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What The Game Changers Got Right About a Plant-Based Diet
Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Can a plant-based diet transform you into a rockstar elite athlete? The Game Changers, the latest pro- plant-based health documentary, says that ditching meat and dairy is your ticket to athletic prowess. Carnivores call the movie bogus vegan propaganda. Who’s right?
Neither. The movie helps bust several key myths around a vegan diet but it also sets a regrettably low scientific bar for some of its claims. This review helps to rescue the baby from the bathwater.
What Is The Game Changers Movie?
It’s a 2019 documentary that showcases the health benefits of a plant-based diet by following James Wilks, a UFC fighter and special forces combat trainer, on his journey. Viewers meet an inspiring lineup of elite plant-based athletes as well as several physicians and scientists.
The movie is backed by a long lineup of heavy-hitting plant-based celebrities, such as James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger and features many notable plant-based physicians, though it sprinkles in a few…
