TORONTO – Netflix has picked up a Canadian made docu-series challenging mass-marketed health trends.
Produced by Toronto-based Peacock Alley Entertainment, A User's Guide to Cheating Death is hosted by Canadian professor, health expert and author Timothy Caulfield (author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?) who uses his trademark humour, quick wit and authoritative science knowledge to investigate trendy diets, ancient therapies, wellness and anti-aging products to separate science fact from fiction.
The series premiered first on VisionTV in Canada last fall, and Netflix will begin North American-wide streaming of season one on September 28. Season two will premiere on VisionTV starting October 15 at 9:00 PM ET in Canada.
The first season examines the current trend of detoxification cleansing; the strange, fascinating and unregulated world of the anti-aging industry; direct-to-consumer genetic testing; and weight loss obsessions. Season two will delve deeper to examine sex and relationships, body hacking, germs, and spiritual science.
“We felt there was an appetite for a show like this right now because there is so much noise out there about health that is given a veneer of science”, said Caulfield, in the release. “If it is marketed as scientific, I think it is legitimate to critique it using science with an informed, open-minded and fun approach that offers different perspectives.”
A User's Guide to Cheating Death is seen in 67 territories including Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Africa, India, much of Europe and the Far East.
