The Perfect Human Diet

Agree with the problem statement, not entirely with the proposed solution
Mostly enjoyed the film, though agree it was a bit slow and could have used less on-camera interviews and monologues. The film also didn't make the connection for me on the interviewer (why did he collapse? how was that related to his diet?) and seemed to be missing pieces of evidence on historical diets that would have been helpful. But, still some good material on an extremely important issue: the growing, worldwide obesity epidemic. The facts presented on the severity of the problem and the confusion that may be created by the media and the U.S. government were the MOST important pieces for me. Esp about the U.S. "Food Pyramid" -- if nothing else, watch that part and listen carefully. Also believe the facts related to the historical human diet and the benefits of it were good and may ultimately be valid.

However, four points of departure, in my opinion, on the producers' proposed "high-protein" and "Paleo" diet (though I am NOT an expert and this is NOT medical...

Excellent, low-key presentation of important information
I wanted to purchase the movie on iTunes: my wife was against the idea ... we both are already convinced by paleo arguments and are working to change our diets and lifestyle.

But I did buy it, because I want to be able to show it to friends: this is too important to hide.

I note some vituperative comments from vegetarians and vegans; that's only to be expected. However, surely we can all agree that the Standard American Diet of highly processed sugar is killing half the world. I believe in paleo, but I'd rather people went vegan than carried on eating sugar-coated rubbish washed down with HFCS-loaded soda drinks.

Let's keep the discussion light, folks, so as to draw people into the idea that they need to take responsibility for their own health.

I think this movie makes a great contribution.

an elitist fad diet?
This documentary gives a scientifically sound treatment to how nutrition aided in modern human evolution, but it lacks a socially and globally rounded perspective. Two key issues that I would like to have addressed is: 1. If animal protein should be the basis for our diet, how do we provide that to an exponentially growing human population, without degrading our natural resources and the environment? In order to eat meat, the meat we eat must eat plants. Wild animal populations are no longer large enough to sustain the human population, so agriculture is a must. We must plant grasses and grains to feed the meat we eat. With agriculture, specifically mono-cultures, comes another set of complicated issues.

2. Modern humans appeared in the fossil record ~180,000 years ago; agriculture appeared ~10,000 years ago, as well as the appearance of a greater number of diseases due to nutritional deficiencies; the earliest evidence of writing appeared ~3200 and 600 BCE years ago...

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