Healing America's Youth seeks to awaken a nation that has fallen asleep, often
caught in the spell of the seductive, destructive, Standard American Diet (SAD). By taking
a comprehensive look at the powerful chemicals used in industrial food production and
conventional agricultural practices Healing America's Youth looks at the
affects SAD is having on the rising epidemics of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD),
allergies, obesity, behavior problems, illiteracy, cancer, hormonal imbalance, drug
addiction and violence. In Healing America's Youth we will travel to:
- the National Institute of Health, the World Health Organization, AMA, APA, DEA and other
agencies to interview members of the medical community to uncover the pros and cons of the
treatments most commonly prescribed for the above mentioned diseases and afflictions. We
will review statistics and look at long-term results, potential side effects and societal
pitfalls.
- the fields of conventional agriculture, where farmers wear face masks and breathe oxygen
from a tank to protect themselves from the toxic chemicals which are sprayed on the
Earth's soil, and on our food.
- Washington DC where members of the Environmental Working Group will provide statistics
which reveal the affects our children face when eating foods grown with pesticides,
herbicides, and insecticides.
- major corporations for a close look at the multi-million dollar marketing strategies
focused on the most profitable market segment of our country - the youth. We will find out
how these strategies lead to consumerism with powerful demands on families and educators.
- the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to interview administrators about how
the National School Lunch Program, our government's largest feeding effort, is entangled
in a corporate and economic web.
- the offices and homes of medical professionals, nutritionists and families who have
experienced profound healing from most food-related diseases by alternative approaches
such as natural and organic foods and natural supplements. Their stories are moving and
profound.
- the Natural Design Institute to learn about natural systems design and sustainable
agriculture practices, so effective that children could safely drink the runoff from a
field of strawberries.
Healing America's Youth presents viewers with compelling medical and scientific
evidence demonstrating that a redesigned food production and agricultural system could
rehabilitate society's estranged relationship with food. This reconciliation could also
dramatically reduce disease among children (as well as adults), help reverse the rampant
disaffection afflicting "Healing America's Youth" and help reverse the
unraveling of much of our social tapestry and environmental safety net.
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