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'If no one can answer me what is health? Then I'm going to find out.' This is how Cornelis Moerman introduces himself to the viewer in the documentary 'Food as medicine - in the footsteps of doctor Moerman'. The film premiered during the anniversary conference of MMV on Saturday 5 October in Vianen. The story begins in Vlaardingen at the old practice of doctor Moerman, which is still completely intact. Journalist Cor van Groningen, who reported on the rise and ideas of doctor Moerman for the newspaper De Telegraaf in the seventies and eighties, is given a tour by the current owner. 'It's been more than half a century since I came here', he says. As he tells the story, a film rolls out before his eyes. 'Moerman said: 'Stand up. You are now going to learn about the biggest scandal in the medical history of the Netherlands.' In the film that unfolds from this point, scientists, doctors and patients from then and now talk about Moerman's role then and now. 'Moerman wasn't always right, but that we should eat fruit and vegetables was of course a very good idea.' #cancer #nttt #nutrition #moerman #mmv #moermanvereniging