Name: ______________________________
“Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead”
Questions:
1. Where does Joe come from? ___________________. What song’s playing at the start? __________________.
2. Name the condition that Joe has: __________________________________________________.
3. What is the specific medication Joe is taking for his condition? __________________________.
4. By doing a ‘search’ of any kind, find out and succinctly describe how this drug works in your body (below).
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5. Find and List 10 common side effects of this drug:
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7)
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8)
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6. Which of these sides effects would concern you most if you had to take this and why?
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7. What did Joe do and for how many days? _______________________________________ for ________ days.
8. After seeing ____ doctors and other experts, what was Joe’s realization (thinking back to being a kid)?
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9. On day 1, how much does Joe weigh? ___________ lbs. His waist measurement is: ________inches.
10. According to Dr. Joel Fuhrman, an MD and nutritionist, this activity may re-train his _____________________.
11. In the animation of the mosquito bite, what is ‘deployed‘ by the body in response to it? _________________!
12. And what is released in excess, inappropriately, to cause his condition? __________________!
13. On day 14, how much weight has Joe lost? ___________ lbs. His drug dose is now: ________mg.
14. Give one good reason why “Hawaiian Punch” is evil, ok, is not a good example of a fresh, healthy fruit juice.
15. Dr. Fuhrman estimates that ~ _____ % of American’s diet is processed foods, and these foods have ~ _____%
of the nutrients of the original food (in its natural state).
16. On day 31, how much weight has Joe lost? ___________ lbs. His drug dose is now: ________mg.
17. The _____________ a food is to its _______________state, the better it is for you!
18. Joe says micronutrients are: _____________, ____________, ____________, ____________, _____________,
and macronutrients = ___________________________________.
19. The man in the Cow Boy Café who had Type II Diabetes said he was not in denial about having diabetes but in
denial that … _________________________________________________________________________________.
20. Results for check-in his blood test; total cholesterol went from ______ to ______ & LDL’s from _____ to _____
21. Did anyone else try the 10 days? ______________________________. Were they successful? _____________.
22. On day 52, how much weight has Joe lost? ___________ lbs. His drug dose is now: ________mg.
23. Who does Joe meet in a truck-stop in ______________ Arizona? ____________________________________.
24. On day 61, how much weight has Joe lost? ___________ lbs. His drug dose is now: ________mg.
25. In which city does he end his 60 day adventure? ____________________ by eating _____________________.
26. Who calls Joe to ask for help? ___________________________________.
27. The sporting colors of Joe’s country are _________ & ________, the t-shirt has a ________________on front.
28. The person who asks for Joe’s help starts off weighing __________lbs, with a BMI of __________.
29. What’s the prognosis if the person who asked for help does nothing? Give 3 examples:
30. In the typical American Diet, processed foods = _____%; animal products = _____ %; whole grains/white
potato = _____ %; fruits and vegetables = _____%. The person Joe helped was now 100% ___________________.
31. In the film, who says: “We’ll end up being a medically crippled society because we are eating a diet style that
couldn’t be better designed by the best nutritional scientist in the world to create the epidemic of disease we
have in America” _________________________________________.
32. At day 30, the person who asks for Joe’s help weighs _________lbs, with a total weight loss of _________lbs.
33. Their BP went down from ______ over ______ to ______ over ______. Triglycerides from _______ to ______.
34. How many bowling balls is 91 lbs? = ______.
35. What are the limitations for ‘Bear’ in terms of trying what his brother is doing? ________________________.
36. For the 8 medications on the table, what was the cost per month without insurance? $__________.
37. Total cost of a heart attack = $ ____________: Total cost of juicing for one month = $ ___________.
38. What was the person who asked for Joe’s help wearing at the end of the film? _________________________.
39. The person who asks for Joe’s help ends up weighing _________lbs, with a total weight loss of _________lbs.
40. What is your candid opinion of the film? Was there a specific part that was most significant to you? Elaborate!