What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke and other degenerate diseases are affecting us individually as well as the world's economies. Based upon remarkable scientific research including "the China Study" yet relatively unknown to the public, FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. In addition, cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treating their ailments while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.