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Food Matters

Food Matters

Prevent illness, reverse disease & maintain optimal health... naturally.

2010•1h 14m•6.7/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.7/10(49)

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 curing disease naturally.

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Production

Permacology Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Andrew Saul

Andrew Saul

Self / Therapeutic Nutrition Specialist and Author

Charlotte Gerson

Self / Founder of the Gerson Institute

Dan Rogers

Self / Medical Doctor and Naturopathic Doctor

David Wolfe

David Wolfe

Self / "world authority on raw foods and superfoods"

Ian Brighthope

Self / Professor of Nutritional an Environmental Medicine

Jerome Burne

Self / Medical Journalist and Author

Phillip Day

Self / Investigative Journalist and Author

Victor Zeines

Self / Holistic Dentist and Nutritionist

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