Chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD reveals the findings of a year's research in which he evaluated the preventive role of diet in avoiding and reversing heart disease. The documentary also features interviews with medical experts and former US President Bill Clinton.
Have you ever wondered why a bunch of carrots costs more than a package of Twinkies? Food journalist Michael Pollan connects the dots between food policy, high-fructose corn syrup, and our health
many scientists are convinced that for humans it is a super antioxidant, a powerful antibiotic, energy booster, heart-helper, lung-improver and sex sustainer.
Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at
creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson
asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big
ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that
promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he
says, these apps are all shareable. Interesting talk!
His latest book and TV series, Civilization: The West and the Rest, aims
to help 21st-century audiences understand the past and the present. In
it, he asks how, since the 1500s, Western nations have surpassed their
Eastern counterparts and came to dominate the world (his answer: thanks
to six “killer apps”: science, medicine, protestant work ethic,
competition, property rights, consumer society). And he wonders whether
that domination is now threatened by the rise of Asia. His theories have
drawn criticism and prompted discussions, which he says was his intent.
“It’s designed to be slightly annoying, so that you talk about it,” he
told The Observer. Note, also that happiness was left out of the equation. For a future sustainable world, happiness and consumerism will most likely find themselves becoming distant cousins.
Niall Ferguson teaches history and business administration at Harvard
and is a senior research fellow at several other universities, including
Oxford. Also see The Ascent of Money: inspirationgreen.org/the-ascent-of-money-movie
Chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD reveals the findings of a year's research in which he evaluated the preventive role of diet in avoiding and reversing heart disease. The documentary also features interviews with medical experts and former US President Bill Clinton.
Have you ever wondered why a bunch of carrots costs more than a package of Twinkies? Food journalist Michael Pollan connects the dots between food policy, high-fructose corn syrup, and our health
many scientists are convinced that for humans it is a super antioxidant, a powerful antibiotic, energy booster, heart-helper, lung-improver and sex sustainer.
