The Best Diet & Nutrition Documentaries

Health & the Body - 29 free documentaries about diet & nutrition.

Start with I've Eaten Only Mac & Cheese for the Past 17 Years, Here's Why (18 min, VICE), then Facing the Fat: 55 Days Without Food (66 min, ENDEVR). All 29 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on diet & nutrition is In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.

• I've Eaten Only Mac & Cheese for the Past 17 Years, Here's Why (18 min, VICE)
• Facing the Fat: 55 Days Without Food (66 min, ENDEVR)
• Sweet Death: How Sugar Is Making Us Sick (44 min, ENDEVR)
• Industry Scandal: The Loss Of Nutrients | Full Documentaries (50 min, Moconomy)
• OBESITY NATION: How America is Eating itself to Death (54 min, ENDEVR)
• Why Fruits Have Lost Their Vitamins (50 min, ENDEVR)
• China's BIG Problem: The rise of Obesity | Obesity Epidemic (51 min, ENDEVR)
• Facing The Fat: Fasting For 50 Days (89 min, Real Stories)
• Mediterranean cuisine - The recipe for a long and healthy life? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Superfoods – is healthy eating just hype? (26 min, DW Documentary)
• The Fat Problem (12 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy? (9 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Sugar: The Hidden Danger in Our Food (91 min, ENDEVR)
• FAT: Why are we still getting FATTER despite ALL the healthy Diets? (87 min, ENDEVR)
• Personalized nutrition - Could genetic tests improve your health and your figure? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• WHY is it so Difficult to Eat Healthily? (77 min, ENDEVR)
• Are Expensive Eggs More Nutritious? | Talking Point (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Iodine Myth (13 min, NileRed)
• The Sugar Lobby: How The Industry Hides The Real Harm Caused By Sugar (56 min, ENDEVR)
• Snack On Junk Food Often? The Secret To Healthy Eating May Lie In Tricking Your Brain | Nudge (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Obesity Society: What are the Real Reasons We Are Getting Fatter? (159 min, ENDEVR)
• The Science of Food and Your Body (29 min, BBC Studios)
• Why You Can't Trust Nutrition Science & Health Claims (10 min, After Skool)
• Low Fat, Sugar, Calorie: Are 'Healthier' Ice Creams Really Guilt-Free? | Talking Point (22 min, CNA Insider)
• The Fat Virus (49 min, Real Stories)
• Exposing The Dark Side Of The Clean Eating Diet Trend (35 min, Real Stories)
• The Chocolate Diet - A Scientific Hoax (53 min, ENDEVR)
• The Fat Virus (49 min, Spark)
• Lisa Er & Tim Lynch: Choosing healthy options in a climate of despair and possibility (60 min, Our Planet)

Top-Rated Books About Diet & Nutrition

1. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (4/5) - View on Amazon
2. How Not to Die by Michael Greger (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Obesity Code by Jason Fung (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
4. Spoon-Fed by Tim Spector - View on Amazon
5. Contemporary Nutrition by Gordon M. Wardlaw (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
6. The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
7. Nutrition by Frances Sizer Webb (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
8. Let's Get Well by Adelle Davis - View on Amazon
9. Nutrition and physical degeneration by Weston A. Price - View on Amazon
10. Prescription for nutritional healing by James F. Balch - View on Amazon
11. Understanding Nutrition by Eleanor Noss Whitney - View on Amazon
12. Fit for Life by Marilyn Diamond - View on Amazon
13. The South Beach diet by Arthur Agatston - View on Amazon
14. Krause's food, nutrition, & diet therapy by L. Kathleen Mahan - View on Amazon
15. The cancer prevention diet by Michio Kushi - View on Amazon
16. The Diet Myth by Professor Tim Spector - View on Amazon
17. Advanced nutrition by Carolyn D. Berdanier - View on Amazon