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^ "Joe Cross interviewed on CBS "Virginia This Morning" "."Nothing But Juice: Sheldon man drops 95 pounds during documented 61-day fast".
^ Derrick Vander Waal (September 3, 2008)." "Half my calories come from plants" weight loss tips".
^ Charlotte McDonagh (January 2, 2015).^ "Nutrition Research Foundation: Advisory Board – Robert Mac".^ "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. 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. 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.
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