Name: Sugar Blues
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-07-23
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 6.8

I would have liked to give this documentary more stars, as it presents fairly accurate evidence in relation to the negative health effects of sugar consumption. However, it also presents dairy and meat in a negative light, arguing that eating sugar is as bad as eating meat and dairy. This is misleading. At one point, she actually said "eating meat makes you want to eat more sugar". I don't know where she found evidence for this, and, moreover, most of the anti-sugar experts she interviewed are not also anti-meat. So, I found that while the documentary had good intentions, it also provided a great deal of misleading information. It was also cringe-worthy to see her arguing against sugar, while making huge pots of fruit jam and chopping up masses of carrots (did she not check the glycemic index/load of those foods?)

This documentary takes an unusual stance: it is anti-sugar, anti-carb, anti-dairy, and anti-meat, while being (only) pro-fruit, pro-legumes, and pro-vegetables. I think the documentary will struggle to gain the acceptance of most food camps.

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