The Science Of Fasting (2013)
The Science Of Fasting (2013)
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? For half a century, in Russia, Germany and the U.S., doctors and biologists have been exploring a different therapeutic approach: fasting. The results are amazing. Soviet researchers have provided a body of clinical studies of exceptional health…only published in Russian, and thus unknown in the West. Young biologists from the University of Los Angeles have overturned conventional wisdom and used molecular biology to demonstrate the powerful effects of fasting. This research suggests a wide-ranging potential, which could include treatments for the disease of the century, cancer. If these scientists are right, maybe our approach to disease and treatment will need a rethink.

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Sylvie Gilman Sylvie Gilman As: Narrator
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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? For half a century, in Russia, Germany and the U.S., doctors and biologists have been exploring a different therapeutic approach: fasting. The results are amazing. Soviet researchers have provided a body of clinical studies of exceptional health…only published in Russian, and thus unknown in the West. Young biologists from the University of Los Angeles have overturned conventional wisdom and used molecular biology to demonstrate the powerful effects of fasting. This research suggests a wide-ranging potential, which could include treatments for the disease of the century, cancer. If these scientists are right, maybe our approach to disease and treatment will need a rethink.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: Français

Release Date: 21 September 2013

Country: CA, FR, BE

Runtime: 52m

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Company: Via Découvertes, ARTE

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Sylvie Gilman

Sylvie Gilman

Scenario Writer

Thierry de Lestrade

Thierry de Lestrade

Scenario Writer

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Hélène Blazy

Hélène Blazy

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Matthieu Cochin

Matthieu Cochin

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Albert Simhon

Albert Simhon

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Bastien Guille

Bastien Guille

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Céline Ceccaldi

Céline Ceccaldi

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Soraya Sehli

Soraya Sehli

Post Production Supervisor

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