^ "Nutrition Research Foundation: Advisory Board – RJoe Cross".^ "Joe Cross - Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".^ "Nutrition Research Foundation: Scientific and Research Boards – Joel Fuhrman, M.D., Director of Research".Journalist Avery Yale Kamila reviewed the film in 2011, reporting Cross planned to continue avoiding junk food and "eating a diet centered around whole food." She reported Cross had created an online community called Reboot Your Life. Cross's wellness program its now-healthy heart is in the right place". The New York Times stated that the film is "no great shakes as a movie, but as an ad for Mr. The Hollywood Reporter called it an "infomercial passing itself off a documentary". The film has received mixed reviews with review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes giving it a rating of 69% "fresh" and Metacritic having an average score of 45 out of 100, based on 5 reviews. Awards įat, Sick, and Nearly Dead won the Turning Point Award and shared the Audience Choice Award – Documentary Film at the 2010 Sonoma International Film Festival. Ī sequel to the first film, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead 2, was released in 2014.
#FAT SICK AND NEARLY DEAD JUICE DRIVER#
ĭuring his road-trip Cross meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese truck driver from Sheldon, Iowa, in a truck stop in Arizona and inspires him to try juice fasting. Following his fast and the adoption of a plant-based diet, Cross states in a press release that he lost 100 pounds and discontinued all medications. Cross and Robert Mac, co-creators of the film, both serve on the Nutrition Research Foundation's Advisory Board. The feature-length film follows Cross, who was depressed, weighed 310 lbs, suffered from a serious autoimmune disease, and was on steroids at the start of the film, as he embarks on a juice fast. We show that a truck driver from Iowa can do it, too," he says.Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a 2010 American documentary film which follows the 60-day journey of Australian Joe Cross across the United States as he follows a juice fast to regain his health under the care of Joel Fuhrman, Nutrition Research Foundation's Director of Research. He's proud of his mass appeal, and that he reaches tough cases – working-class blokes who traditionally overlook their health. It's an emotional journey and Cross is often seen tearing up. One of the movie's most inspiring scenes features a formerly juice-skeptical, unhealthy and obese American whose health transformation inspires his entire town to grow food, cook, support each other and get healthy. What we try to do is highlight how powerful it is to be connected to others in positive ways." "The world around us is inherently unhealthy," Cross says. Refreshingly, the Fat, Sick sequel acknowledges how tough staying healthy is – and that you need help to stick with it. Once you have got to a point where you're happy and you feel ready, go back onto a balanced diet." I recommend switching to 100 per cent plant-based food taken as juice for a period of time, and your body will love you, you'll balance yourself out. "It is a moment in time to apply a reset switch. Cross concludes that "one solution doesn't fix all", and emphasises that juice fasting is a temporary strategy, rather than a way of life. The second film holds up the Reboot regime to scrutiny, questioning its sustainability and featuring both success stories and followers who have fallen off the wagon. "I don't know of another doco that's done this." "Most films that have a follow-up are restricted to wizards or space heroes," he says.
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