The Perfect Human Diet (2012)
Overview
"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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.8 |
Directed By
C.J. Hunt
Crew
C.J. Hunt
C.J. Hunt
Jason Marraccini
C.J. Hunt
George Thompson
Jason Sirotin
Trey Gregory
TOP CAST
C.J. Hunt
Self / Narrator / Main Subject
Leslie Aiello
Self / President, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anth. Research
Loren Cordain
Self / Author / Professor of Health & Exercise Science, CO St. U
Michael Eades
Self / Author, Protein Power
Boyd Eaton
Self / Author, Paleolithic Prescription / Professor, Emory U.
Joel Fuhrman
Self / Center for Nutritional Medicine
David J. Getoff
Self / VP Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
Alan Goldhamer
Self / President, Int'l Association of Hygienic Physicians
Adele Hite MPH R.D.
Self / Exec. Dir., Healthy Nation Coalition
Jean Jacques Hublin
Self / Dir., Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute
Maria Leung
Self / Founder Tasty Eats Soy Jerky
Shannon McPherron
Self / Paleolithic Archaeologist, Max Planck Institute
Sally Fallon Morell
Self / President, Weston A. Price Foundation
William Rendu
Self / PhD Anthropology Student
Professor Mike Richards
Self / Head, Archaeological Science Group, Max Planck Institute
Gary J. Sawyer
Self / Physical Anthropologist, American Museum of Nat. History
Barry Sears, Ph.D.
Self / Author / President, Inflammation Research Foundation
Lane Sebring, M.D.
Self / Board Examiner, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
Dr. Marie Soressi
Self / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Gary Taubes
Self / Science Journalist / Author, Good Calories Bad Calories
Andrew Weil
Self / Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, U.Arizona
Robb Wolf
Self / Author / Former Research Biochemist
Jay Wortman, M.D.
Self / Métis Physician / Sr. Health Advisor
Kylie Wurl, R.D.
Self / Registered Dietician, Sebring Clinic
Susan Loraine Anderson
Runner
Ben Lamm
Young C.J. Hunt
Shelia P. Norton
EMT 1
Clay David
EMT 2
Kelly Ripa
Self / Talk Show Host
Michelle Obama
Self / First Lady
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