While life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded.Does this mean that in order to live to a ripe age we are condemned to swallow more and more drugs? What if there was another way?
Arnaud is a young man of twenty. Following the death of his mother three years ago, he has dropped out of his studies and taken refuge in food to fill the void. He now weighs 177 kilos and lives with his father, with whom he quarrels constantly. Arnaud has reached the point where he has decided to undergo a stomach reduction operation....
Thousands of chemicals are an invisible part of our daily lives, hidden in our food and water, an integral part of our detergents, plastics, fabrics, and toys. Moreover, this consumer-society froth has penetrated our circulatory systems and vital organs under names that are totally unknown and perfectly horrifying. Men, women, children, and even polar bears are carrying around chemicals like bisphenol-A and phthalates, which should properly be confined to carpeting and toasters.
Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at America’s broken food system.
Everybody's beautiful, slim, in shape. It seems in the world everybody has to look like this. Who of us has never fought with too many kilos and a body that doesn't like? Going on a diet is a fatigue that everybody knows. But for someone this is a more difficult, almost impossible challenge . There's someone, in fact, that is really far from the reigned beauty model, someone who has not just some more kilos, someone really fat, very fat. How is an extra large life in a world that wants you super-thin and in big shape?
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