Food Matters
Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food - Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch.
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker.
Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally.
In what promises to be the most contentious idea put forward, the filmmakers have interviewed several leading experts in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer.
The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. The interviewees point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than conventional medical treatments.
I keep seeing lots of comments saying you know Vegans and vegetarians have or had bad illnesses,but you can still be extremely unhealthy on a vegetarian/vegan diet. The documentary even stated that you have to eat a healthy diet to gain the benefits and that you could be vegan and drink Diet Coke and eat crisps everyday,of course a meat eater with a varied diet is going to be healthier than this Vegan living on this poor diet. In a lot of these comments it's not listed whether they eating healthy or not,just branding someone on what they say they are and not what they are actually eating.
Anyone who is interested in an alternative (and working) cancer therapy, have a look at the Documentary “World Without Cancer - The Story Of Vitamin B-17” by G. Edward Griffin:
The documentary is based on his book with the same name and well researched. I have started having apricot seeds (5-10 a day), which contain the vitamin B-17 in my diet, since I saw this.
(You will find a lot of scare mongering about apricot seeds being poisonous, but there is nothing to worry about unless you have an allergy to nuts or eat an extreme large amount at which point everything can become poisonous, even spring water. After watching the documentary and certainly after reading the book you will be able to ignore all the scare mongering.)
I'm one of the people inclined to believe many of the points in this documentary - but it is so clearly unscientific, the reasoning presented so sloppy and poor, that it does much more to set back the movement for natural foods and medicine. I would go a far as to say this is a very irresponsible documentary. If were of that same paranoiac ilk as the producers and talking heads in the documentary, I might think it was produced by the fake food corporations just to make their opponents look like fools. I'm sorry, but if you're swayed by this documentary, it's a sign of real gullibility. This is a travesty. It hurts an important cause. It's embarrassing.
Guy's don't believe this documentary, it's pseudoscience! There are scientific research that proof that superfood is not better than normal, that organic food is not better than normal. People on the show are not scientists, they are just selling new pills and supplements: buy organic, buy superfood, buy vitamins. Just buy but different stock.I feel like am watching a massive commercial of raw movement. P.S. cooked food is good for you, it doesn't kill you!
I really like this documentary and the genre that is it's family. It's time that we wake up and start questioning the omnipresent and overbearing agribusiness... we don't have to stay blind forever
Man. I took that other persons advice below and started watching Earthlings. I couldn't get past 15 minutes. I will eventually watch it, but that is eye opening. Not to take away from THIS film, but Food Matters is probably one of the best and most accurate documentaries I have seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing this. If now I could get people to listen to me instead of saying "what's happening to you?" "Juicing, vitamins? Are you in a cult?" "You better have great health insurance if you're going down that route!" WOW. This is what's brainwashed into their heads. I am just glad that I am one of the few around me who gets it.
This is an amazing documentary. Any ideas where you can get the vit c treatment they talk about??
I love this documentary!
Your body does not play fair. We think that the entire body looks after itself on an even basis. It should. It means self preservation that every little part is cared for. Or not... Scratch your hand..only the scratch is receives attention. Tape your right arm to your side and do everything with your left arm. A month later your right arm has withered and your left arm is much stronger. What happens if there are not surplus vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and energy to satisfy the needs of every cell in your body? What happens is not fair and borders on survival mode. The hard working muscles, including the heart, get first crack at the majority of the nutrients. Everything else gets the short end. The list includes skin, lungs, digestive tract, most organs, hair, sex organs, and many nerve cells. Without surplus nutrients the weak list of cells stop growing, become perverted, or die. From a few steps back it could even look like 'ageing'. Up close it could be disease. It could even answer why obviously muscular people get cancer when they should be healthy. The effort that drives the physical activity cannot produce nutrients out of thin air so part of the body must come up short. So when you are choosing how much supplements to ingest, remember. You must have enough to generously supply all cells on an almost flood like condition.
Thats it from now on its organic or nothing. I will live the rest of my life as one of the healthiest human beings alive.
Ive seen enough and it is so true.
SB
Incrediable information, I really feel like if all this is really true, why has the medical money system sacrificed our health to make a buck, while all the while the answer is in diet. I have alot of physical problems, like arthritis, lupus, ashma, no energy, the list goes on and on. If diet is the answer, Im willing to jump on the band wagon! We must educate ourselves to make true changes to our American way of unhealthy eating. What an eye opener!
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I truly enjoyed Food Matters and will encourage everyone to read it.
I didn't agree 100% with everything but felt enlightened at having watched it.
Skeptics please continue eating crap as the world is overpopulating.
We are what we eat and as a 52 yr old without health care/insurance that has never seen a doctor except from car accidents and 2 flu shots, I must protect and heal myself with nutrition. I have cheated with OTC pain killer when I had to (I'm only human) but as soon as I got a handle on it, it was natural healthy food. I drink coffee, eat bacon, love bread, chocolate, and drink alcohol lightly, but I avoid chips, fries, packaged or fast food.
Why buy anything with preservatives when you can go home and make it fresh (or buy it fresh)?
For 20 yrs I have been 50, 70, then 100lbs overweight. I switched beer for water, ate healthier and lost 70lbs. While losing weight, all those toxins in my melting fat created gout and other side effects I struggle through as I get back to a healthier body. I got a lot of encouragement and reminders from Food Matters, I think that's the message; do what you want with it.
I believe everyone should watch this most informative documentary! It just about covers everything I believe in and try to get others to give themselves a chance of a healthy life and most seem to think that I am just being weird for believing it, well everyone, eat your heart out!!!
I loved this Documentary, very informative and logical. Very good source to start with when you want to change your lifestyle, or be more educated about todays health care and foods.
The one who needs disciplinary words are the ones who label themselves as Christians. Jesus loves this man who does not yet know the merciful and just God that He truly is. He would sit down and have a meal with him..He would meet a need in his life..
It is we who already know Him as Lord who need to hold each other accountable by reproof. Specifically by using scripture.
Are there any of us "Christians" that LOOK like Christ? Love as Christ would because we are Christ to the world. If we abide in Him and He in us then our first fruit will be love. So let's be disciples and not Pharisees. Please..the unbelieving will never taste and see that the Lord is good if we are bitter. God tells us that it is His GOODNESS which leads to repentance. Most definitely not debates like this. If the real disciples of Christ Jesus would hit our knees and repent for our criticism and haughtiness, then we may actually get the point across. God help..
Can someone delete the weird & hostile comments appearing below? I very much want people to come to this site & watch this amazing, mind-blowing & hugely-beneficial documentary, & I'm concerned these comments might risk undermining its credibility -- until one takes the time to watch it, of course ... and then the thing speaks for itself.
I wish all well!! (Even, & especially, those who write odd comments.)
excellent and informative presentation.
An epidemic of health? What would happen if everybody were well? Yikes!
The first symptom is death.
This is an amazing film!
Eating healthy isn't the only variable for a long life. Most of the people in my moms' side die off over 100 yrs old and they all ate fatty meat and meals... some were alcoholics and smokers. Genetics also plays a huge part in longevity of life. Healthy eating just helps prolong those genes further. I'm cursed with that gene... I'm not looking forward to that prolong life gene I've been given. To tell you the truth... why would I want to live over 100, in a culture that treats women over 40 like trash? 60? Forget it you're already buried. Sorry. I'll be looking forward to death in my late 40s. Again what's the point of living over the age group society starts to deem worthless?
As for this video in general, it's another one of those vegan propaganda bs videos. Sorry but I believe in balance meals (btw flesh only makes up 10% or less of my daily diet, which I've been told is what most other cultures do... explains my low weight). As stated in another related video, there are cultures that would defecate on the vegan theory. The vegan theory being that meat is bad. The Masai and certain Mongolian tribes would beg to differ. Their diet is mainly that of meat, milk and other forms of animal base meals.... yet many of these people are healthy and live better and longer lives than most vegans do. Another thing, I've seen vegan men, they're nasty to look at. They look like survivors from the Holocaust. They're too thin and frail for my taste. Sorry but I have yet to see a large muscular man who is a vegan (I'm talking about weight lifters and body builders... Mmmm). I prefer my man with a bit of meat and muscle on his bone (being larger than I am)... a sign of a good protector. Plus guys, women who are vegan wouldn't do blow jobs and swallow, sorry... you're an animal and the semen is an animal byproduct. :P Stick with meat eaters and omnivores, if you want true happiness.
It was all very good until they started talking about eating fish and GMO.
Its always very suspicious when the sound does not match what they are saying.
If you are ill and suffering and you go and make another being suffer by eating fish ,since when do two wrongs make a right .
If you are not sure on what to eat read the Bhagavad-Gita (as it is)
HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
the best way to understand what foods are good or not is to educate yourself and education does not come from yahoo news, magazines, newspapers, and myriads of other propaganda sources. Read a variety of mainstream and alternative nutrition books and one will eventually find out the truth.
Hey WTC7 you said that "Personally, I think our health is a matter of the state of our mind, at least to a considerable degree.". I can not agree with you more on this factor. There is way to much proof out there now about the power of the mind.
In the end when I eat healthy I generally feel good and why I eat rubbish I feel bad so this is also a similar association, for me personally. But if you could tailor your mind into a belief that bad food was good I think you could go without any health issues. Other than the fact of the matter is excess calories cause weight gain so you would put on weight.
Just my 2 cents.
I've been eating meat for more than 40 years (and loving it) and I am healthy. I drink one coffee a day. I am smoking for over 20 years and my skin is healthy looking and smooth (don't know about my lungs but I'm quite sure they are not as pretty looking :)). I love beer. I don't take any medicaments except for an occasional pain killer (occasional as in once or twice a year). I play tennis once a week but that's about as much exercise as I get (used to do some yoga in the past but stopped). I go through every health examination with flying colors.
My husband is a vegetarian for about 30 years now and is 55 years old. Drinks one coffee a day. He never smoked in his life. Also loves beer. He suffers from policitemia vera. Suffers from high blood pressure since much before policetimia vera was diagnosed and was taking loads of medicines. Recently had a heart attack. Never had a taste for any sort of exercise.
My sister is a meat eater, 40 years old (younger than me), a smoker, doesn't drink coffee and suffers from all sorts of health problems. Doesn't exercise, but walks a lot. Also drinks beer. Takes loads of medicines.
My father died when he was 77. Loved his meat and never exercised. Smoked, but very moderately (1 - 2 cigarettes a day) and had one coffee a day, drank occasionally a glass of wine with his lunch. Died of a heart attack, although there were never any indications that there was something wrong with his heart.
One of my father's colleagues, a biology teacher, never smoked, never drank alcohol nor coffee (a very health-oriented person, but I really don't know if he was a vegetarian nor whether he exercised), died at 49 of something that had to do with narrowing of blood vessels (I was too young to remember exactly).
I am not about to take any position regarding what kind of food and what style of life is the right one. But one day I read something is so bad for you whereas the next day some researcher finds out that the same thing is good for you (for whatever specific reason). And that goes on and on. Meat is bad, but then it's also good. Milk is great, but then it's also bad. Coffee is bad, but then it can also be good...
Then you have the sun-gazers, who eat very little of hard food or nothing at all except liquids, and their health improves.
Personally, I think our health is a matter of the state of our mind, at least to a considerable degree.