coming soon - Food Lies

  Food Lies is a documentary featuring the world’s leading scientists and nutrition experts, sharing the entire story on what we as humans are supposed to eat, why over the past 60 years dietary recommendations took a turn for the worse, and how you can be part of the solution.

https://www.foodlies.org/

 Health expert Vinnie Tortorich exposes the history behind widespread myths and lies regarding healthy eating, fat and weight loss.

  Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.

  More than 700,000 Americans die of heart disease each year. For many of them, death is the first symptom of the disease. Could a simple heart scan have saved many of these lives? 

Featuring cardiologists, heart attack survivors and lawmakers, the Widomaker movie could change the way you think about heart disease – and it just might save your life.

Notable comment "All of the Doctors in this documentary - who advised against this diet - are obese. The single doctor that recommended it was thin!”

 Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and journalist Katie Couric investigate how the American food industry may be responsible for more sickness than previously realized.

“Without being preachy about it, Fed Up flat-out tells us that it is indeed past time to be fed up — to insist that action be taken, and take it ourselves. This film is a bracing wake-up call.” – Michael Sauter, Film Journal International.

“Fed Up… is definitely mad as hell. And its muckraking spirit, an anomaly in the age of giving in, is inspiring.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

  Geoff was overweight, over-worked and resigned to a premature death from a catalogue of health conditions. In November 2013 his doctor felt he and Geoff needed to talk about the possibility of foot amputation due to his type 2 diabetes.

More info on www.fixingus.com/

  Directed by Jim Abrahams, about a boy whose severe epilepsy, unresponsive to medications with terrible side effects, is controlled by the ketogenic diet. Aspects of the story mirror Abrahams' own experience with his son Charlie.

  A documentary about one man's attempt to turn the food pyramid on its head. Donal O'Neill ditches wheat and sugar in a food plan consisting of 70% fat - under the guidance of legendary South African Sports Scientist Prof. Tim Noakes.

  The film traces the origins of our beliefs about healthful and unhealthful food. Experts from all over the world talk about the problems as well as short- and long-term solutions. Among the many experts in the film are authors like Gary Taubes, Mark Sisson, and Melanie Warner. Medical doctors such as David Perlmutter M.D., David L. Katz, and Timothy Noakes.

  The Big Fat Fix investigates and uncovers the forgotten secrets of health and longevity from the tiny Italian village of Pioppi, where the people forget to die. Featuring Dr Aseem Malhotra and Donal O'Neill. From the creators of Cereal Killers (2013) and Run on Fat (2015).

  People around the globe are combating illness through a paradigm shift in eating, and this simple change - embracing fat as our main fuel - is showing profound promise in improving the health of people, animals and the planet.

  What if everything you knew about sports nutrition was wrong? 

What if there was no need for carbs or sports drinks when you exercise? 

What if you could – in fact – break records rowing across the Pacific Ocean without it?

World class triathlete Sami Inkinen and Dr Steve Phinney challenge the efficacy and safety of "carb loading" for sports performance.

  Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

  While most people saw the documentary Super-Size Me as an expose of the fast food industry, comedian and former health writer Tom Naughton saw it as a dare: He'd show that you could lose weight on a diet of burgers and fries.

  This youtuber shows comparisons on blood sugar responses for different foods.