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  • Science of Fasting (2012)
  • TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary
Science of Fasting (2012)
TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary

While life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded. Does this mean that in order to live to a ripe age we are condemned to ...See moreWhile life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded. Does this mean that in order to live to a ripe age we are condemned to swallow more and more drugs? What if there was another way? For half a century, in Russia, Germany and the U.S., doctors and biologists have been exploring a different therapeutic approach: fasting.The results are amazing. Soviet researchers have provided a body of clinical studies of exceptional wealth ...only published in Russian, and thus unknown in the West. Young biologists from the University of Los Angeles have overturned conventional wisdom and used molecular biology to demonstrate the powerful effects of fasting. These researches suggest a wide-ranging potential, which could include treatments for the disease of the century, cancer. If these scientists are right, maybe our approach to disease and treatment will need a rethink. See less
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Mar 29, 2012 (Germany)

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21 cast members
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Natalia Bataeva
Self - Medical Superintendent Sanatorium Goryachinsk Self - Medical Superintendent Sanatorium Goryachinsk   See fewer
Olya Bazarova
Self - Patient Self - Patient   See fewer
Antonina Nikitiuk
Self - Patient Self - Patient   See fewer
Natacha Kiseliova
Self - Patient Self - Patient   See fewer
Yuri Nikolayev
Self - Psychiatrist (archive footage) (as Dr. Yuri Nikolayev) Self - Psychiatrist (archive footage) (as Dr. Yuri Nikolayev)   See fewer
Valentin Jurevich
Self - Nikolayev's Son Self - Nikolayev's Son   See fewer
Valéry Gurvich
Self - Psychiatrist Self - Psychiatrist   See fewer
Alexey Kokosov
Self - Pneumologist Self - Pneumologist   See fewer
Valéry Maximov
Self - Gastroenterologist Self - Gastroenterologist   See fewer
Sergeij Osinin
Self - Pneumologist Self - Pneumologist   See fewer
Jürgen Bahl
Self - Patient Self - Patient   See fewer
Pauline Valiquer
Self - Patient Self - Patient   See fewer
Stefan Drinda
Self - Rheumatologist Self - Rheumatologist   See fewer
Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo
Self - Director Buchinger Klinik (as Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo) Self - Director Buchinger Klinik (as Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo)   See fewer
Andreas Michalsen
Self - Chief Physician Charité Berlin Self - Chief Physician Charité Berlin   See fewer
Yvon le Maho
Self - CNRS Strasbourg Self - CNRS Strasbourg   See fewer
Valter D. Longo
Self - Biogerontologist USC Self - Biogerontologist USC   See fewer
Tanya Dorff
Self - Oncologist Norris Center Hospital Self - Oncologist Norris Center Hospital   See fewer
David I. Quinn
Self - Oncologist Norris Center Hospital (as David Quinn) Self - Oncologist Norris Center Hospital (as David Quinn)   See fewer
Nora Quinn
Self - Cancer Patient Self - Cancer Patient   See fewer
Sylvie Gilman
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
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