★★★☆☆ "The results were astonishing." This is, by far, the most recurrent turn of phrase used in Lee Fulkerson's profound analysis on the western diet, Forks Over Knives (2011), released on DVD this week in the UK. Fortunately, rather than being simply a lazy, unvaried attempt at proving minor point, Fulkerson's collection of scientific data and dietary figures truly is beyond astonishing. Unlike similar protein vilifying entries such as Shaun Monson's Earthlings (2005) or Robert Kenner's Food Inc. (2008), Fulkerson has ignored shock tactics in turn for permitting alarming statistics to be the real food for thought, whilst suitably captivating his audience.
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- 1/16/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Forks Over Knives
Featuring: Joey Aucoin, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur | Directed by Lee Fulkerson
When it comes to documentaries they can be informative and teach us things that we never knew about. They can show a passion in the film maker for the subject they are discussing and they can catch your interest, sometimes even change your life. Forks Over Knives looks to change your life by opening your mind to something that you may not be aware about, the only problem is it can feel at times like you are being preached to. Prepare to want to turn vegan after seeing this one.
With a focus predominantly on America, we are told that we are getting fatter and eating ourselves to death and its meat and dairy product that are to blame. The fact is that if you remove meat and any dairy products from your diet then you...
Featuring: Joey Aucoin, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur | Directed by Lee Fulkerson
When it comes to documentaries they can be informative and teach us things that we never knew about. They can show a passion in the film maker for the subject they are discussing and they can catch your interest, sometimes even change your life. Forks Over Knives looks to change your life by opening your mind to something that you may not be aware about, the only problem is it can feel at times like you are being preached to. Prepare to want to turn vegan after seeing this one.
With a focus predominantly on America, we are told that we are getting fatter and eating ourselves to death and its meat and dairy product that are to blame. The fact is that if you remove meat and any dairy products from your diet then you...
- 1/14/2013
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Title: Forks Over Knives Director: Lee Fulkerson Cast: Neal Barnard, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Matthew Lederman ‘Forks Over Knives’, from director Lee Fulkerson, fashions itself a hip, savvy treatise on vegetarianism, sort of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ for the animal rights and beware-meat, health-conscious set. Instead, it’s a wearying polemic that tests the patience of even those who might be inclined to agree with it. Fulkerson takes as his two chief crusading subjects biochemist T. Colin Campbell and Cleveland-based surgeon Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Breaking out the science, they (and others) argue that the health benefits of eating vegetables are vast, and varied. Nipping a page from ‘Super Size Me”s Morgan Spurlock, Fulkerson...
- 6/27/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Title: Forks Over Knives Directed By: Lee Fulkerson Cast: Neal Barnard, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Matthew Lederman, many others. Screened at: Critics’ online download, NYC, 4/27/11 Opens: May 6, 2011 Over 2400 years ago on the island of Kos, Hippocrates, the daddy of all doctors, said “Let food be your medicine.” To an extent the human population did follow his advice. As a result, people may have died from diphtheria and typhoid and a host of other illnesses, but few suffered from cancers and heart disease. Things have changed with “progress,” actually a regression from natural, healthful foods, to fast food, animal protein, and fat in general, which some believe have...
- 6/19/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Every few months ( usually around the rating sweeps periods ) your local TV new channel will do a feature story about how unhealthy we Americans are and will include shots of out of shape men and women on the street with their heads cropped out. Some of the comedy news show refer to them as the marching torsos. Well arriving in theatres just in time for the big Memorial Day weekend cook-offs is the new documentary Forks Over Knives, which does include those marchers in it’s promotion of a complete vegetarian diet. It’s an earnest examination, but can it convince the BBQ crowd to bypass the butcher shop?
This film is the work of Lee Fulkerson, a man who decides to get healthy after reading the alarming numbers on some recent blood work. He consults two dieticians who recommend a vegan diet. Fulkerson does further research by contacting two...
This film is the work of Lee Fulkerson, a man who decides to get healthy after reading the alarming numbers on some recent blood work. He consults two dieticians who recommend a vegan diet. Fulkerson does further research by contacting two...
- 5/27/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In December of 2008, I was hospitalized for high blood pressure. Through an unfortunate combination of medication swapping and poor lifestyle choices, my blood pressure had shot up into the danger zone for stroke. Though I follow the exercise philosophy that it's best not to run unless chased -- and only then by a bear or equivalent land shark -- I'm not exactly a sedentary individual, and I had been on a simple exercise regimen at that time. However, my blood pressure was so high that they couldn't give me the simple treadmill test to determine it, since it was spiking well into the 200s. Upon leaving the hospital, the ER doctors had given me six prescriptions -- for blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, stress, etc. I went to my personal physician and said, "Look, I'm not taking this shit. And I'm also not taking this shit lying down. I just...
- 5/12/2011
- by Brian Prisco
Foodies delight! Today Monica Beach Media debuted the new trailer for Lee Fulkerson's upcoming documentary Forks Over Knives about rejecting a meat-based diet as the solution for all that ails you. The film hits theaters next Friday, May 6th, so make sure to be on the look-out. We'll have a review coming shortly, but for now, hit the jump for a full synopsis and the latest and final trailer.
The official synopsis:
Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional scientist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic. Inspired by remarkable discoveries in their young careers, these men conducted several groundbreaking studies.
The official synopsis:
Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional scientist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic. Inspired by remarkable discoveries in their young careers, these men conducted several groundbreaking studies.
- 4/30/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Over 2400 years ago on the island of Kos, Hippocrates, the daddy of all doctors, said "Let food be your medicine." To an extent the human population did follow his advice. As a result, people may have died from diphtheria and typhoid and a host of other illnesses, but few suffered from cancers and heart disease. Things have changed with "progress," actually a regression from natural, healthful foods, to fast food, animal protein, and fat in general, which some believe have caused the current burgeoning of bypass surgery, chemotherapy and radiation-all of which could be greatly diminished if people followed a plant-based diet. Hippocrates would be dancing in his grave if he were able to see Lee Fulkerson's documentary, "Forks Over Knives," bearing a message that can be summed up in just a few words: Eat a plant-based diet.
- 4/27/2011
- Arizona Reporter
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