Plant-Based Diet

I've been experimenting with my own diet based on a bit of learning; some of the stuff I've looked at over the last few months:

Food Choices: a documentary on Netflix, also has a website:
http://www.foodchoicesmovie.com/ 
Summary:comprehensive overview of diet, nutrition, and food choices; good video to start with.

Forks Over Knives: a documentary on Netflix, also has a website: https://www.forksoverknives.com/
Summary: good overview of some of the scientific research and practice surrounding plant-based diets (including China study).

How Not to Die: book behind the website that is loaded with science-based, peer-reviewed nutrition information: https://nutritionfacts.org/
Summary: the science behind plant-based theory, with plenty of videos on various topics and good search; free, un-sponsored, and requires no joining or account creation.

What the Health: a documentary on Netflix, also can be viewed from website: http://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/
Summary: plant-based diet story that points out how food producers influence recommended eating guidelines and public policy.

The Pleasure Trap: online TED talk (based on the book) that describes motivation with relation to food: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2btaDOBK8
Summary: our biology betrays us, which is why the difficulty putting down rich foods.

The Food We Were Born to Eat: online TED talk on the topic of the ideal human diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5wfMNNr3ak
Summary: starches!

The Starch Solution: web-based 75 minute video with a deeper dive than the TED talk above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XVf36nwraw
Summary: Lecture on Dr. McDougal's book, The Starch Solution, the thesis of which is: "All large populations of trim, healthy people, throughout verifiable human history, have obtained the bulk of their calories from starch."

Beginner's Guide to Intermittent Fasting: blog article with a good overview of the concept: http://jamesclear.com/the-beginners-guide-to-intermittent-fasting
Summary: a way to reduce the daily eating window; encourages experimentation (and the link to 12 Lessons Learned is a good follow-up read).

Eat, Fast & Live Longer: online video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihhj_VSKiTs
Summary: BBC's Michael Mosley examines fasting in its various forms--including before and after numbers surrounding a 7-day fast.

Cooked: Neflix 4-part video series on Netflix:
http://michaelpollan.com/videos/netflix-documentary-series-cooked/
Summary: Pollan explores interesting facets of the evolution of the human diet.

[updated 1-18-18]