Around the world there are calls for a culinary coup.
A growing group of researchers, nutritionists and doctors believe we’re running out of time. And they point to a shocking fact: poor diet is one of the leading risk factors for mortality.
Today, a whopping 50% of the calories we consume come from ultra-processed concoctions of starch, sugar, salt, hydrogenated oil, preservatives and additives. These foods are tasty, manufactured to make us crave them… and they’re killing us.
The solution is as surprising as it is radical: Stop obsessing over fats vs. carbs or counting calories. Instead, focus on what food is and how it’s made.
From a street market in Brazil to a doughnut shop in Boston, a greenhouse in Florida to a campus kitchen in Vancouver, Food for Thought reveals the real story about the food we’re swallowing and offers a new recipe for a healthier life.
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Writer, Director and Producer
Leora Eisen
Executive Producer
Dugald Maudsley
Editor
Michael Hannan
Composer
Bruce Fowler
Director of Photography
Jerry Vienneau
Additional Camera
Todd Craddock
Ed Davies
Michael Grippo
Nigel Kinnings
Sound Recordist
Michael Josselyn
John Grove
Flavio Guedes
Eric Harwood Davies
Researcher
Leora Eisen
Production Manager
Diane Marcotte
Production Coordinator
Gillian Main
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts
Post Production Supervisor/Online Editor
Eric Wiegand
Visual Researcher
Gina Cali
Publicist
David Mccaughna
Re-recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
Dialogue Mixer
Lucas Prokaziuk
Audio Editor
Patience Bradford
Mimi Scowen
Colourist
Arlene Moelker
Archival Material Courtesy Of
Hugo Turner
Ross Turner
Infield Fly Productions
Istock.Com/Svteam
Shutterstock
Special Thanks
Cambridge Centre for the Arts
Emei Paulo Vi School
Lindsay Guscott
Ibirapuera Organic Market
King’s College London
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
Praça Charles Miller Pacaembu
Rita Lobo
Dr. Carlos Monteiro
Salima Taylor
Tufts University
Twins Uk
Uhcw Nhs Trust
University of British Columbia
University of Florida
University of Surrey
University of Warwick
Zaffari Supermarket Shopping Bourbon
Zumbi Filmes
For Infield Fly Productions
Producer
Dugald Maudsley
Business Affairs
Gillian Main
Production Accountant
Rebecca Humble Mcculloch
Legal Counsel
David Steinberg
For the CBC
General Manager, Programming
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Senior Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Executive in Charge of Production
Sue Dando
Produced with the Participation Of
The Canadian Media Fund
The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Rogers Telefund
Writers Guild of Canada
Filmed on Location in the City of São Paulo with the Support of the São Paulo Film Commission
Produced in Association With
The Nature of Things
With David Suzuki
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
cbc.ca/natureofthings
(Copyright 2019)
@2019 IF: Food Productions Inc.
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