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1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 min. 45 sec.) ; 256554304 bytes |
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Health law professor, writer and debunker-extraordinaire, Timothy Caulfield, dives deep into the science, and the social issues behind today's cutting-edge health trends in order to separate the truly good advice from the excess of high-priced placebos. What does it take to flush all the bad stuff from your body after a week-long bender? Or after several years of eating junk food? Detoxing isn't actually a thing, but it's a fixation of the Western world. Stemming from the guilty pleasures of overindulgence and under-exercising, a belief has emerged that we must regularly rid our bodies of toxins via detoxifying diets, fasts, technologies, and more. The evidence - or the lack thereof - behind this popular trend is uncovered. The science, the risks, and the underlying beliefs and fears are explored |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Classification PG ACMA |
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Detoxification (Health)
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Diet -- Health aspects.
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Dietary supplements -- Physiological aspects.
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Documentary television programs.
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Health -- Social aspects.
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Toxins -- Analysis.
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Australia.
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Documentary
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Streaming video
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Hodge, Brent, director
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Caulfield, Timothy, host
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Bell, Rhonda, contributor
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Gunter, Jennifer, contributor
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Levinovitz, Alan, contributor
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Pannu, Neesh, contributor
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Raine, Kim, contributor
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Schwarcz, Joe, contributor
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