In Defense of Food
Dec 30, 2015 | IMDB 7.5
117 min Watch NowDocumentary
In Defense of Food tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: What should I eat to be healthy? Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's best-selling book, the program explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.
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Soul Food Junkies
Foods That Cure Disease
Food Choices
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Eating Your Heart Out
Live Long Die Young
Carb-Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat
Forks Over Knives
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2010
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IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 8.5 | Jan , 1987
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IMDB 8 | Jul , 2016
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2015
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IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2011
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IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2018
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1984
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2016
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IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2014
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 2011
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