That Sugar Film (2014)

6.9/10 • 97 min • Documentary

Overview

One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.

Cast

Damon Gameau

Stephen Fry

The Sugar Family Sketch

Brenton Thwaites

The Liver Sketch

Isabel Lucas

Jessica Marais

Sugar Emotion Sketch

Nick Batzias

Annalise Braakensiek

Bikini girl on beach

Gary Taubes

Self / Investigative Science Journalist / Author, Why We Get Fat

David Wolfe

Thomas W. Campbell

Self / Author, "My Big TOE" / Retired NASA Physicist

Recommendations

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Forks Over Knives

The Biggest Little Farm

Inside the Mind of a Dog

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

John Candy: I Like Me

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds

An Inconvenient Truth

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley