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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of cancer has doubled over the last thirty years. Over this period, the increase in leukemia and brain tumours in children has been around 2% per year. The WHO has observed a similar trend for neurological diseases (Parkinson's and Alzheimer's) and autoimmune disorders. This documentary launches an in-depth investigation into everyday products and the systems charged with regulating them, examining...
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Following the dramatic rise and fall of edible insect start-ups in America this documentary explores cultural taboos in diet and agriculture to find clues in fixing our broken food system. Tackling food security in climate catastrophe through commercial cricket farming in the rust belt, to bug eating festivals keeping Austin weird.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Through the eyes of chef heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, and more, audience will see how the world's most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people would consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On the graveyard shift at Oscar's Chicken and Fish, Stanley is retiring after 38 years and has to train his young replacement. The Boomer dropout who is leaving this career behind and the Milennial columnist who is making ends meet find ways to connect in the early hours of a quiet kitchen.
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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""Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
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3 videodiscs (approximately 9 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The globe-trotting hedonist known as the "gastronomic Indiana Jones" scrupulously explores a locale's cuisine. In season three, he nibbles caviar, goes clubbing in Moscow, samples Thai noodles in Los Angeles, and so much more.
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1 videodisc disc (108 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are on an all-expenses-paid trip for the Observer. Their tough assignment is to drive through beautiful Italian country, eat lavishly, and stay in exquisite small hotels, all so that one or the other can write high-toned culinary drivel for the paper.
9) Beers of Joy
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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BEERS OF JOY is a fascinating, entertaining, and savory journey into our world’s favorite magical elixir. Feast upon stunning visuals from across the globe as four people immerse themselves in their passion for beer.
10) Fed up
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
11) GMO OMG
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests himself: is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can't gain back? These and other questions take Seifert on a journey from his family's table to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and the lobby of...
12) Chef
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1 videodisc (1 hr., 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
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1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dr. Michael Mosley and botanist James Wong celebrate the physics, chemistry, and biology hidden inside every bite of a next meal. Learn how the hidden chemistry of food keeps bodies fit and healthy; take a global culinary adventure to reveal the science that makes food taste delicious; and discover how the chemistry in food affects the brain and creates the deepest cravings.
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1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dr. Lustig explains that the problem is the quality and not the quantity of food people eat. The real culprit is processed food, loaded with added sugar and stripped of its natural fiber and nutrients. He is leading the groundswell to expose the high sugar content in processed food, and the dangers and costs to our health.
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2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From the creators of the best-selling documentary Food Matters comes another hard-hitting film certain to change everything you thought you know about food and nutrition. It exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever.
17) What the health
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1 videodisc (1 hr., 32 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"What the health is a surprising, and at times hilarious, investigative documentary that will be an eye-opener for everyone concerned about our nation's health and how big business influences it"--Container.
18) Food, Inc
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1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
19) Vegucated
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1 videodisc (NTSC, 77 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Lured with true tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon start to wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks...
20) Super Size Me
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
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