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Brantley, Timothy. Li, William W Popper, Pamela. Taubes, Gary Taubes, Gary. Teitelbaum, JacobSummary: The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After renowned nutritional scientist and bestselling author Dr. T. Colin Campbell gives a stirring speech on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his son Nelson, and Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PlantPure Productions LCC 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLASummary: What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? Examine a whole-foods, plant-based diet-- it could save your life. This accessible guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet, with tips on transitioning, success stories from converts, and recipes for delicious, healthy, every-day meals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.28 FORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Veg ForksSummary: 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:...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 616.39 FORCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORTaubes, Gary
Summary: "From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 TAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 TAUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.2 TAUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu TaubesBrantley, Timothy.
Summary: Presents on advice on how changing eating habits and incorporating exercise, rest, and relaxation into our lifestyles can lead to better health and well-being.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.22 BRASummary: Despite the swelling ranks of the overweight, a significant portion of the population seems immune to obesity. Do some people have a natural ability to maintain a thin physique, no matter how much they eat or how little they exercise? This program explores the phenomenon of effortless slimness and its biological causes. Based on a 1967 experiment involving Vermont State Prison inmates, ten...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What is it like to eat around the clock? At 457 pounds, Wally knows. And Tammy, at 67 pounds, has experienced both anorexia and bulimia-at the same time. This haunting program introduces eight ordinary people who tell, in a chillingly matter-of-fact way, about their life-scarring-and even severely life-threatening-experiences with body weight and self-image. Bouts with eating disorders are...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Antonio Biello wants to walk again. Jean-Pierre Allard wants his son to see how energetic he once was. And Vanessa Hull simply hopes not to be dead before 30. Three people of different worlds, yet inextricably linked to a condition that Dr. Nicholas Christou says is poised to spread more rapidly than smoking-morbid obesity. This clinical program follows the three as they each seek an answer in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Teitelbaum, Jacob
Summary: The Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction - now with an improved education section, new research, 50 recipes, and refined treatment methods! With one-third of our calories coming from sugar and white flour added to processed foods, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. However, unlike other addictions, going "cold turkey" won't fix it. In an updated version of the groundbreaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 TEISummary: Eating disorders are not just about food, but about the struggle with loss of emotional control. This program from The Doctor Is In examines the use of antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy to combat these dangerous illnesses. Russell Marx, M.D., of the eating disorders program at the Princeton Medical Center, and Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., M.P.H., R.D., of the Dartmouth College Health...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: "Join Rip Esselstyn, former Texas firefighter ... , as he teaches the White and Wali families the basics of a whole-food, plant-based diet. Step-by-step, Rip guides these families on how to take control of their own health through: undertaking a top-to-bottom patnry clean-out; showing them how to navigate the grocery store aisles to not get burned by misleading nutrition labels; [and] cooking...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic EnSummary: Alicia, a 16-year-old, has battled anorexia since she was nine. Due to body dysmorphic disorder, Tim believes that his flat stomach is huge. A high school swimmer, Haley initially wanted breast augmentation to correct a size imbalance but then opted for enlargement. This program follows several case studies in order to highlight what can happen when the quest for physical perfection goes too...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With a 75 percent success rate in treating anorexia and bulimia, Stockholm's Karolinska Institute is in the vanguard of eating disorder therapy. This program follows patients through the Karolinska regimen as they relearn healthy eating behavior, gradually recognizing natural feelings of satiety with the help of a computerized biofeedback system. Closely observing the Institute's counseling...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Filmed in the U.K., this program sympathetically presents the stories of four young adults-two men, two women-who triumphed over bipolar disorder, chronic anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, clinical depression, and an eating disorder. Looking back on their lengthy ordeals, each person explains to viewers what it was like to slide into mental illness and how, with the help of others,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: There’s no end to the number of “miracle” diets advertised on TV. Combat their influence with this video, which illustrates what’s really needed to reach and maintain a healthy weight - commitment, discipline, and attention to dietary details. Focusing on bad eating habits as the main factor in America’s obesity epidemic, the program also cites lack of exercise along with cultural and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Popper, Pamela.
Summary: Backed by numerous scientific studies, this timely resource discusses the dire state of American health due to poor nutrition choices based on cynical food politics and medical misinformation and reveals how diet can dramatically improve and turn around many life-threatening conditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.39 POPSummary: "Go behind the scenes and watch as Mark Hyman, M.D. explains how the latest research reveals that your mood problems, memory problems and trouble focusing ... even your depression, anxiety, ADD, autism and Alzheimer's are NOT all in your head. The solution to these problems lie inside your BODY. By fixing your body FIRST, you will awaken your body's natural intelligence allowing it to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: UltraWellness 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 HymSummary: Ranging from the starvation diet of the anorexic to certain forms of obesity, eating disorders are a diverse group of health problems. This program examines the emotional issues that lie behind most eating disorders, the serious and sometimes life-threatening consequences of eating disorders, and methods of treatment. Experts and patients alike offer their insights.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: As the number of obese Americans climbs to epidemic levels, the quest for ways to lose weight and keep it off is becoming ever more urgent. This program gives viewers a window into the painful human dramas of those labeled obese and the difficulty of solving weight-related problems. Information about hunger and eating, human metabolism, and psychological responses to food is balanced by stories...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: With nutritionally depleted foods, chemical additives, and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Food matters sets about uncovering the trillion-dollar worldwide 'sickness industry' and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Permacology Productions 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOOLi, William W
Summary: Outlines strategies for consuming two hundred popular health-bolstering foods to reinforce the body's defense systems and fight disease.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2019
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Summary: Not another diet book: After seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, science writer Taubes shows that almost everything we believe about a healthy diet is wrong. We are taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more--yet we see unprecedented epidemics of obesity and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2007
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 613.2 TauSummary: Anorexia and other eating disorders exert a frightening degree of control over millions of teenagers, especially young women. Manifested in so-called “Pro-Ana” websites, which actively promote anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, the mental and physical grip of these sicknesses can prove impossible to break. This program represents a powerful weapon in the battle against eating disorders,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Eating disorders are not about the desire to be thin. Eating disorders are severe psychological illnesses that usually take years to overcome and can be accompanied by devastating and sometimes deadly physical side effects. In this powerful program, four young women and men from a variety of ethnic backgrounds share their stories of the physical pain and emotional torment caused by eating...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005