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Rob and I have been watching a lot of movies all related to food, recently.  A few weeks ago we came across Food Matters, a movie neither of us had heard of but after watching the movie trailer we had to watch it.

Food Matters was created by nutritionists, James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch.  “This film will shatter the belief fed to us by modern medicine that there is ‘a pill for every ill’,” Colquhoun has said.  “We’re not suggesting that pharmaceutical drugs don’t have their place, we’re saying that our overburdened health care practitioners perhaps do not have the time to educate people about alternative treatments and healthy living.”

While the film is titled “Food Matters” it is only partially about food.  It’s also partially about health care and pharmaceuticals.  The movie offers startling statistics on vitamins, prescription drugs, and nutrition education in Western medical schools.

One of the main points that comes across in this movie is that food does matter–even if not to your doctor.     As author and nutritional specialist Andrew Saul says in the movie, “Good health makes a lot of sense, but it doesn’t make a lot of dollars.”

Nutrition is something that is bypassed by doctors who want to prescribe a pill or procedure.  One of the doctors shares a story from his days working in hospitals.  He remembered one woman who had cancer and was receiving chemotherapy.  The hospital fed her white bread and jello.  His point: that food won’t help to make her any better.

I don’t want to give too much of the movie away, so I thought I’d share a few reviews on the movie from Amazon.com.  “‘Foodmatters’ is one of those movies that makes you rethink the way that you live and the choices that you make.”     “Unlike Food, Inc. and other DVD’s that choose to shock or scare one into better eating, this film does it with facts and stories.  It doesn’t aim to scare or shock, merely inform. It’s a MUST for anyone who is interested in living a longer, healthier life.”

Visit www.foodmatters.tv for more information or to watch the movie.