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Patching up an over-toxic and overindulgent population with a host of toxic therapies and nutrient sparse foods is definitely not helping the situation.

2 FILM SYNOPSIS Food Matters is a hard hitting, fast paced look at our current state of health. Despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and every day maladies. Patching up an over-toxic and overindulgent population with a host of toxic therapies and nutrient sparse foods is definitely not helping the situation. Add on the high demands made upon our already over-burdened health care system and it s little wonder that doctors and health care practitioners have less and less time to teach people about how to eat and live well, precisely the information that could prevent people from being there in the first place. Food Matters hosts several world leaders in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer. The film sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and points out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveals many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical and less harmful than conventional medical treatments. Find out what works, what doesn't and what s killing you. Becoming informed about the choices you have for you and your family s health could save your life. FEATURING: Andrew Saul, Charlotte Gerson, Dr Dan Rogers, David Wolfe, Prof. Ian Brighthope, Jerome Burne, Phillip Day, Victor Zeines LEARN MORE:

3 ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS James Colquhoun Adv. Dip Applied Science & Nutritional Consultant Laurentine ten Bosch Bachelor of Business & Nutritional Consultant James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch are nutritionists turned filmmakers. As the creators, directors and producers of the feature film Food Matters, James and Laurentine s intention is to reiterate the ancient wisdom of Hippocrates, let thy food be thy medicine. Discouraged by the terrible side effects that pharmaceutical drugs were having on their families health, they set off on a path of discovery in to what other alternatives might exist. After studying Nutrition through the Global College of Natural Medicine in California, they realized that the health challenges within their own families were in fact a very real representation of what was happening the world over. They discovered that with nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and a tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs, it s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Then add on the high demands made upon our already overburdened health care system and it s little wonder that doctors and health care practitioners have less and less time to teach people about how to eat and live well. The very information that could prevent people from being there in the first place. In what promises to be the most contentious idea put forward, the filmmakers have interviewed several world leaders in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer. With access to solid information people invariably make better choices for their health and this is exactly what James and Laurentine have done. The Food Matters duo have independently funded the film from start to finish in order to remain as unbiased as possible, delivering a clear, concise and hard hitting message to the world. Food Matters.

4 PRESS RELEASE Food Matters but is it the answer to Cancer? A new documentary claims we can improve chronic illness with simple self-care A provocative new documentary called Food Matters, set to launch globally on May 30, aims to further jolt the trillion dollar worldwide so-called sickness industry by declaring a range of scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally. Nutritionists turned filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch, have produced a bold film based on a challenging and potentially startling message; that with the right kind of foods, supplements, and detoxification processes, we can prevent, arrest, and even reverse chronic illness. This film will shatter the belief fed to us by modern medicine that there is a pill for every ill, said Colquhoun. We re not suggesting that pharmaceutical drugs don t have their place, we re saying that our overburdened health care practitioners perhaps do not have the time to educate people about alternative treatments and healthy living. There are simple lifestyle changes that we as individuals can make to start reversing the increasing levels of serious illness, said ten Bosch. At a time when our struggling health system is under review and global health care reform is urgent, Food Matters brings together the world s leaders in nutrition and natural healing to present astonishing new claims about ways to treat depression, obesity, alcoholism, heart disease, cancer, dementia, and a host of other debilitating conditions, without the need for drugs or surgery. Can high doses of Vitamin C really cure cancer? Can two handfuls of cashews provide the therapeutic equivalent of a prescription dose of prozac? According to one of the film s contributors, author and therapeutic nutrition specialist with over 30 years experience in natural healing, Andrew W. Saul, these claims are entirely viable. Saul says that our health care systems are in fact disease care systems, and that there is no money to be made in reducing levels of sickness and disease. He states: Good health makes a lot of sense, but it doesn t make a lot of dollars. Another of the film s expert commentators, Charlotte Gerson, founder of the Gerson Institute which is dedicated to healing and preventing chronic diseases using natural therapies and has helped improve the lives of countless cancer patients using the Gerson Therapy, claims that a normal, healthy body has such powerful defences that it cannot and will not develop cancer or any other chronic disease. Aiming to step in where Michael Moore s attack on the American health care system with the film Sicko stopped short, Colquhoun and ten Bosch hope Food Matters will educate people about ways to prevent sickness, rather than encourage them to rely on a system already in crisis to treat symptoms once sickness takes hold.

5 "If we can help people become more aware of the choices available to them, they can start to reduce their reliance on the 'sickness industry', explained Colquhoun. It's about education, not just medication. With access to solid information, people invariably make good choices for their health." To ensure the information in their film is available to as many people around the world as quickly as possible, Colquhuon and ten Bosch have taken a departure from traditional distribution models. The film will be available on DVD & for viewing online though video streaming provider Vividas, using the same technology as the smash hit The Secret. "The internet is a ready and accessible medium for us," continued Colquhoun. "People all over the world are able to receive this message and apply it to their own lives immediately." Food Matters was produced in Australia and launches globally on 30 May, CONTACT US For further information, or to arrange an interview with the producers of Food Matters, please contact: RED AGENCY Kristy Bloxsome T : (02) or Rebecca Mills T : (02) or For other general enquiries or information please contact us directly below: JAMES COLQUHOUN Producer Director +61 (0) director@foodmatters.tv LAURENTINE TEN BOSCH Producer Director +61 (0) laurentine@foodmatters.tv KARI TAPLIN Sales & Distribution +61 (0) (310) kari@foodmatters.tv

Why Food Really Matters Natasha Harvey - Section Date: 3/05/13

Why Food Really Matters Natasha Harvey - Section 021 - Date: 3/05/13 They say; you are what you eat, this is precisely what I will be discussing in my first topic. The documentary Food Matters focuses