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What the Health?
1. Prior to the film, I consumed a lot of animal based products. On average, I would consume three to four animal products per day. For breakfast, I generally consume a banana, cereal, and bacon. For lunch, I normally get a sandwich, with turkey for the meat, and a side of yogurt. For dinner, I normally make a wrap which contains chicken as the meat and a fruit. Before this film, I did not realize the amount of animal products and animal biproducts I ate on a daily basis. After watching this film, I will attempt to slowly eliminate animal products out of my diet.
2. Over the past week, I have been making improvements to my diet. During the first three days, I tried to limit myself to only two animal products per day. During the first three days, I only consumed a yogurt and a sandwich with turkey. For the rest of my meals, I forced myself to consume vast amounts of fruits and vegetables. For the last few days I will attempt to only consume one animal based product per day. Hopefully by slowly waning myself off I will be able to eliminate animal based products.
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The overall message of the film was to show the impact food plays on our body and the benefits of changing one’s diet. While many people know that consuming vast amounts of sugar and fatty foods could cause diabetes or cardiac arrest, many do not know the risk that animal based products play on our health. According to the video, the type of substances contained in animal products are said to clog our arteries and to cause major health problems such as diabetes. By changing one’s diet to a plant based diet, one can decrease his likelihood to develop diseases and can prevent one from having to consume drugs or go through expensive

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