13 April 2012

A Delicate Balance - Křehká Rovnováha


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A Delicate Balance features interviews with some of the world's leading experts in the fields of medicine, ecology and nutrition. Read more about the people who were interviewed in this film.


"When they’ve eaten the chicken, they’ve eaten the forest, they’ve eaten the water,
they’ve eaten the air, they’ve eaten the land - and huge amounts of it"
- Maneka Gandhi, Politician, Animal Activist and Author

"When you change the agricultural surface you are actually changing the climate of the region"
- Professor Thomas Lyons, School of Environmental Science and Murdoch University

"Our dietary choices have an enormous impact on our long-term health and well-being"
- Walter Willet MD Dr. PH, Dept. Health and Nutrition Chair Harvard School of Public Health

"Studies show that we will deplete the ocean of all the commonly
eaten species of fish in the next few decades"
“Around the world about 60 billion animals are slaughtered every year for food”
“In the United States alone, more than 10 billion animals every year are killed for food”
- Noam Mohr, Physicist

Theme
Three years in the making, A Delicate Balance is a succinct
production featuring
candid interviews with some of the world's leading experts 
 (including mainstream researchers,
doctors, nutritionists, cattle ranchers,environmentalists
and politicians)
from Harvard to Cornell to Tufts.
Nominated for Best Unreleased Documentary by the
Australian Film Critics Association
 this film is a must-see for everyone concerned about their health
or the environment.

A Delicate Balance predominantly explores the effects 
of animal protein 
on the human body and the environment and will help you make
 informed choices
 to reduce your personal impact.

your health

Disease has been escalating over the last 50 years resulting in 1 in 2 men
and 1 in 3 women
 being diagnosed with cancer.
Every person today has been touched or will be touched by the loss
 of a loved one
to illness and premature death.
In a time when modern medicine and science have made such enormous
advancements,
why is this so?
Why are you three times more likely to die of colon cancer if you
 eat meat?
Why don't our medical schools teach doctors about nutrition?
This documentary will leave you fully informed as to some of the causes
of chronic diseases
 and offers ways of improving human health.

your world

There are many ways of reducing our impact upon
climate change.
How is meat production causing water shortage,
starvation and poverty?
Do you know where your food comes from and what impact it is
 having on the world?

This documentary identifies the effects of animal agriculture upon
 the environment.

A Delicate Balance was made in order to help reduce the unnecessary
 loss of human life,
to reduce the
suffering of animals across the planet and to help empower people
 to make environmental
change.
Life is a delicate balance - and we can tip the scales in our favour