Holistic Living With Rachel Avalon
True Health With True Purpose
49 million people in the U.S. – one in four children – don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people for who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia…
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In the 13 years since Super Size Me, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that’s “healthy,” “organic,” and “natural.” Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every…
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Executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, The Game Changers follows James Wilks – elite Special Forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter – whose world is turned upside down when he discovers a group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie. Directed by Oscar…
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There’s a lot more going on with the kidneys and urinary system than you might think. The urinary system helps balance electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium while disposing toxins, fluids, and waste (like ammonia and urea) through our urine. The kidneys not only help remove toxic waste they help regulate blood pressure and the body’s pH…
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Once described by Descartes as the “ principal seat of the soul,” the pineal gland has long intrigued the realms of medical science and spirituality. As a small, neural-endocrine gland, it is nestled deep between the two brain hemispheres, posterior to the thalamus and near the third cerebral ventricle. Thousands of years ago in Asia the “third eye,” described to be…
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The brain is the center for communication within the body and its health impacts our thinking, processing, movement, mindfulness, and memory. Rich with complexity, the brain and nervous system gives us the ability to both contemplate the meaning of life and physically drink a glass of water. With enough wattage to literally power a light bulb all day, our brains…
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