Health

Eat, Fast and Live Longer sees presenter Michael Mosley examine the effects of meal frequency and diet on lifespan. He assesses the impact of calorie-restricted diets and fasting on the human body. Mosley’s interest in fastin...

Vegucated follows three meat-loving New Yorkers — Tesla, Brian, and Ellen — who commit to a six-week vegan experiment. Initially motivated by weight loss and health, they soon confront the broader ethical, environmental, and...

Forks Over Knives is a nutrition documentary featuring Dr Caldwell Esselstyn and T. Colin Campbell, a primary researcher on the famed 1980s China–Cornell–Oxford nutrition project. It centres on the findings of that landmark s...

With two-thirds of Americans currently overweight, Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America addresses the growing rate of obesity and the multitude of health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, that have become i...

The Lazarus Effect documents the successful treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Africa. Directed by Lance Bangs and produced by Spike Jonze, the film focuses on the positive impact of free antiretroviral drug therapy on patient...

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead follows the journey of Joe Cross, an Australian entrepreneur who embarks on a 60-day juice fast to reclaim his health. At the start of his journey, Cross is 100 pounds overweight and suffering from a...

Fat Head sees comedian Tom Naughton examine and attempt to refute Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Super Size Me, critically analysing the science and information presented in that film. Having watched it as part of his research...

Food, Inc. unveils some of the sombre practices underpinning the American food industry, exploring how corporations place profits before consumer health, worker safety and the environment. The documentary argues that industri...

The Real Sleeping Beauty tells the miraculous story of the recovery of Sarah Scantlin, who woke up and began to speak in 2005 after being in a coma that had lasted 20 years. As the first person ever to speak again after being...