Well, I watched this with my 12-year-old who has, it's fair to say, an absolutely atrocious diet currently, for complicated reasons that aren't really under my control - he has a number of sensory / developmental issues and lives at school Monday - Friday.
I said to him, "If you can watch this to the end, look me in the eye and tell me you're fine with your lifestyle, I'll no longer nag you about what you eat. If you get to the end and say you'd like to change some stuff up, I'll be the first to help you figure out how that works and get everyone else on board, too".
Then we watched it.
That was a week ago. In the week since, he's given up bread and cereals and has made the staff at the House (where he stays Mon - Fri) watch the documentary, too.
Today he ate pineapple and mango with yogurt (and topped with pomegranate) for breakfast (compared to his usual milkshake and Shreddies!), he was surprised to see that he wasn't hungry by lunchtime so skipped it, and then for diner he tucked into a HUGE plate of green salad (lettuce, spring onions, cucumber and sliced green peppers dressed with a little parmesan, lime juice and walnut oil), garlic stuff green olives and half a packet of pepperoni. Better yet, he said it was the tastiest day of food he'd ever had and was already planning tomorrow's breakfast when he went to bed.
I was astonished.
He then also begged me to come to his school and the House next week to help everyone get on the same page when it comes to what he wants to eat and how he wants it prepared. The House is freaking out slightly about cost and fussiness, but - after a year on LCHF - it'll be easy enough to make it cost-effective (which is a weird phrase to use in any case when talking about a young person's health and diet - just how would you measure how "cost effective" a healthy diet is anyway?), sustainable and easy to prepare.
In this instance, my son's autism is an advantage: once he finds something he likes, he'll stick to it for years. So cheesy omelettes, fruit and yogurt, stuffed peppers, ham and soft cheese roll-ups... all rapidly becoming part of his food vocabulary and habit.
I'm so grateful this documentary happened: the beige, white and green carbs concept made it super-simple for my son to understand, and today we saw the result: a low-carb, inexpensive, flavourful healthy diet.
I'm calling my surgery on Monday to make sure my GP and my DN (who REALLY needs a little push) watch this, too.