The Perfect Human Diet
An unprecedented global exploration for a solution to America's #1 killer.
2012 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Documentary, History
Directed by
C.J. Hunt
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The Perfect Human Diet
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.
Director and cast
- C.J. Hunt Director
- C.J. Hunt as Self - Narrator
- Leslie Aiello as Self - President, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anth. Research
- Loren Cordain as Self - Author - Professor of Health & Exercise Science, CO St. U
- Michael Eades as Self - Author, Protein Power
- Boyd Eaton as Self - Author, Paleolithic Prescription & Professor, Emory U.
- Joel Fuhrman as Self - Center for Nutritional Medicine
- David J. Getoff as Self - VP Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
- Alan Goldhamer as Self - President, Int'l Association of Hygienic Physicians
- Adele Hite MPH R.D. as Self - Exec. Dir., Healthy Nation Coalition
- Jean Jacques Hublin as Self - Dir., Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute
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