Food Matters
Encyclopedia
Food Matters is a 2008 film about food and its effects on human health. The film is presented in the style of a documentary
, containing interviews, animations, and footage of various therapies and practices. The film presents the thesis that a selective diet can play a key role in treating a range of health conditions such as diabetes, cancer
, heart disease
and depression, often without the need of medical treatment. Furthermore, it tends to label the medical industry as a "sickness industry" profiting from sickness as opposed to health, and goes up to the point of accusing the medical and pharmaceutical industries of a conspiracy
to perpetuate poor health, and thus, maximise their profit.
Andrew W. Saul is also a known supporter of Max Gerson
, whose controversial cancer therapies are considered scientifically unsupported by the American Cancer Society and believed potentially hazardous. The remainder of the contributors include journalists, nutritionists, naturopaths and a holistic dentist.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, containing interviews, animations, and footage of various therapies and practices. The film presents the thesis that a selective diet can play a key role in treating a range of health conditions such as diabetes, cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
, heart disease
Heart disease
Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
and depression, often without the need of medical treatment. Furthermore, it tends to label the medical industry as a "sickness industry" profiting from sickness as opposed to health, and goes up to the point of accusing the medical and pharmaceutical industries of a conspiracy
Cabal
A cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views and/or interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue...
to perpetuate poor health, and thus, maximise their profit.
Controversy
The alternative treatments advocated in Food Matters have failed to establish notable credibility among the scientific or medical community. Some of them consider the facts and figures presented in the documentary misleading or outright false, for example, the claim that vitamin therapy is an effective treatment for cancer is challenged by Dr. Steven Barrot in an article from the skeptic's website, Quackwatch.Andrew W. Saul is also a known supporter of Max Gerson
Max Gerson
Max Gerson was a German physician who developed the Gerson Therapy, an alternative dietary therapy, which he claimed could cure cancer and most chronic, degenerative diseases. Gerson described his approach in the book A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases...
, whose controversial cancer therapies are considered scientifically unsupported by the American Cancer Society and believed potentially hazardous. The remainder of the contributors include journalists, nutritionists, naturopaths and a holistic dentist.