This documentary was filmed in 2015 by PBS and journalist Michael Pollan based on his book of the same name and is in much of its advice just as, if not more relevant today. In Defense of Food explores the question - What should I eat to be healthy?Summarized in seven words, his advice: “Eat …
Agriculture – Was This a Big Mistake?
The Neolithic period ushered in dramatic changes in the form of civilisations with large populations, advancements in technology, arts and trade. But with the advent of agriculture, humans also began to experience malnutrition, starvation and epidemic diseases. One of the biggest transitions in human history is the transition from hunting and gathering to herding and …
Venison – A Wild, Sustainable Alternative to Beef
Next time you sit down to a beef steak this Autumn and you can get over the thought of eating Bambi, why not consider giving venison a go. It’s seasonal, sustainable and packed with nutritional benefits.According to Forestry England "Deer can have an adverse impact on woodland herbs, shrubs and young trees. Vegetation changes brought …
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Diabetes – A Lucrative Disease
With turnover of $46 billion, diabetes is a massive and extremely lucrative market.Companies are developing drugs that are increasingly expensive and constantly promising miracle cures with patients either taking too many drugs or no longer being able to afford them and the only ones benefiting seem to be pharmaceutical companies.Filmed on three continents, this documentary …
The Perfect Human Diet – What Should We Really Be Eating?
CJ Hunt’s long-awaited documentary In Search of the Perfect Human Diet has finally arrived on YouTube. I viewed this film over a year ago and several times since and found it to be an astounding insight into how archaeologists and anthropologists discover how humans evolved through diet.The documentary chronicles the journey of the host in …
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The Evolution of Us – Genetic Links to How Our Bodies Digest Carbohydrates
Amylase is a case where diet may have the potential to change our genes. Populations that have higher numbers of amylase gene copies and more amylase in their saliva tend to eat more starch and were found to digest starchy carbohydrates faster. They also displayed a higher blood glucose response to foods containing starch such …
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“Vegetable” Oils – Toxic or Benign?
Vegetable oil - corn oil, Crisco, sunflower oil, soya bean oil, all low cost ‘vegetable oils’ are in everything from packaged foods to restaurants and kitchens across the planet. Are they really a healthy alternative to butter, lard and other saturated fats? In 1829 it became possible to make use of the leftover waste from …
Statin Nation – The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up
Hidden away in an unlisted section of Youtube sits this eyeopening documentary from 2012 by Director Justin Smith. Statin Nation reveals the medical corruption that has led to the mass over-prescription of cholesterol medications (statins). The film explains how the facts about cholesterol and heart disease have, for decades, been distorted by pharmaceutical companies keen …
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Fat Fiction – The Documentary
https://youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI “For most of human history there has been very little starch or sugar in the human diet. In fact, if you put all of human history into one year, it’s only in the last day that we started eating grains or bread and it’s only in the last hour that people have been eating …
The Perfect Human Diet – A Two Million Year Old Fad
With The Perfect Human Diet 2 in the making we take a look back at film maker C.J Hunt's 2013 documentary gem that goes in search of the true ancestral diet that many are embracing today. Some may say its a fad but, as they point out in the film, "If it's a fad, then …
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