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Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It's the most dominant food in the world. How has sugar infiltrated our diet and culture? What effect does it have on our minds and bodies? THAT SUGAR FILM is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We want all our kids to eat healthy...but how do you actually accomplish it? How do we get them to want to eat healthy? Studies show that life-long healthy eating habits start by having kids help prepare the food! Follow Nica and preschoolers in the kitchen as they have fun learning about nutrition through making healthy snacks. Features easy recipes, ways you can "be prepared", safety tips, and highlights easy jobs in the kitchen that teach preschoolers...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At 24 years old, filmmaker Shannon Harvey was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Her immune system had become hyperactive and was attacking normal, healthy tissues. Her muscles and joints were inflamed and she was told if her disease progressed she could end up with organ failure, or wheelchair bound. In search of a cure, Shannon tried everything from drugs to alternative therapies and everything in between. But she was still sick. There was one...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2004, Canadian health researchers made a startling discovery in the Chippewa birth records for the city of Sarnia, an hour north of Detroit: for the past decade, female babies had been outnumbering male babies at a rate of 2:1. Further investigation revealed large numbers of miscarriages, a cluster of reproductive cancers in young women, and widespread neurological problems among the band's children. The Beloved Community looks at...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When should we eat, and when shouldn't we? The answers to these simple questions are not what you might expect. As Steve Hendricks shows in The Oldest Cure in the World, stop eating long enough, and you'll set in motion cellular repairs that can slow aging and prevent and reverse diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Fasting has improved the lives of people with epilepsy, asthma, and arthritis, and has even protected patients from the worst of...
13) Chemerical
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Chemerical explores the life cycle of everyday household cleaners and hygiene products to prove that, thanks to our clean obsession, we are drowning in sea of toxicity. The film is at once humorous, as we watch the Goode family try to turn a new leaf by creating and living in a toxic free home, and informative, as director Andrew Nisker works with many experts to give audiences the tools and inspiration to live toxic free. Chemerical was one of the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs ever upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?Food Beware begins with a visit to a small village in France, where the town's mayor has decided to make the school lunch menu organic and locally grown. It then talks to a wide variety of people with differing...
16) Windfall
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Wind power: it's sustainable...it burns no fossil fuels...it produces no air pollution. What's more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That's what the people of Meredith, NY first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town's failing economy with a farm of their own - that of 40 industrial wind turbines. But when a group of townspeople discover the impacts that a 400-foot high windmill could bring to their community,...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An innovative plan that teaches readers how to lose weight by indulging in a "guilty" pleasure: chocolate. Dispelling the myth that chocolate is just a "junk food," Dr. Will Clower uses cutting-edge research to highlight the health benefits of consuming chocolate on a daily basis. Readers will learn how the antioxidants found in chocolate can boost metabolism and how, by eating chocolate in specific ways, they can pull their "sweet tooth" so they...
19) The green cure: how shinrin-yoku, earthing, going outside, or simply opening a window can heal us
Author
Publisher
CICO Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What we all know on an intuitive level is a scientific truth: the simple act of going outside is good for us - really good for us. It has been shown to have a positive effect on a huge number of health conditions and issues, from diabetes to depression, anxiety to arteriolosclerosis. Down-to-earth and relevant, The Green Cure shows you that you don't need a lot of fancy equipment or holidays to heal your body and mind. An afternoon stroll among trees...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Environmentally Sustainable Construction is a philosophy for designing and constructing homes and communities. By incorporating these principles, architects, designers, builders and tradesmen can create a living environment that is truly sustainable. Each chapter in the DVD is devoted to separate concepts that combine to contribute to the overall philosophy.
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