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Health Documentaries – we all need it, want it, wish for it both for ourselves and others. Who do we turn to when we have health questions? Our doctors! If they aren’t available right away or cannot help at all then we turn to the internet. We all want to know how to help ourselves. We all want the best information possible to do it with. We all want to have the choice whether or not to take one person’s advice or another or mix them both if we so choose to experiment. It is our bodies, our life, our will to be happy, healthy and free of dis-ease. With all of the available information scattered throughout the web about health & wellness why not give these health documentaries a watch. You can decide for yourself just what’s the best path to developing and maintaining your health.

• One Day in the Life of a Men’s Monastery

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  Sergey Yazvinskiy directs this peaceful short documentary of a day in the life of a monastery. Sergey submitted this documentary to me and I am very happy to share it with everyone else on documentary-log.com This is a great way to relax and center yourself after a stressful day in civilization. With a goal in
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• Drawing from Life

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  This is a 30 minute documentary filmed in 2008 that follows a suicide group workshop. All of the participants have made multiple suicide attempts. Nothing is working: not drugs, not therapy. So, what’s next? using animation and real footage, Drawing From Life follows the group for 20 weeks. Some of what happens is tragic and
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• Fuel

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    Directed by Josh Tickell, FUEL is the eleven year quest to find a sustainable solution to America’s addiction to oil. When Tickell began filming, our reliance on oil was not in the news. This was before BP, wars in the middle east, and gas prices that could bankrupt a billionaire.  And so, it’s a
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• The Beautiful Truth

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  This is the true story of a teenage boy dealing with the lost of his mother to cancer.  To cope,  he chooses a unique subject for his first assignment after the death of his mom: Dr. Max Gerson’s claim that he has discovered a diet to cure cancer. If he has discovered this cure, then
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• NOVA: Marathon Challenge

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  I have recently become interested in marathon training in my quest to run a full marathon. So, I’ve started reading up on marathon literature and decided: “there must be a good marathon documentary out there.” Easier said than done. It took some searching, but I’ve unearthed Nova’s full-length feature: Marathon. Marathon is a fantastic documentary
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• Waiting To Inhale

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  This award-winning documentary explores how medical marijuana’s advantages and disadvantages. There are twelve states in America which has passed legislation allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, there are people who oppose this saying that legalize marijuana only makes the problem of drug addiction worse. Some actually profit from it. This documentary presents
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• 10 Things You Need To Know About Losing Weight

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  Losing weight and slimming down has become a fad that we are constantly learning about the latest diet. But do most of these really work? This documentary presents the science of what is happening to our body when we try to lose weight, as well as the different dieting tips we learn from these fads.
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• Philosophy: Guide to Happiness

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  This documentary, as presented by Alain de Botton, a British philosopher, delves into the teachings of famous thinkers who have become a huge part of our history. Guide To Happiness looks into how what these philosophers stipulate about man’s pursuit to a happy life. The documentary aims to show how differences of opinion, self-esteem and
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• Pill Poppers

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  In a person’s lifetime, there are over 14,000 pills prescribed by doctors as a person takes in different types of painkillers, antibiotics, anti-depressants, extenders, performance enhancers or cholesterol lowering tablets, among other medications. These drugs provide relief and cure. But how much do we know about the different kids of medicines we take? This documentary
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• Today I Died – Science Documentary

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  Will our generation be able to live forever? Unlikely, even with the wonders of science creating more and more 100+ year old human. At the end of the day, there’s only so much our bodies can take: our teeth, our hearts, our organs, our bones and skin: they all decay. But, what if we could
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