A User's Guide to Cheating Death
A User's Guide to Cheating Death

A User's Guide to Cheating Death

2017 2 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 7.5 Documentary

A documentary series that casts light on increasingly controversial procedures, diets and revived ancient therapies that are being sought by people desperate to dramatically alter their bodies or radically improve their health, and the booming industries that are more than happy to accept their business.

A documentary series that casts light on increasingly controversial procedures, diets and revived ancient therapies that are being sought by people desperate to dramatically alter their bodies or radically improve their health, and the booming industries that are more than happy to accept their business.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Detox Debunked – The Truth Behind the Phenomenon

Detoxing isn’t actually a thing. But it’s become a fixation of the western world. Stemming from the guilty pleasures

EP 2

The Fountain of Youth – Science of Cosmetics

This episode examines our evolutionary leanings toward finding youth appealing and pop-cultural portrayals of youth, bef

EP 3

Full Potential – Genetic Testing And The Rise Of Personalized Medicine

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic testing is being use by a growing number of people to make important health and life decision

EP 4

Losing It – Extreme Fitness & Weight Loss Solutions

Weight Loss Tourism is a huge market. Places like Tijuana, and Dubai’s Talise Bay offer the most luxurious spas in the

EP 5

Au Natural – Turning Our Back To Modern Medicine

As a society we’ve become obsessed with the concept of organic food and products, chemical free farming, healing foods

EP 6

Scienceploitation

From cryotherapy to stem cells that regenerate a human heart, “A User’s Guide to Cheating Death” explores the evid

EP 1

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Timothy Caulfield explores the cultural shift surrounding how we view sleep in an era that glorifies being busy, meet th

EP 2

Vitamins and Supplements

Timothy delves into the history of vitamins and supplements and meets the thought leaders who are pushing the envelope w

EP 3

Sex and Relationships

Relationships and sex are a crucial part of a vital life: people in relationships live longer, sex reduces stress and pr

EP 4

Germs

Are we too clean? Germ theory and hand washing saved millions of lives, but has the pendulum swung too far in the opposi

EP 5

Body Hacking

Timothy starts with FitBits, and ends with home-implantation, and meeting the scientists, futurists, and aspiring cyborg

EP 6

Spiritual Science

It used to be that spirituality didn’t have a place in the research laboratories of the world. However, more than ever

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