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HOW THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FORKS OVER KNIVES IS CHANGING LIVES

Ive worked in the nutrition field for over ten years and Ive never seen a film so provocative, thorough, and inspiring! Every client I recommended it to who followed the principles outlined in the film saw dramatic changes in their health. It even converted my Texan meat-loving husband to a whole-foods vegan, and hes never looked or felt better!

CYNTHIA PASQUELLA, Beverly Hills

Forks Over Knives changed our lives. We now subscribe to an entirely plant-based diet and feel better than we ever imagined possible. This is The Inconvenient Truth of health and nutrition and will have a profound effect on generations to come.

KRISTINA LISOWSKI, Boulder

My blood pressure was out of control [and] I knew I had to make a change or die at a young age.. Three months later, Ive lost twenty pounds and my blood pressure is at normal levels, [and] I owe it all to a 100% plant-based diet, exercise, and the efforts of everyone involved in [Forks Over Knives]. Thank you!

ROB GOLDEN

[Forks Over Knives] educates people about their ability to take full control of their wellness. Dont wait until you have an illness to make changes. Take action now. Its so simple! Our bodies were created to run perfectly on plants.

JULIE STERNER, Glenview, IL

Forks Over Knives is literally a lifesaver. Without fear-mongering, it gives straightforward, scientifically backed reasons one should adopt a plant-based diet. The message it delivers is simple: Animal products are killing you, and you dont need them to survive.

LISA FRICKE, Huntington Beach, CA

Before seeing Forks Over Knives, I had already read all the literature out there on how a plant-based, whole-foods diet can do amazing things for your health, and I still learned more from the film. Forks Over Knives is a powerful, important film everyone needs to see.

MARTHA OSBORNE, Hillsboro, OR

For years weve heard that a vegan diet would save the planet. Forks Over Knives convinced us that eating a vegan diet will save our lives.

TOM AND JUDY STOCKING, Simi Valley, CA

The powerful message running through this movie should be enough to stop the poisonous drugs running through Americas veins.

FRANCESCA LEIGH, Los Angeles

At thirty-three years old, I have struggled with morbid obesity for over fifteen years, resulting in sleep apnea, depression, and severe anxiety issues. Forks Over Knives shows the simple truth of our toxic food culture that is void of nutrition at best and poisons us at worst. After only two weeks of eating a plant-based diet, my energy has skyrocketed, my weight has plummeted, and I am enjoying food more fully than I ever imagined!

TIM ALLDREDGE, Grand Rapids

I have a rare health condition called neurally mediated hypotension. The more medication I took, the more ill I became. Little did I know that the remedies were my kitchen and the local farmers market. My body is finally healing thanks to the instruction of Forks Over Knives.

KELLY OBRIEN, Chicago

For the last ten years, Ive been looking for an eating regime that would get me to and keep me at optimal health. I finally found it in Forks Over Knives. The movie lead me to the book The China Study, and now I find that I am completely armed with the knowledge I need to fight disease and age gracefully.

LOURDES E. BROLLY, Philadelphia

My dad had a triple bypass over ten years ago and was both moved and astounded by this film. We both shook our heads at the memory of the cardiac unit presenting him with an overcooked burger as one of his post-recovery meals. Clearly, much education is needed in the medical profession about the link between diet and disease. Now my dad understands my dedication to whole-foods, plant-based nutrition. For me, it is not a diet or a lifestyleit is simply the only way to live.

DEBRA MURPHY, Vancouver

FOREWORD BY T. COLIN CAMPBELL, PHD
AND CALDWELL B. ESSELSTYN JR., MD

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY PAM POPPER, ND, MICAELA COOK,
ELISE MURPHY, AND MEGHAN MURPHY

DEDICATED TO

T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD,
and all the researchers who have committed their lives to improving
our understanding of the relationship between food and health.

FORKS OVER KNIVES: The Plant-Based Way to Health
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Foreword T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., 2011
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By T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD

Leave your drugs in the chemists pot
if you can cure the patient with food.
HIPPOCRATES

For more than 2,800 years, the concept of eating plants in their whole-food form has struggled to be heard and adopted as a way of life. Although it is usually defended on ideological grounds, recent evidence now proves that this diet produces powerful personal health benefits as well. In fact, eating a plant-based diet has become an urgent matter from several perspectives: Not only can personal health be improved but also health care costs can be dramatically reduced, and various forms of violence to our environment and to other sentient beings can be minimized.