Tuesday, February 16, 2010
New food documentary Forks Over Knives asks, "Can whole foods and a plant-based diet save your life?" (video)
Posted by Katie Machol on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM
The rise in popularity of environmental food documentaries, such as Food Inc. and Fresh, have opened people's eyes to the way they've been eating, about where and how their food is made. The newest film about our food industry, Forks Over Knives, asks, "What if we could cure sicknesses without medicine? What if our nation's health crisis could be solved?" This food film focuses on the numerous health problems that our way of eating is causing and how we can reverse the damage we're doing to our bodies - simply by changing our diets and rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
The film's official website says:
"These discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn to conduct several groundbreaking studies. One of them took place in China and is still among the most comprehensive health-related investigations ever undertaken. Their research led them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet."
Stay tuned to CL's Green and Food sites for updates on upcoming screenings of Forks Over Knives.
View the film's trailer after the break:
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