BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artscalendar.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artscalendar.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130618T093031CEST-3024JwbvU5@artscalendar.com DTSTAMP:20130618T073031Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: FORKS OVER KNIVES\nEvent Url: http://www.artscalend ar.com/event/detail/441505347/FORKS_OVER_KNIVES\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-01 -31\nEvent Date End: 2012-01-31\n\nexamines the profound claim that most\, if not all\, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controll ed\, or even reversed\, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pio neering researchers\, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Dr . Campbell\, a nutritional scientist at Cornell University\, was concerned in the late 1960Ã\;¢\;Â\;?Â\;²\;s with producing 'high quality' animal protein to bring to the poor and malnourished areas of the third world. While in the Philippines\, he made a life-changing dis covery: the countryÃ\;¢\;Â\;?Â\;?s wealthier children\ , who were consuming relatively high amounts of animal-based foods\, were much more likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn\, a top surgeon and he ad of the Breast Cancer Task Force at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic\ , found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were virtually unkn own in parts of the world where animal-based foods were rarely consumed. T hese discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn\, who didnÃ\;¢\ ;Â\;?Â\;?t know each other yet\, to conduct several groundbreaki ng studies. One of them took place in China and is still among the most co mprehensive health-related investigations ever undertaken. Their research led them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disea se\, type 2 diabetes\, and even several forms of cancer\, could almost alw ays be prevented Ã\;¢\;Â\;?Â\;? and in many cases reve rsed Ã\;¢\;Â\;?Â\;? by adopting a whole foods\, plant- based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings\, their wo rk has remained relatively unknown to the public. The filmmakers travel wi th Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths\, from their childhood farms where they both produced 'natureÃ\;¢\;&Aci rc\;?Â\;?s perfect food\,' to China and Cleveland\, where they explor ed ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film\, cameras follow 'reality patients' who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a who le foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.\n\nA coo king demonstration on-stage starts at 6:30pm with tastings for the entire audience...film follows at 7:30pm.\n\nStart time: 6:30pm DTSTART:20120131T000000 DTEND:20120131T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:FORKS OVER KNIVES TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR