The Perfect Human Diet

An unprecedented global exploration for a solution to America's #1 killer.

Duration: 90 min
Release date: 2012-05-22
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"The Perfect Human Diet" is an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to our epidemic of overweight obesity and diet-related disease - the #1 killer in America. The film bypasses current dietary group-think by exploring modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution; revealing for the first time, the authentic human diet. Film audiences finally have the opportunity to see what our species really needs for optimal health and are introduced to a practical template based on these breakthrough scientific facts.

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C.J. Hunt
C.J. Hunt
as Self / Narrator / Main Subject
Leslie Aiello
Leslie Aiello
as Self / President, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anth. Research
Loren Cordain
Loren Cordain
as Self / Author / Professor of Health & Exercise Science, CO St. U
Michael Eades
Michael Eades
as Self / Author, Protein Power
Boyd Eaton
Boyd Eaton
as Self / Author, Paleolithic Prescription / Professor, Emory U.
Joel Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman
as Self / Center for Nutritional Medicine
David J. Getoff
David J. Getoff
as Self / VP Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
Alan Goldhamer
Alan Goldhamer
as Self / President, Int'l Association of Hygienic Physicians
Adele Hite MPH R.D.
Adele Hite MPH R.D.
as Self / Exec. Dir., Healthy Nation Coalition
Jean Jacques Hublin
Jean Jacques Hublin
as Self / Dir., Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute
Maria Leung
Maria Leung
as Self / Founder Tasty Eats Soy Jerky
Shannon McPherron
Shannon McPherron
as Self / Paleolithic Archaeologist, Max Planck Institute
Sally Fallon Morell
Sally Fallon Morell
as Self / President, Weston A. Price Foundation
William Rendu
William Rendu
as Self / PhD Anthropology Student
Professor Mike Richards
Professor Mike Richards
as Self / Head, Archaeological Science Group, Max Planck Institute
Gary J. Sawyer
Gary J. Sawyer
as Self / Physical Anthropologist, American Museum of Nat. History
Barry Sears, Ph.D.
Barry Sears, Ph.D.
as Self / Author / President, Inflammation Research Foundation
Lane Sebring, M.D.
Lane Sebring, M.D.
as Self / Board Examiner, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
Dr. Marie Soressi
Dr. Marie Soressi
as Self / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Gary Taubes
Gary Taubes
as Self / Science Journalist / Author, Good Calories Bad Calories
Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil
as Self / Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, U.Arizona
Robb Wolf
Robb Wolf
as Self / Author / Former Research Biochemist
Jay Wortman, M.D.
Jay Wortman, M.D.
as Self / Métis Physician / Sr. Health Advisor
Kylie Wurl, R.D.
Kylie Wurl, R.D.
as Self / Registered Dietician, Sebring Clinic
Susan Loraine Anderson
Susan Loraine Anderson
as Runner
Ben Lamm
Ben Lamm
as Young C.J. Hunt
Shelia P. Norton
Shelia P. Norton
as EMT 1
Clay David
Clay David
as EMT 2
Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa
as Self / Talk Show Host
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
as Self / First Lady
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