The other week Rachel and I saw another film that will make you look at the food on your plate a little differently.  The movie was Forks Over Knives, and it was based in part on the research by a Cornell nutrition professor, T. Colin Campbell. Dr.  Campbell grew up a dairy farmer, but spent most of his career looking at the connection  between the western diet and degenerative diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer.   The fim follows Campbell and Dr. Esselstyn, a surgeon and head of the Breast Cancer task force with the Cleveland Clinic.   Their research led them to conclude that many degenerative diseases could not only be prevented but reversed by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet.

With the healthcare system and sustainable food movements becoming a significant part of our cultural dialogues, this film is relevant and compelling.   Watch it if you have a curiosity, but be prepared to look at the glass of milk or steak a little differently afterwards.  One of Campbell’s arguments is that casein, a protein found in milk from mammals, is the most significant carcinogen we consume.

 

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