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What the Health

What the Health

Documentary · 2017

Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

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What the Health

“The health film that health organizations don't want you to see.”

2017 Documentary 1h 37m

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6.8 / 10

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Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kip Andersen · Keegan Kuhn

Written by

Kip Andersen · Keegan Kuhn

K

Kip Andersen

Self

L

Larry Baldwin

Self

Neal Barnard

Neal Barnard

Self

T

Tia Blanco

Self

D

David Carter

Self

J

Jake Conroy

Self

Garth Davis

Garth Davis

Self

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Put What the Health on trial.

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The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.