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I would recommend a couple of documentaries in this context about sugar. 1. The Botany of Desire [1] See the part about selective breeding of apples that are
by newscracker 11y ago
I would recommend a couple of documentaries in this context about sugar.
1. The Botany of Desire [1]
See the part about selective breeding of apples that are sweet, where varieties with other tastes are either discarded or used for making apple cider vinegar.
2. That Sugar Film [2]
This goes into detail on the amount of sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) added to all kinds of foods that people would consider as normal and "healthy". It's really shocking how invisible such things are to consumers.
[1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1421383/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1421383/
[2]: http://thatsugarfilm.com/ http://thatsugarfilm.com/
- nickles 11y agoThe Botany of Desire is based on a book by the same name. The author, Michael Pollan, has written quite a bit about food. Another book of his, The Omnivore's Dilemma, thoroughly examines the industrial food chain (in addition to others) from its origins to methods of production.
- gregmac 11y agoFed Up [1] is another to add to the list, available on Netflix. [1] http://fedupmovie.com/ http://fedupmovie.com/
- noam87 11y agoUgh, apples today taste disgustingly sweet to me. My teeth shouldn't feel like I drank a litre of coke from eating an apple. It's sad... the saddest thing is the loss of variety. There is such an amazing variety of wild apples, berries, rice, potatoes out there, each with unique flavors and nutritional qualities, yet 99% of grocery stores carry the same bland, overly-sweet varieties that look like they came out of an assembly line. And it's not even about the bottom line: farms throw away tons of "imperfect" produce every day. It's about re-educating people.