Chow Down

Name: Chow Down
Director: Julia Grayer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-11-30
Duration: 4620000 s
Cast: Michele Simon, Hans Diehl, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.

Directed by Julia Grayer and Gage Johnston

2009 77m Not Rated

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Root for Charles, John and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes. When their doctors inform them they can't get better, our intrepid trio tells the doctors to think again. Charles, John and Garnet decide to take on their diseases by drastically changing their diets. We all know making resolutions is easy; sticking to them is the hard part. With lighthearted animation, piercing expert interviews and a feisty attitude, CHOW DOWN is the moving story of the success you can achieve when you rewrite the recipe for a healthy life.

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Cast of Chow Down

Michele SimonSelf - Author, Appetite for Profit
Hans DiehlSelf - Founder, Coronary Health Improvement Project
Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.Self - Preventive Cardiology Consultant, Cleveland Clinic
Charles VeneziaSelf
Toni VeneziaSelf
John OehrleSelf
Michael JacobsonSelf - Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Helene GlassbergSelf - Spokesperson, American Heart Association
Alfred BoveSelf - Professor Emeritus, Cardiology, Temple University School of Medicine
David KatzSelf - Director, Yale Prevention Research Center
T. Colin CampbellSelf - Professor Emeritus, Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University
Neal BarnardSelf - President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Luise LightSelf - USDA, 1976-1984
Garnet HallSelf
George HallSelf
Ann EsselstynSelf
Lynn SilverSelf - NYC Dept. of Health
Joel FuhrmanSelf - Author, Eat to Live
Willis McNamaraSelf
Mary McNamaraSelf
Mark WeinsteinSelf - Narrator
Mary CarpenterLuise Light
Mario FabrioniMan in Suit
Gabriel JalloGenetic Child