New feature film ‘Forks Over Knives’

Posted on 20 February 2010

Forks Over Knives is a new American documentary movie that examines the claim that degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled or reversed by rejecting our present diet of animal-based and processed foods.

Despite huge medical advances around the world, the human race is sicker than ever. 2 in every 3 people in the USA are overweight. Diabetes is exploding, and reliance on prescription drugs has become second nature. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the USA’s 3 leading causes of death. Could it be there’s a single, comprehensive and utterly straightforward solution to all of these problems?

The movie, filmed in the United States, and in Canada and China, traces the personal journeys of discovery of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Dr. Campbell, a nutritional scientist at Cornell University, whilst in the Philippines, made a life-changing discovery: that 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, Head of the Breast Cancer Task Force at Cleveland Clinic, found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were virtually unknown in areas of the world where animal-based foods were rarely consumed.

These discoveries inspired them to conduct several groundbreaking studies. 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 as yet has remained relatively unknown to the public.

The film is due out in the winter of 2010. To view a trailer, visit: http://forksoverknives.com/