Delicate Balance, A

Synopsis: An independent Australian film which highlights how the food we eat affects personal health and the environment. Based on studies by some of the world’s experts on nutrition that suggest the state of health within our world and of our earth is at a point of desperation. The programme debunks the myths about affluent diseases and climate change and provides the tools that could help improve the quality of life for us and for the environment.
In 34 ‘chapters’:
1. Introduction 2. Opening titles 3. The Human Body 4. Selling Sickness 5. Facts 6. Protein 7. Harvard 8. The China Study 9. Carcinogens 10. Cancer 11. Dairy 12. Do We Have a Cure of Cancer? 13. Cholesterol 14. Vitamin D Connection 15. Cancer increase 16. John McDougall MB 17. Heart Disease 18. Impotence 19. Auto-immune Diseases 20. Osteoporosis 21. Michael Gregor MD 22. Calcium supplements 23. Fish 24. Agriculture/Environment 25. Deforestation 26. Methane 27. Meat Consumption 28. Water 29. Fossil Fuels 30. Oceans 31. Robots vs Humans 32. Addiction 33. There is Hope 34. End titles
Language: English
Country: Australia
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 2008
Subjects: Environmental science; Health Education; Medical sciences
Keywords: climate change; environmental issues; food production and distribution; health education; nutrition

Name: Concord Media
Email: sales@concordmedia.org.uk
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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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