Product Description
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What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical
technology in the world, we are er than ever by nearly every
measure.
Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of es
are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About
half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major
medical operations have become routine, helping to drive
care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and
stroke are the country's three leading causes of death, even
though billions are spent each year to "battle" these very
conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative
diseases.
Could it be there's a single solution to all of these problems? A
solution so comprehensive but so utterly straightforward, that
it's mind-boggling that more of us haven't taken it seriously?
FORKS OVER KNIVES
examines the profound cl that most, if not all, of the
so-called "diseases of affluence" that afflict us can be
controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of
animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film
traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering yet
under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr.
Caldwell Esselstyn.
Dr. Campbell, a tional scientist at Cornell University, was
concerned in the late 1960's with producing "high quality" animal
protein to bring to the poor and malnourished areas of the third
world. While in the Philippines, he made a life-changing
discovery: the country's wealthier children, who were consuming
relatively high as of animal-based foods, were much more
likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn, a top surgeon and head
of the Cancer Task Force at the world-renowned Cleveland
Clinic, found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were
virtually unknown in parts of the world where animal-based foods
were rarely consumed.
These discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn, who didn't
know each other yet, to conduct several groundbreaking studies.
One of them took place in China and is still among the most
comprehensive -related investigations ever undertaken.
Their research led them to a startling conclusion: degenerative
diseases like heart disease, type 2 es, and even several
forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented - and in many
cases reversed - by adopting a whole foods, -based diet.
Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work
has remained relatively unknown to the public. The filmmakers
travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but
similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both
produced "nature's perfect food"; to China and Cleveland, where
they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and
shook their own core beliefs.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the
film, cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic
conditions from heart disease to es. Doctors teach these
patients how to adopt a whole foods -based diet as the
primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges
and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
FORKS OVER KNIVES utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare
archival footage. The film features leading experts on ,
examines the question "why we don't know", and tackles the issue
of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for
years.
FORKS OVER KNIVES was filmed all over the U.S., in Canada and
China.
DVD INCLUDES CLOSED CAPTIONING, AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUBTITLES
Review
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"A Film That Can Save Your Life." --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun
Times
"Convincing, Radical and Politically Volatile." --John Anderson,
Variety
"Great Movie." --Mark Bittman, New York Times Columnist
"A Great Film." --Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN chief medical
correspondent