Forks over knives
(DVD) 

Special features: Food as medicine (2 min.); What about organic meat and dairy? (2 min.); The latest on diabetes (3 min.); Benefits from the plant-based diet (3 min.); Tax dollars for dairy (3 min.); Filmmakers discuss "Forks Over Knives" (4 min.).

Editors, John Orfanopoulos, Brian Crance, Michael Fahey ; composer, Ramón Balcázar ; graphics, Ron Boscacci ; camera, John Orfanopoulos, Richard Chamberlin ; research, Susan Strange, Lisa Hartjens, Evan Goldstein, Sapra Chhabra.

Lee Fulkerson, Matt Lederman, Alona Pulde, Colin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn, Joey, Cammie, and Jason Aucoin, John McDougall, Connie Diekman, Pam Popper, Doug Lisle, Terry Mason, San'Dera Nation, Junshi Chen, Evelyn Oswick, Anthony Yen, Debbie Lowe, Joseph Crowe, Mac Danzig, David Klurfeld, Neal Barnard, Ruth Heidrich, Gene Baur, Rip Esselstyn.

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: degenerative diseases could usually be prevented -- and in many cases reversed -- by adopting a whole food, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public. The filmmakers explore the ancient idea of food as medicine, following "reality patients" who have adopted a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments.

DVD format; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround, 2.0 Dolby stereo; 16:9 widescreen presentation.

In English; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.