Forks over knives / Lee Fulkerson; Brian Wendel; John Corry; T Colin Campbell; Caldwell B Esselstyn, Jr. Videorecording.

Material type: TextPublication details: [New York, NY] : Distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment, [2011] c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA645.N87
Contents:
Intro -- Lee's doctor visit -- Family farms -- Joey and his meds -- Discoveries -- Joey's doctor visit -- Cornell lab -- Progressive doctors -- The pleasure trap -- San'Dera -- The China project -- Joey after 8 weeks -- Dr. Esselstyn's study -- Lee & Debbie -- Findings from China -- San'Dera update -- Reversing heart disease -- Mac Danzig -- Dairy -- San'Dera after 8 weeks -- Conflicts of interest -- Ruth Heidrich -- Global impact -- Rip Esselstyn -- Conclusions -- End credits.
Production credits:
  • Editors, John Orfanopoulos, Brian Crance, Michael Fahey ; composer, Ramón Balcázar.
 Lee Fulkerson, Matthew Lederman, Alona Pulde, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., Joey Aucoin, John McDougall, Connie Diekman, Pam Popper, Doug Lisle, Terry Mason, San'Dera Brantley-Nation, Junshi Chen, Evelyn Oswick, Anthony Yen, Debbie Lowe, Joseph Crowe, Mac Danzig, David Klurfeld, Neal Barnard, Ruth Heidrich, Gene Baur, Rip Esselstyn.Summary: This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions: degenerative diseases
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Documentary.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features: Food as medicine (2 min.); What about organic meat and dairy? (2 min.); The latest on diabetes (3 min.); Benefits from the plant-based diet (3 min.); Tax dollars for dairy (3 min.); Filmmakers discuss "Forks Over Knives" (4 min.).

Intro --
Lee's doctor visit --
Family farms --
Joey and his meds --
Discoveries --
Joey's doctor visit --
Cornell lab --
Progressive doctors --
The pleasure trap --
San'Dera --
The China project --
Joey after 8 weeks --
Dr. Esselstyn's study --
Lee & Debbie --
Findings from China --
San'Dera update --
Reversing heart disease --
Mac Danzig --
Dairy --
San'Dera after 8 weeks --
Conflicts of interest --
Ruth Heidrich --
Global impact --
Rip Esselstyn --
Conclusions --
End credits.

Editors, John Orfanopoulos, Brian Crance, Michael Fahey ; composer, Ramón Balcázar.

Lee Fulkerson, Matthew Lederman, Alona Pulde, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., Joey Aucoin, John McDougall, Connie Diekman, Pam Popper, Doug Lisle, Terry Mason, San'Dera Brantley-Nation, Junshi Chen, Evelyn Oswick, Anthony Yen, Debbie Lowe, Joseph Crowe, Mac Danzig, David Klurfeld, Neal Barnard, Ruth Heidrich, Gene Baur, Rip Esselstyn.


This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions: degenerative diseases