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Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World: The History of Aspartame
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, an additive. And it’s a chemical. It’s not a natural product, it’s a chemical. The molecule is made up of three components. Two are amino acids, the so-called building blocks of protein. One is called Phenylalanine, which is about 50% of the molecule and the other is Aspartic Acid, which [...]
The Century Of The Self
His influence on the 20th century is widely regarded as massive. The documentary describes the impact of Freud’s theories on the perception of the human mind, and the ways public relations agencies and politicians have used this during the last 100 years for their “engineering of consent”. Among the main characters are Freud himself and [...]
How Does Your Memory Work?
Your memory charts every detail of your life, it shapes your identity, your memory is you. From birth, your brain has a remarkable ability. It interacts with your physical environment and is continually changed by the experiences you have. Consider on average the 58 holidays you will have taken, 1700 friends and acquaintances you will [...]
Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs
Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry’s marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which Direct-To-Consumer pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and [...]
The Drugging of our Children (ADD Stimulants and SSRIs)
In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment. Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD [...]
Prescription For Disaster: Why Americans Are So Unhealthy
It is estimated that in America last year, nearly $2 trillion was spent on health care — and virtually all that money was spent on treating disease. Each year more money is spent on treatment, mere patchwork, even though it has become crystal-clear that treatments do NOT enable you to live a longer, better life. [...]
Sicko
Sicko is a documentary film by Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system in 2007, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. According to the movie Sicko, almost [...]
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College Inc.
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Cyber Warfare: Fighting in the Fifth Dimension
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Occupy: The Movie
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2012: Time For Change
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Inside the Mind of Google
May 10, 2012 08:05
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An excellent documentary. I am a Buddhist, yet think that much of the story arou -
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For those of you blocked by region: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5901853/sci
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