Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead follows Australian Joe Cross as he embarks on a 60-day juice fast across the United States to regain his health under the care of Joel Fuhrman. Along the way, he meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese truck driver from Iowa, who is inspired to try juice fasting after meeting Cross. Cross eventually adopts a plant-based diet and loses 100 pounds, discontinuing all medications.