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Synopsis: What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug and major medical operations have become routine. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country's three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to "battle" these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases. Could it be there's a single solution to all of these problems? A solution so comprehensive, but so utterly straightforward, that it's mind-boggling that more of us haven't taken it seriously? FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called "diseases of affluence" that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces th
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Lee Fulkerson
Production: Monica Beach Enterprises
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
PG
Year:
2011
90 min
$1,000,000
Website
1,673 Views


probed and applied.

Two researchers who've made

groundbreaking contributions

to this effort are Dr. Colin Campbell

and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.

Born just a few months

apart in 1933 and '34,

they each grew up on farms.

Campbell's childhood farm

is in rural Virginia,

where his family raised dairy

cattle and milked cows.

My dad and mother

moved here in 1943

when I was nine years old.

And during that time,

we had a dairy of about

somewheres between

which in those days was a

modest, medium-sized dairy.

At the time, milk

was believed to be

nature's perfect food.

So perfect, in fact, that this

U.S. government film

from the early 20th century

recommended that infants

who have just been weaned

from their mother's milk

should be switched

immediately to cow's milk.

That was the excitement

of doing something,

producing nature's perfect

food, if you will.

Established in 1675,

the Esselstyn's farm is

in upstate New York.

On these rolling hillsides,

they grazed both beef

and dairy cattle.

This was sort of like

the nerve center

of the operation in a way?

More or less, absolutely.

This is sort of the epicenter,

around these barns.

This is the way farming

was done in that era.

And so this is sort

of where you learned

the craft... the trade.

The trade of farming.

How old were you

when you moved here?

Seven.

I didn't start

driving the tractor

till I was eight years old.

A late bloomer, right?

Yeah, exactly.

But I enjoyed it,

and I really got a great kick

out of doing the farm work.

Although they didn't

know each other yet,

farm life had a deep

and lasting influence

on both Campbell and Esselstyn.

To make it successful, you

had to have persistence,

staying power, and

tenacity of purpose.

I guess it's ironic in the

sense that we're both

now advocating not

consuming the products

that we were busy actually

producing with our families.

During Campbell and

Esselstyn's lifetimes,

the American diet has

changed dramatically.

Near the beginning

of the 20th century,

Americans each ate about 120

pounds of meat annually.

By 2007, that

figure had exploded

to no less than 222 pounds.

In 1913, we ate about 40 pounds

of processed sugar

each per year.

However by 1999,

our consumption of all

refined sweeteners

had risen to over 147 pounds.

In 1909, Americans consumed

around 294 pounds of

dairy products apiece.

But by 2006, our

yearly intake of dairy

had more than doubled

to 605 pounds.

By the early 1950s, Campbell was

off to college at Penn State

while Esselstyn went to Yale.

As part of Yale's rowing team,

Esselstyn won an olympic

gold medal in 1956.

During this same decade,

the pace of American

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