The Raw Natural (2012)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 58M
Sinopsis
The Raw Natural documentary explores professional athletes reaching peak performance and untapped potential through raw food nutrition. The film highlights, Evan Strong, who regains his competitive edge in sports through raw food nutrition after a tragic accident that causes him to lose a leg and end his professional career in skateboarding. Evan's accident becomes the impetus for his change in diet to simple, healthy raw food nutrition. Evan is now the world champion in adaptive Snowboarding (Ranked # 1 at the XGames, World Cup, Nationals, etc) See how raw food nutrition has led to incredible new triumphs in the athletic careers of professional athletes in surfing, MMA fighting, tennis, baseball, snowboarding and more... This film also features renowned raw food chefs and leading health and nutrition experts, as well as top athletes and professional players who are also experiencing the benefits from raw food nutrition. What would you do to stay in the game?
Un cineasta intrépido en un viaje de descubrimiento consigue encontrar posiblemente el secreto de salud más grande de nuestro tiempo.
'The Game Changers' se centra en atletas de élite, soldados de las fuerzas especiales, científicos visionarios, iconos culturales y héroes cotidianos. Cada uno de ellos en su misión para crear un cambio en nuestra manera de comer y vivir.
Curioso documental en el que Morgan Spurlock investiga en su propio cuerpo los efectos de la comida basura, comiendo sólo y únicamente en McDonald's, 3 veces al día durante todo un mes, y acudiendo posteriormente al médico para hacerse análisis y ver sus niveles de colesterol, aumento de peso, etc. Los resultados fueron sorprendentes.
Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.
Gilbert es un chico del pequeño pueblo de Endora atrapado allí por las obligaciones familiares. Tras el suicidio de su padre, debe hacerse cargo de su hermano menor, que es deficiente, de sus dos hermanas y de una madre obesa que pesa más de 200 kilos. Su aburrida vida transcurre entre el colmado donde trabaja, su familia y la relación que mantiene con una mujer casada. La llegada al pueblo de una joven optimista llamada Becky cambiará su rutina.
Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), es el propietario del gimnasio Average Joe's, el cual está por quebrar. La clientela del gimnasio es muy escasa, y está compuesta por Steve "el Pirata", un hombre que se cree pirata; Justin Redman, un chico escuálido que sueña con impresionar a una animadora que está a años luz de sus posibilidades; Gordon Pibb, un hombre obeso aficionado a los deportes más raros; Owen, un joven sin muchas luces; y Dwight Baumgarten, un engreído sabiondo que en realidad no tiene ni idea de nada. Al humilde gimnasio de Peter, le echa el ojo White Goodman (Ben Stiller), estrella del mundo de los deportes y egocéntrico propietario del Globo Gym, el resplandeciente templo del fitness.
A un joven y ambicioso ejecutivo le encargan una misión: traer de vuelta al director de su empresa de un idílico y enigmático centro de “bienestar” situado en un área remota de los Alpes suizos. Pronto sospecha que los milagrosos tratamientos que allí tienen lugar no son lo que parecen. Su cordura se pone a prueba cuando empieza a desvelar los terroríficos secretos que allí se ocultan y es diagnosticado con la misma extraña enfermedad que mantiene a los pacientes a la espera de la cura.
Les presentamos al encantador y desempleado Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), bajista de un grupo “garage” de lo más corriente, los Sex Bob-omb. Este joven de 22 años acaba de conocer a la chica de sus sueños… la de verdad. ¿Cuál es el problema a la hora de conquistar a Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Los siete ex de la chica están decididos a matar a Scott.Scott Pilgrim nunca ha tenido problemas para echarse novia. Las dificultades aparecen cuando quiere cortar. Mientras intenta deshacerse de la última conquista, Ramona irrumpe en su vida, pero no tarda en descubrir que la mujer deseada arrastra un bagaje nada tranquilizador: sus ex controlan su vida amorosa y están dispuestos a hacer lo que sea para eliminar la competencia.
Documental que sigue al cineasta Michal Siewierski mientras explora el impacto que tiene la elección de alimentos en la salud de las personas, en la salud de nuestro planeta y en la vida de otras especies que comparten nuestro mundo.
Hal Larsen es un muchacho superficial que sólo encuentra bellas a las chicas que parecen supermodelos. Sin embargo, después de ser sometido a una sesión de hipnosis por un conocido gurú, sólo será capaz de ver la belleza interior de las mujeres. Rosemary, una chica obesa y bondadosa, se cruzará en su camino y Hal se enamorará locamente de ella.
"The Perfect Human Diet" is an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to our epidemic of overweight obesity and diet-related disease - the #1 killer in America. The film bypasses current dietary group-think by exploring modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution; revealing for the first time, the authentic human diet. Film audiences finally have the opportunity to see what our species really needs for optimal health and are introduced to a practical template based on these breakthrough scientific facts.
Fed Up descubre un sucio secreto de la industria alimentaria estadounidense, muchos más de nosotros de lo que nadie se podría imaginar enferma por lo que comemos. La cineasta Stephanie Soechtig y la periodista de televisión Katie Couric nos llevan a través de esta potente exposición a descubrir por qué, a pesar de la atención mediática, la fascinación del público con la apariencia, y las políticas del gobierno para combatir la obesidad en los niños estadounidenses, estos niños ahora tienen una esperanza de vida más corta que la de sus padres.
En Nilbog, un remoto pueblo de los Estados Unidos, ha empezado a ocurrir una serie de extraños sucesos para los que no parece haber explicación. Cuando la familia Waits se instala en su nueva casa de verano, tardan poco en darse cuenta de que sus amables vecinos, son, en realidad, seres diabólicos que han adquirido forma humana.
Las organizaciones ecologistas más importantes a nivel mundial están fracasando al encarar la fuerza destructiva más grande a la que se enfrenta hoy nuestro planeta. El documental sigue el estremecedor viaje, no exento de humor, de un esperanzado ecologista en su atrevida búsqueda de una auténtica solución para los problemas medioambientales más urgentes y del verdadero camino a la sostenibilidad.
Harry (Jared Leto) vive con su atormentada madre Sara (Ellen Burstyn), y mientras él sueña con una vida mejor, ella está permanentemente a dieta para el día que pueda cumplir su mayor ilusión; aparecer en su concurso televisivo preferido. La ambición de Harry y su novia Marion (Jennifer Connelly) es hacerse ricos vendiendo droga con su amigo Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), y utilizar las ganancias para abrir un negocio propio, pero nunca llega el dinero suficiente para iniciar su plan. A pesas de todo, Harry y Marion no se resignan a vivir una existencia que consideran despreciable, por lo que harán lo impensable para conseguir la vida que anhelan.
Tres amigas llevan a cabo un pacto para perder peso juntas, siguiendo los consejos de una anónima columnista célebre, Belinda Apple, a la que consideran su hada madrina. Sin embargo una de ellas, Nola Devlin (Poppy Montgomery), lleva una doble vida, ya que en realidad es la famosa periodista.
Nick Naylor, jefe de prensa de una gran compañía de tabaco, dedica su vida a defender los derechos de los fumadores en medio de la cultura neo-puritana dominante. Enfrentado a grupos de defensa de la salud y a un oportunista senador, Nick pasa a la ofensiva como relaciones públicas del consumo de cigarrillos, pero al mismo tiempo comienza a pensar en la imagen que está dando a su hijo pequeño Joey.
Doris Roberts (Pratt) se queda asombrada cuando su personaje de la tele favorito, Fat Albert (Thompson) y los chicos Cosby salen de la televisión y se meten en su mundo real. (FILMAFFINITY)
El 64% de los alimentos envasados contiene azúcar añadido. El azúcar que se esconde en la comida procesada y los dulces puede ser el causante de que, en los últimos 30 años, la tasa de obesidad se haya duplicado y la diabetes se haya triplicado. Existe una creciente controversia acerca del azúcar. ¿Es un veneno o un alimento dulce e inofensivo? De un lado, las industrias azucarera y alimentaria, que afirman que se trata de una fuente inofensiva de calorías y rápida energía y que el problema de la obesidad está en que comemos demasiado. Del otro, quienes afirman que hay evidencia que implica al azúcar no sólo en la obesidad y la caries dental, sino también en la hiperactividad y la diabetes, entre otros.
En este desgarrador documental, una joven que prepara su tesis doctoral recurre a la cámara para dar visibilidad a su lucha diaria contra el síndrome de fatiga crónica.
Author/filmmaker Sergei Boutenko enjoys foraging for free food. He believes that wild edibles are extremely nutritious and should be collected and consumed regularly by everyone. To ensure that people collect edible plants in a safe and responsible manner, Boutenko produced this film. Common Weeds And Wild Edibles Of The World is an instructional video on how to safely and sustainably harvest, clean, and prepare the most common wild edibles. In addition to in-depth instruction on how to forage for over a dozen edible plants, this movie also contains many useful tips that will help you reduce your monthly food bill and allow you to enjoy new healthful culinary flavors.
In the summer of 2013 Sergei Boutenko put 10 endurance athletes (five ultra-runners and five CrossFitters) on green smoothies and followed them around with his camera to find out the answer to this question. Starting out as healthy athletes (or so they thought!), 10 individuals embark on a six-week experiment of continuing their typical training and racing regimen, but with one major difference: they are drinking a quart of green smoothies every day. You'll be astonished at the results that begin to emerge. From a decrease in injuries to feeling supercharged to run for hours on end, there might be a bit more to smoothies than just tasting delicious. If you like to exercise, you need to see this film!
Documental en el que se hace un estricto seguimiento de 6 diabéticos al cambiar a una dieta completamente vegana, orgánica y cruda con la intención de revertir su diabetes sin medicación. Los 6 pacientes dejan de comer carne, azúcar, alcohol, tabaco, cafeína, sodas, comida basura, comida procesada y comida preparada por 30 días. Sus luchas y triunfos son tan inspiradores como asombrosos.
A shocking and informative expose of the "Cancer Industry" and the "Western Diet".
Eating, 2nd Edition: Introducing The RAVE Diet presents graphic evidence of how animal foods are not meant for human consumption, and how the suffering and death of the animals "takes revenge" on the humans who eat them by causing most of our chronic diseases, and how the switch to a all whole-food plant based diet can begin to reverse many of these diseases in as little as three weeks.
"This is John Robbins' amazing video documentary Diet for a New America (1992) which explores the causes why Americans eat so much meat and what does this do to their health and the environment. Although it is commonly known today that meat and diary products are one of the primary causes for heart and other deadly diseases, Americans don't seem to care at all and are living (and dying) with them every day. When this award-winning documentary was first aired the US National Cattlemen's Association mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit the program and keep it from being aired. But the attempt to thwart the show failed, and the program went on to be one of public television's all-time most successful documentaries.
Freedom From Choice explores the endless layers of backroom dealing that is the US lobbying industry. Through a series of thought-provoking interviews, experts from numerous industries explain in simple terms how the political 'revolving door' creates unfair regulations which affect their industry. Supplemented by recent news clips and archival footage, the experts paint a startling picture of the overregulation of modern American life.
The Healing Effect Movie is a documentary about the healing power of food. Featuring best-selling authors and experts from around the world including: John Robbins, Joel Fuhrman, Daphne Miller, David Wolfe, Charlotte Gerson, John McDougall, Philip McCluskey, John Bagnulo and many more. The film follows the story of a police officer in the gritty city of Lowell, Massachusetts who has radically changed his diet and inspired his community. This movie explores the power of prevention, why bad genes are not your destiny, food and lifestyle secrets from the healthiest, longest lived people on the planet, as well as simple steps to get started right now in changing your life, one bite at a time!
Uno de cada tres estadounidenses es prediabético. Un gran porcentaje de ellos no sabe que está enfermo. La diabetes de inicio en la edad adulta ya no es una enfermedad para los obesos y los ancianos. Millones de estadounidenses que hacen ejercicio regularmente y comen una dieta recomendada por el USDA se clasifican como "flacos". La conexión entre la dieta estadounidense estándar y numerosos trastornos metabólicos es ahora un hecho tácito en la mayoría de los círculos médicos.
Unsupersize Me documents the inspiring story of Juan-Carlos Asse, owner of Zen Fitness, a personal training studio in Gainesville, Florida, and his quest to prove that a whole foods, plant-based diet coupled with an exercise regimen is capable of remarkably and rapidly improving the health of any and every individual. Asse takes his lifelong passions of fitness and nutrition setting out to demonstrate what he has witnessed in his training studio time and time again. The plant-based diet with exercise is the most effective and expeditious way to obtain optimal health.
Bethany's Story is a documentary about the healing power of food. Bethany lived the life of a normal teenage girl before she became paralyzed by a bad reaction to medication and was told she would never walk again. The documentary covers her amazing recovery as she makes dramatic lifestyle changes. Featuring interviews with leading nutrition experts and medical doctors, Bethany's Story is a testament to the power of food as medicine, as well as the courage of a young girl to face an immense obstacle, overcome it and in the process help inspire all of us to make forward progress in our lives, whatever our challenge may be.
After quitting her job at the World Trade Center Rhea Zimmerman finds herself 9 months later, in New York City on 9/11, feeling afraid, horrified, lost and wondering what she could do to help create a better story for humanity. She finds her answer and her healing when she fuels herself with purpose by becoming a chiropractor with a passion for unconditional love and international service. 11 years later we join her on a 5-day chiropractic service trip to The Sacred Valley, Peru with her new boyfriend Austin and her friend Alejandra. They are on a mission to serve as many people as possible offering healing, hope, and connection through collaboration with a medical clinic. Watch as the three stretch themselves by surrendering to service, affecting thousands that they touch, and ultimately, transforming as individuals through the power of love and teamwork. Love Bomb is interwoven with expert voices that explore themes of human transformation, love, altruism, and consciousness.
In search of a simpler life, a young couple returns home to Alabama where they set out to eat the way their grandparents did – locally and seasonally. But as they navigate the agro-industrial gastronomical complex, they soon realize that nearly everything about the food system has changed since farmers once populated their family histories. A thoughtful and often funny essay on community, the South and sustainability, “Eating Alabama” is a story about why food matters.
Inhabit is a feature length documentary introducing permaculture: a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics, governance, and on. The film presents a vast array of projects, concepts, and people, and it translates the diversity of permaculture into something that can be understood by an equally diverse audience. For those familiar, it will be a call to action and a glimpse into what's possible - what kind of projects and solutions are already underway. For those unfamiliar, it will be an introduction to a new way of being and a new way of relating to the Earth. For everyone, it will be a reminder that humans are capable of being planetary healing forces.
Got the facts on Milk? (also known as "The Milk Documentary" is an entertaining, award winning feature documentary that dares to question the conventional wisdom of the much publicized health benefits of milk and dairy products. Addressing myth, truth and all in-between, the film is a humorous yet shocking exposition that provokes serious thought about this everyday staple.
Heal Your Self speaks to some of the greatest authorities on health today. They speak directly to the viewer, breaking down the major steps that affect your health. Topics include: food and nutrition, emotional and environmental stresses, the power of the mind, self-education, meditation, love - plus, practical steps you can take to start to restore your health. This is wall-to-wall information, that doesn't sidestep the critical issues that are necessary for you to address, to maintain or regain your health.
The Grounded movie tells the true tale of an Alaskan wildlife filmmaker’s persistent curiosity and quest to test the claims of what appears to be an outrageously simple and “too good to be true” healing concept – physical, bare skin contact with the Earth – which may have been known by civilizations throughout history. New research has started to confirm the unexpected, that the surface of the Earth has a healing power, like a gigantic treatment table.
In this film, you meet the woman who wakes up every day and proclaims her love for everyone and everything in her path, the woman who popularized “affirmations,” the woman who shakes hands with presidents, dignitaries, celebrities, and who always has an affectionate hug for fans who run up to her at a public appearance or Hay House event to thank her for “saving my life.” And when she embraces them, she’ll insist, “It wasn’t me. It was you.”
FRESH is more than a movie, it’s a gateway to action. Our aim is to help grow FRESH food, ideas, and become active participants in an exciting, vibrant, and fast-growing movement.
The story of a young science-writer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who risked everything by blowing the whistle on a massive cover-up involving a promising cancer therapy.
