Yousif Hassan
Szetela
ENGL 1010
4 January 2019
In the documentary made in 2017, “What the Health” director Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn wanted to find out how to prevent chronic diseases and possibly even reverse them. Food today has a wide variety of choices but a lot of foods are unfortunately very damaging to us and cause harm to our bodies. Andersen wanted to get answers on why the food we eat is misleading to be healthy. The audience for the documentary is aimed at people who are deceived by what's good and bad, also for those who want to change the way they live for a more healthy future. Andersen wanted people to fight for change against the growing number of Americans becoming obese and/or being diagnosed with a chronic disease. He then decided to reach out to professionals and non-profit organizations such as the American Heart Association to learn about how we can live a better healthier lifestyle.
It started when Kip Andersen learned that the food he thought was healthy to eat ended up with direct links to cause cancer. Processed meats were declared as group one carcinogens by the World Health Organization and red meat to group two. Kip wanted the truth so he decided to try to talk to non-profit organizations. He first reached out to the American Cancer Society asking why they had processed meats in their recipes online but they had no answer. This happened with all of the non-profits he tried to get a hold of. Kip reached out to dietary specialists and they all said that diseases are caused by poor eating habits. The documentary also showed victims of food-related diseases and how changing their diet helped them get off medication to achieve a healthier future.
Ethos
Ethos is presented in this documentary by the director Kip Andersen for wanting to educate others on the misinformation being spread around by big food companies. Kip doesn't want any more people to suffer from diseases that are preventable if you just change your diet. This method of exposing someone's wrongdoing works very well because one thing pretty much every human hates is being lied to.
When Andersen confronted the non-profit organizations like the American Diabetes Association about having processed meats in the recipe section, they just told him they couldn't answer those types of questions. Kip decided to do his own research and discovered that a lot of these non-profits are being sponsored by companies such as Tyson chicken farms, some even are sponsored by fast food chains such as Pizza Hut. This hurts the reputation and trust of the non-profits because people are going to be skeptical about the information they give out from now on.
Pathos
Andersen did a great job connecting with the viewers of his documentary by first sharing his story, then going out to share others. Being misled was one of the key factors of connecting with the audience because who actually likes being lied to. Andersen exposed the misinformation, inspired the viewers, and who he interacted with for a healthier lifestyle free from disease. He never was forced to go out there to spread the information but he felt like it was the right thing to do and wanted to fight for a change so then people started to follow him.
Michael Abdalla was one of the people who decided to try to change their diet for a healthier life. He went vegan for a while with major changes following his change. He claimed he lost 29 pounds along with cutting his medication in half. After going through the unhealthy lifestyle he got inspired to try going vegan to be more healthy. Michaels story can now be used as inspiration for others who are in the same position as he once was.
Logos
Andersen used a lot of credible sources such as the World Health Organization to help educate the audience about the food they eat. The more information he provides, the more people will start to trust Kip.
Since the documentary shows the good and the bad of dietary choices, the viewers now will know the outcomes of the choices they make. If you know the bad route is a road to disease and the good route is to a healthier future, more people will start to use their logic to go with the good route.
When Andersen was looking at websites for healthy foods against heart disease, he noticed a lot of it was actually not healthy at all and instead the opposite. He found a list of “healthy foods” that included dairy, Andersen did some research and found studies that dairy, in fact, had a direct link to breast cancer. When he did that he had solid proof that his claims where real.
Overall, Andersen’s approach on the objective was very convincing for the fact that he had a lot of backup evidence and used ethos, pathos, logos to his advantage. Logos especially helped him in his case of finding the secrets of preventing diet-related diseases by showing a lot of statistics and studies that disproved the misinformation. Andersen went into this wanting to help people with dietary/health problems and gave people hope by showing them there is a way to achieve a better lifestyle.
Work Cited
Andersen, Kip, director. What the Health . AUM Films, 2017.
Szetela
ENGL 1010
4 January 2019
In the documentary made in 2017, “What the Health” director Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn wanted to find out how to prevent chronic diseases and possibly even reverse them. Food today has a wide variety of choices but a lot of foods are unfortunately very damaging to us and cause harm to our bodies. Andersen wanted to get answers on why the food we eat is misleading to be healthy. The audience for the documentary is aimed at people who are deceived by what's good and bad, also for those who want to change the way they live for a more healthy future. Andersen wanted people to fight for change against the growing number of Americans becoming obese and/or being diagnosed with a chronic disease. He then decided to reach out to professionals and non-profit organizations such as the American Heart Association to learn about how we can live a better healthier lifestyle.
It started when Kip Andersen learned that the food he thought was healthy to eat ended up with direct links to cause cancer. Processed meats were declared as group one carcinogens by the World Health Organization and red meat to group two. Kip wanted the truth so he decided to try to talk to non-profit organizations. He first reached out to the American Cancer Society asking why they had processed meats in their recipes online but they had no answer. This happened with all of the non-profits he tried to get a hold of. Kip reached out to dietary specialists and they all said that diseases are caused by poor eating habits. The documentary also showed victims of food-related diseases and how changing their diet helped them get off medication to achieve a healthier future.
Ethos
Ethos is presented in this documentary by the director Kip Andersen for wanting to educate others on the misinformation being spread around by big food companies. Kip doesn't want any more people to suffer from diseases that are preventable if you just change your diet. This method of exposing someone's wrongdoing works very well because one thing pretty much every human hates is being lied to.
When Andersen confronted the non-profit organizations like the American Diabetes Association about having processed meats in the recipe section, they just told him they couldn't answer those types of questions. Kip decided to do his own research and discovered that a lot of these non-profits are being sponsored by companies such as Tyson chicken farms, some even are sponsored by fast food chains such as Pizza Hut. This hurts the reputation and trust of the non-profits because people are going to be skeptical about the information they give out from now on.
Pathos
Andersen did a great job connecting with the viewers of his documentary by first sharing his story, then going out to share others. Being misled was one of the key factors of connecting with the audience because who actually likes being lied to. Andersen exposed the misinformation, inspired the viewers, and who he interacted with for a healthier lifestyle free from disease. He never was forced to go out there to spread the information but he felt like it was the right thing to do and wanted to fight for a change so then people started to follow him.
Michael Abdalla was one of the people who decided to try to change their diet for a healthier life. He went vegan for a while with major changes following his change. He claimed he lost 29 pounds along with cutting his medication in half. After going through the unhealthy lifestyle he got inspired to try going vegan to be more healthy. Michaels story can now be used as inspiration for others who are in the same position as he once was.
Logos
Andersen used a lot of credible sources such as the World Health Organization to help educate the audience about the food they eat. The more information he provides, the more people will start to trust Kip.
Since the documentary shows the good and the bad of dietary choices, the viewers now will know the outcomes of the choices they make. If you know the bad route is a road to disease and the good route is to a healthier future, more people will start to use their logic to go with the good route.
When Andersen was looking at websites for healthy foods against heart disease, he noticed a lot of it was actually not healthy at all and instead the opposite. He found a list of “healthy foods” that included dairy, Andersen did some research and found studies that dairy, in fact, had a direct link to breast cancer. When he did that he had solid proof that his claims where real.
Overall, Andersen’s approach on the objective was very convincing for the fact that he had a lot of backup evidence and used ethos, pathos, logos to his advantage. Logos especially helped him in his case of finding the secrets of preventing diet-related diseases by showing a lot of statistics and studies that disproved the misinformation. Andersen went into this wanting to help people with dietary/health problems and gave people hope by showing them there is a way to achieve a better lifestyle.
Work Cited
Andersen, Kip, director. What the Health . AUM Films, 2017.