We live in a world where heart disease is the number one killer in America (Office of Information Services). Every year more than 600,000 people die from heart disease, “that's one in four deaths” (Centers For Disease Control). How can we stop such a horrible disease? What could be done to lower the rate of heart disease? The film Forks Over Knives tackles this very question and found that the best way to fight heart disease is with an entirely plant-based diet. While this film provides great insights into why a plant-based diet helps stop heart disease, some of the claims are overly generalized and do not take into account the many different factors that influence their research. For example, one of the arguments is that in Norway during World War II, Germany stole all the livestock, so people were forced to consume a mostly plant-based diet. This is what has led to the reduction in heart disease rates in Norway. This is a weak argument because it doesn't take into account other factors of heart disease and because it is irrelevant to the film's main argument. Forks instead of knives made heart disease seem like the real enemy of World War II. Before the war, heart disease rates peaked at around 30,000 deaths per year in Norway (Fulkerson and Corry). Then Germany invaded the country in 1942. The Germans stole all their livestock for their own needs. The Norwegian people have been forced to reduce their meat consumption. After slowing their red meat consumption, cases of heart disease declined for the remainder of their German occupation, proving that less meat is better. There are several factors that cause heart disease such as: smoking, certain fats, high cholesterol, high cholesterol, blood pressure, hello... center of paper... Department of Health and Human Services. “What causes heart disease?” NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health, September 26, 2011. Web. April 1, 2014. Forks Over Knives. Director Lee Fulkerson. prod. John Corry. Perf. Collin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn. 2011. 2011. Film.Henderson, Rob, et al. "Changes in Scottish suicide rates during the Second World War". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Np, June 23, 2006. Web. April 8, 2014. Office of Information Services. "FASTSTATS - Leading causes of death." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, December 30, 2013. Web. April 1, 2014. "Red meat and colon cancer." Harvard Health Publications. Harvard, March 2008. Web. April 1, 2014. “Smoking, Heart Disease, and Stroke.” Advice from ex-smokers. Center for Disease Control, January 13, 2014. Web. April 8. 2014.