Unfocused, Generalizing, and Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
A guy in Alaska thought he'd make a documentary, but he wasn't sure what to make it about. He liked natural stuff and had heard of the Gerson Treatment of diet to combat cancer. He decided to use his son as a story-telling device (which he doesn't do very well), and filmed some conspiracy nuts that had lost their jobs experts talking about alternative thoughts on... well... all sorts of barely related stuff. They do, however, manage to demonize the AMA, ADA, FDA, American Cancer Society, Big Pharma, Medical Researchers, ConAgra, Monsanto, vaccines, doctors, dentists, and Nazi's all with one big brush while intermittently infomercialling for the Gerson therapy.
Some issues tackeled are:
- The dangers of fluoride in our drinking water.
(This is the part where it is pointed out fluoride-scientist-Hodge worked on the A-bomb and that the Nazi's also put fluoride in drinking water) - The dangers of dental fillings and their associated mercury
- How non-organic and cooked foods have different "energy patterns"
(This is the part where they show images that demonstrate nothing in particular.) - Genetically Modified Food dangers
- Difficulty in the casket-making business in dealing with larger bodies.
(No joke.)
You can see basically the whole thing here.
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