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Forks Over Knives
Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. Inspired by remarkable discoveries they made, these men conducted several groundbreaking studies. Their separate research led them to the same 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.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. 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 treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
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What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure.
Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes 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 health 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 claim 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 nutritional 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 amounts of animal-based foods, were much more likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn, a top surgeon and head of the Breast 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 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. 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 diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole foods plant-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 health, 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
"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
About the Actor
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: For more than 40 years, Dr. Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, the China Project, is considered the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University and Project Director of the acclaimed China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project. The study was the culmination of a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Campbell received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Cornell, and served as a Research Associate at MIT. He spent 10 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech's Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition before returning to the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell in 1975 where he presently holds his Endowed Chair (now Emeritus).
His principal scientific interests, which began with his graduate training in the late 1950s, has been on the effects of nutritional status on long term health, particularly on the cause of cancer. He has conducted original research both in laboratory experiments and in large-scale human studies; has received more than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding, mostly from the National Institute of Health, and has served on several grant review panels of multiple funding agencies. Dr. Campbell has lectured extensively, and has authored more than 300 research papers. He and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II, are authors of the bestselling book, The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health.
Dr. T. Colin Campbell is the recipient of several awards, both in research and citizenship, and has actively participated in the development of national and international nutrition policy.
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. six oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George's Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic's Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.
In 1991, Dr. Esselstyn served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. That same year he organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Coronary Artery Disease, which was held in Tucson, Arizona. In 1997, he chaired a follow-up conference, the Summit on Cholesterol and Coronary Disease, which brought together more than 500 physicians and health-care workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In April, 2005, Dr. Esselstyn became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association in 2009.
His scientific publications number over 150. "The Best Doctors in America" 1994-1995 published by Woodward and White cites Dr. Esselstyn's surgical expertise in the categories of endocrine and breast disease. In 1995 he published his bench mark long-term nutritional research on arresting and reversing coronary artery disease in severely ill patients. That same study was updated at 12 years making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. It is most compelling, as no compliant patients have sustained disease progression. Today, 20 years later compliant patients continue to thrive.
About the Director
Lee Fulkerson, Writer and Director:
Lee Fulkerson has written, produced, directed or supervised nearly 170 hours of documentary programming, and has won 19 international awards for his work. These include the prestigious CINE SPECIAL JURY AWARD for Best Broadcast Historical Program of 2003, network or cable, awarded for his pilot episode of the series, THE COLOR OF WAR. Most recently Lee wrote SEVEN SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE, a two-hour documentary special for the History Channel. Previously, he was Executive Producer and head writer of the seven-hour series SHOWDOWN: AIR COMBAT for the Discovery Military Channel. Lee was the Series Producer of the 17-hour THE COLOR OF WAR series and the 35-hour THE GREAT SHIPS series for the History Channel. He wrote, produced and directed the 90-minute special THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 191 for the History Channel, and co-wrote THE LONG MARCH, a two-hour special for History International. Lee also wrote or produced 11 episodes of the Biography series for A&E, including programs on MICHELANGELO, GEORGE WASHINGTON and BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. In the realm of fiction, Lee co-wrote the screen story Ascent in the television drama series THE DEAD ZONE for the USA Television Network.
Brian Wendel, Creator and Executive Producer:
Brian Wendel had a long-time interest in nutrition and health. In the summer of 2008, he read The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell and realized that the scientific case that a whole foods plant-based diet could prevent - and even reverse - disease was greater than he had ever imagined. This concept deserved a "seat at the table" in the national discussion. Brian decided the most effective way to bring this message to a broad audience was by feature film. His vision for the film was that it be based on the science - and at the same time, provide a moving experience by exploring personal stories and historical elements. Brian recruited a veteran award-winning production team and spent nearly two years producing FORKS OVER KNIVES, his first feature film.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : 18229218
- Director : Lee Fulkerson
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : August 30, 2011
- Actors : T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., Neal Barnard, Junshi Chen, Connie B. Diekman
- Subtitles: : Spanish, English
- Studio : Virgil Films
- ASIN : B0053ZHZI2
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,040 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #57 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
- #59 in Exercise & Fitness (Movies & TV)
- #65 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
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We're still not convinced that 100% meat free is good, or what we really want, so we still eat some type of meat once, or maybe twice a week. We're not having red meat, not that we'd say "no" to it, we just haven't. Trying to eat only hormone/antibiotic/corn fed free poultry, and occasionally some type of wild caught fish. Once in a while, local free range eggs.
There's a discussion about B-12 that I think is important to look into. I certainly don't pretend to understand all the complexities of the issue, but it seems important enough, that for now, we'll continue to eat meat once in a while.
We did completely stop all dairy. No milk, cheese, or butter. Tried a bunch of the different non-milk, milks, like Almond Milk, Rice Milk, etc. Found we like the Flax Milk the best, and it's only 25 calories for the unsweetened version. Has as much calcium as a glass of milk.
We're seeing a very slight and slow drop in weight. We already ate very healthy (by "normal" standards) so the "Forks...." plan isn't really a huge dramatic step.
We're also paying attention to the Paleo Diet, and the idea that grains, including wheat, are similarly bad, just like corn. Since cutting back on the amount of wheat and brown rice we eat on the "Forks......" plan, we've noticed more progression in losing weight. The term "Wheat Belly" is real.
One huge benefit I've seen is that my severe seasonal allergies to pollens are completely gone. I've suffered with allergies for something like 38 years, and even took the shots when I was a kid. When I lived in northern coastal CA, the allergies were year round. After moving to coastal SoCal, they were only present in the last week of April, and through the entire month of May, and sometimes the first week of June. We have some crazy tree and grass pollens here during that 6 week period, and there are times when our skies look like there's heavy air pollution, and our cars look like we live on dirt roads. This equates to 6 weeks of pure hell for me. No sleep, living on bendryl because nothing else will touch it, and having a HEPA filter running full throttle in the living room the entire time. Heck, sometimes I'll put on a paint spraying resperator, just to get some relief for a few hours at home. Well, allergie season hit this year and was one of the worst on record......or so they tell me! I had a total of 4 sudafed allergy pills back in the last week of April and first week of May, and that was it. While everyone was just dying around me, I barely had an itchy nose, if that. The HEPA filter never came down from the Attic, I didn't miss a night of sleep, and as May became June, I lost all symptoms. I can even jump on a lawn tractor and go mow deep weeds, driving around in a cloud of dust and pollen, and nothing, not one symptom. Not even itchy eyes!!
It had to be the dairy, because other than taking spirulina pills, it's the only thing that I've changed 100% since watching "Forks....." back in March.
If I get no other benefit from the plan, other than getting 6 weeks of my life back each year, that'll be satisfaction enough.
Oh, one other benefit that I've forgotten about. For about the last 3 years I've had a dry, peeling area on my nose, and on my forehead just between my eyebrows. The area on my forehead was slowly spreading, and was usually pink/red enough that people would ask what I'd done to myself. The peeling skin was to the point that if I didn't look in the mirror before going out, and scrub my face with a wash cloth, I'd look like a week old case of sun burn. Literally, it was getting to the point that I was going to make an appt. with a dermatologist. Well, that is 100% gone now. Was it the Dairy? The corn fed beef? No way to know, since I've not had either since mid-March.
The reason why I bought this DVD, was simply because of Dr Colin Campbell, who has made it his life work to challenge our conventional wisdom about dietary excellence and what it actually constitutes. His magnum opus if you will, is his book 'The China Study' which he coauthored with his son, one of the most important studies ever done about how diet and diseases are linked.
First and foremost, to the uniformed, the idea of a plant-based diet, devoid of any or having very little animal products (eg meat and dairy) can be a pretty challenging and scary thought. The first instinct is to criticize this premise. But perhaps the best retort to people who object, is to ask, whether or not our current eating patterns as a nation deserve to be called 'healthy'?
I live in Australia, and currently it is the most over-weight nation on earth (the U.S.A. is the most morbidly obese) and everywhere I walk, I see more than my fair share of over-weight people. Obviously something has gone wrong, you can blame the government, fast-food corporations, the 'Americanisation' of the worlds food supply or whatever, the fact doesn't change though that the current eating patterns of most developed, English speaking countries is horrendous. So if what we did, was simply dramatically increased our consumptions of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, eliminated or reduce animal products and stayed away from processed foods, the result would be a healthier and slimmer YOU!
It seems like commonsense, but sometimes commonsense is very uncommon.
The current low carb craze spreading like wildfire is a new phenomenon. But if you watch this DVD, it explores nations in Asia, whose main source of calories is rice, a carbohydrate! People in Asia eating a traditional high carbohydrate diet, are trim don't usually don't suffer from the health afflictions plaguing the West. Why is that so, is it a genetic predisposition towards wellness that people in Asia have? Well that can't be it, because it's well documented that the more acculturated people from Asia become to the Western diet, their risk of heart disease and cancer sky rockets like everyone else's in the West. So that can't be it?
This DVD explores the research of Dr Colin Campbell and Dr Caldwell Esseltyn, and how they found the answer to questions like this, and many more, whilst butchering a few sacred cows in the process (speaking metaphorically of course).
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Should be a must in primary and high school curricula.