What The Health By Kip Anderson

What the Health, a documentary directed, produced, written, and edited by filmmaker, Kip Anderson, depicts the evil ins-and-outs of America’s food industry. Talking to multiple health professionals and researching how the food we eat affects our bodies’ ultimate longevity, Anderson uncovers a great deal of corrupted information hidden by our government. He discovered many hidden loopholes in our nation’s chronic disease epidemic. According to his research, the processed food that millions consume each day is the leading cause for cancer, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, as opposed to genetics passed down between generations. This overwhelming diagnosis of disease has annually cost the American healthcare system billions of dollars in treatment over the years.
Interviewing corporations such as the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Cancer Society, Anderson was quickly deferred from many questions he asked. Since these corporations were ignoring his strong arguments, it draws more attention to what true facts they are hiding and the reasons as to
The video footage of slaughterhouses and processing plants made me nauseous to know I ingest food from industries such as those in the film. Aside from seeing firsthand how food is handled, I was also disappointed to realize how unhealthy all types of cheese is for you. Although I did already know cheese isn’t very healthy for your body, I did not fully grasp how much saturated fat and cholesterol is in it until after watching. Cheese is one of my favorite go-to indulgent foods, so I was upset to understand I should probably cut back on my intake. I was also set back by the description of chicken’s affect on the body as well as how it is a “cause of cancer.” I eat grilled chicken on a daily basis and always thought of it as being a healthier alternative to red