movie.

http://www.heartscanblog.org/2010/11/why-does-wheat-cause-arthritis.html
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-grains-are-unhealthy/

By: V.Hales

V.Hales — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:53:28 +0000

Dear Critical Mas,

“I never heard the word INSULIN once. INSULIN is everything when it comes to fat gain. It isn’t just the junk food that causes obesity, it is anything that causes insulin spikes. That includes grains, pasta, potatoes, juice, energy drinks and rice.”

This is not true. Insulin spikes when you eat refined white grain, pasta made from refined white flour, white rice, and any drinks including energy drink that include refined white sugar. Refined flour is same as white flour which is same as enriched flour. Insulin spike leads not only to fat gain but destroys pancreas because pancreas have to overwork in order to produce insulin spike.

So why whole grain does not produce effect as refined flour?

Read here
http://www.wholevegan.com/refined_flour.html

By: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration | Critical MAS

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration | Critical MAS — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:32:01 +0000

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By: MAS

MAS — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:56:30 +0000

All –
I watched Killer at Large again and my conclusion is unchanged. In fact I dislike the movie more than before. The film completely lacks focus. It has way too much emphasis on exercise.

Killer at Large has a paternal, “we know better” tone. However, I saw no evidence that the filmmakers or half the experts interviewed knew the cause of obesity. Hell half of “good guys” in the movie were overweight themselves. Also the statistics they threw around on obesity are extremely exaggerated. They are based off the very flawed BMI metric, which I’ve discussed before. The movie Fat Head does an excellent job of explaining how the obesity epidemic is overstated.

And I’m sorry but I still didn’t hear the word INSULIN. Please tell me where that was mentioned and I’ll go back and watch it again. INSULIN is everything.

I can no longer recommend this movie. I’m taking it off my Nutrition Theater – Some Things To Watch To Help You Become More Healthy list.

By: MAS

MAS — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:47:16 +0000

@Laurens – Excellent review. Now I really want to see the movie again.

By: Laurens Maas B.Sc. Ost, DI. HOM.

Laurens Maas B.Sc. Ost, DI. HOM. — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:42:51 +0000

I rented it last night.
Overall I thought it was a good documentary.
Thumbs down was the sound quality and editing.
Thumbs up was the explanation on how the Gov. really is creating even more health problems for the future, further weakening the population even further until most of the adults and the kids are sick, fat constantly medicated,and they stay that way because they never understand that the advertising of food and the taste-ologists psychological cripple people through taste-bud serotonin addictions. Soon the USA will be crippled with Obesity and the wealth of the country will dwindle. Our health is so valuable and yet unknowing Americans are losing the life quality and time to a short few seconds of gratuitous gluttonous tongue behaviour, creating a lifetime of diseases. Synth-foods are fake and bodies are made from more natural materials.
It is the Fattest Crime, people getting ignorant , sick and fat /obese while a few exec’s and gov. leaders who know the food link addiction get rich on the suffering of others. SO sad. God save America, who were once the land of the free but no is enslaved in Diabesity !
I enjoyed the movie and will purchase a copy. It has made more cpnvinced to do a great job battling this pandemic. I will continue to help my patients recover from their weight-issues and obesity / diabetes.
Laurens Maas B.Sc. OST, DI.HOM.
Registered Osteopath and Homeopath
Barbados

By: MAS

MAS — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:44:40 +0000

@Cade – So sad yet so true.

By: Cade

Cade — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:29:45 +0000

I had a hard time understanding how a 12 year old found a Dr. who would perform lipo on her. Then again that same Dr. performed a plastic surgery for that MTV show “I Want a Famous Face.” All that teaches people is that there will always be an easy fix so have as many french fries as possible because you can pay someone $6,000 to make it go away.