Episode 19: My Thoughts on The Game Changers Documentary

The Strength and Health Podcast with Scott Shetler.

In this episode I share some of my thoughts on documentary that recently broke the internet, The Game Changers. The Game Changers is a documentary that for the most part highlights the accomplishments of elite athletes who are following a plant-based diet. It does talk about some of the environmental and health issues associated with plant-based diets, but the primary focus of the movie is on the athletes and their performance. Many people have been "debunking" this film via podcasts, articles, and YouTube videos and this has resulted in a lot of back and forth with responses being directed toward these "debunking" efforts. Personally it amazes me how worked up people get over plants, but it has definitely made for some great reading and watching online. If you haven't seen the documentary yet, you can stream it on Netflix and get more information about the documentary and the science they used to back of their claims here: https://gamechangersmovie.com/the-film/#

Here is an article I wrote that corresponds to the film and some critiques of it as well as my thoughts on vegan athletes: https://strength-and-health.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-vegan-athlete-myth.html

Show Notes:

• My thoughts on the documentary.
• Critics and "debunkers" of the film.
• Why London Real's Brian Rose claims the athletes featured in the film are not at top of their respective sports when their titles and records say otherwise.
• The rest of Patrik Baboumian's diet that Chris Kresser failed to mention on his latest episode of the JRE.
• Why I feel the sensationalism around plant-based diets needs to stop.
• Why didn't Joe Rogan talk about The Game Changers, a film he has been very critical of, with the film's director Louie Psihoyos when he was on the JRE the day before Chris Kresser came on to "debunk" it?
• It is not any harder to fuel athletic performance with a plant-based diet than an omnivorous diet despite what the "experts" claim.

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