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Fat Fiction

Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.

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- A very good sign that
you've misunderstood the cause - Fat Fiction

- A very good sign that you've misunderstood the cause

- You look at the data of
ever increasing obesity - Fat Fiction

- You look at the data of ever increasing obesity

- [Reporter] Since the 1960s
the American Heart Association - Fat Fiction

- [Reporter] Since the 1960s the American Heart Association

- It's hard to think of
another policy that has caused - Fat Fiction

- It's hard to think of another policy that has caused

- You know the chief
killer of Americans - Fat Fiction

- You know the chief killer of Americans

- [Dr. Sara] The manipulation
of the data and the idea - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Sara] The manipulation of the data and the idea

- I think the low-fat
diet is genocide. - Fat Fiction

- I think the low-fat diet is genocide.

- This started because
incontrovertible evidence - Fat Fiction

- This started because incontrovertible evidence

- The more animal protein,
particularly red meat you eat, - Fat Fiction

- The more animal protein, particularly red meat you eat,

- [Dr. Mark] For 40-years,
the dietary guidelines - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] For 40-years, the dietary guidelines

We've had it hammered into
our heads that fat is bad, - Fat Fiction

We've had it hammered into our heads that fat is bad,

- [Dr. Mark] The food pyramid
codified our fat phobia - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] The food pyramid codified our fat phobia

- I think the food pyramid
is great if you're standing - Fat Fiction

- I think the food pyramid is great if you're standing

- You can't be serious,
that would put butter - Fat Fiction

- You can't be serious, that would put butter

- We got the whole story wrong, - Fat Fiction

- We got the whole story wrong,

- I'm Doctor Mark Hyman, a
functional medicine physician - Fat Fiction

- I'm Doctor Mark Hyman, a functional medicine physicia...

But I can tell you, - Fat Fiction

But I can tell you,

- I think a low-fat heart
healthy diet is unproven. - Fat Fiction

- I think a low-fat heart healthy diet is unproven.

It was essentially
a huge experiment on
millions of people, - Fat Fiction

It was essentially a huge experiment on millions of people,

Wait a minute,
have you not seen, - Fat Fiction

Wait a minute, have you not seen,

I mean, it's just
to me, unbelievable. - Fat Fiction

I mean, it's just to me, unbelievable.

- [Dr. Mark] For years, even
I believed that eating fat - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] For years, even I believed that eating fat

But now, a growing
group of experts reveal - Fat Fiction

But now, a growing group of experts reveal

- I was astonished to
find that there simply - Fat Fiction

- I was astonished to find that there simply

- It was just an idea, but
it was launched as a policy - Fat Fiction

- It was just an idea, but it was launched as a policy

- Our federal
dietary guidelines, - Fat Fiction

- Our federal dietary guidelines,

I'm here to tell
you, that advice - Fat Fiction

I'm here to tell you, that advice

The idea that eating fat
will make you fat is wrong - Fat Fiction

The idea that eating fat will make you fat is wrong

- We screwed up, it happens
all the time in science, - Fat Fiction

- We screwed up, it happens all the time in science,

- [Charlie Gibson] The
nation got a report card - Fat Fiction

- [Charlie Gibson] The nation got a report card

- [Michelle Obama] One in
three children in this country - Fat Fiction

- [Michelle Obama] One in three children in this country

- [Dr. Mehmet] An
estimated $200 billion cost - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mehmet] An estimated $200 billion cost

- [Gayle King] The
search for weight loss - Fat Fiction

- [Gayle King] The search for weight loss

- [Peter Jennings]
Despite all attempts - Fat Fiction

- [Peter Jennings] Despite all attempts

- [Cynthia Mcmadden] Why
is it that Americans keep - Fat Fiction

- [Cynthia Mcmadden] Why is it that Americans keep

- [Gary Taubes] A lot of
things with science is about - Fat Fiction

- [Gary Taubes] A lot of things with science is about

In this case, it sounded
reasonable but happened - Fat Fiction

In this case, it sounded reasonable but happened

- I'm not happy about
a lot of years of being - Fat Fiction

- I'm not happy about a lot of years of being

The list of side effects
were longer than your arm - Fat Fiction

The list of side effects were longer than your arm

And certainly, didn't
help at all with weight. - Fat Fiction

And certainly, didn't help at all with weight.

- [Dr. Mark] Judi has struggled
with type 2 diabetes most - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Judi has struggled with type 2 diabetes most

When she was a teenager,
he died from complications - Fat Fiction

When she was a teenager, he died from complications

Judi's tried for decades - Fat Fiction

Judi's tried for decades

- When I did everything
they told me to do, - Fat Fiction

- When I did everything they told me to do,

- [News Anchor]
This health epidemic - Fat Fiction

- [News Anchor] This health epidemic

- Americans are not winning
their battle over obesity. - Fat Fiction

- Americans are not winning their battle over obesity.

- Obesity among children doubled
over the past two decades. - Fat Fiction

- Obesity among children doubled over the past two decades.

- [Dr. Mark] Today, 75% of
the country is overweight - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Today, 75% of the country is overweight

- Type 2 diabetes is crushing
us financially, crushing us. - Fat Fiction

- Type 2 diabetes is crushing us financially, crushing us.

- It currently costs
a person with diabetes - Fat Fiction

- It currently costs a person with diabetes

- Direct cost to our
healthcare system - Fat Fiction

- Direct cost to our healthcare system

- There isn't enough money
in the healthcare system - Fat Fiction

- There isn't enough money in the healthcare system

- The cost in terms
of money is huge, - Fat Fiction

- The cost in terms of money is huge,

- [Dr. Mark] In the space
of a single generation, - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] In the space of a single generation,

- Watching the footage of the
50th anniversary of Apollo 11, - Fat Fiction

- Watching the footage of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11,

- The heart attacks,
the strokes, the
cancer, the blindness, - Fat Fiction

- The heart attacks, the strokes, the cancer, the blindness,

- [Dr. Mark] The question
is, where did this come from - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] The question is, where did this come from

When I was in medical school, - Fat Fiction

When I was in medical school,

Now we see it in kids as
young as age three years old - Fat Fiction

Now we see it in kids as young as age three years old

- You can't throw drugs
at a dietary disease - Fat Fiction

- You can't throw drugs at a dietary disease

We're not making people healthy, - Fat Fiction

We're not making people healthy,

But if you give
people good nutrition, - Fat Fiction

But if you give people good nutrition,

- He introduced that keto
diet, and six weeks later, - Fat Fiction

- He introduced that keto diet, and six weeks later,

- And it was like
magic, and I got off, - Fat Fiction

- And it was like magic, and I got off,

- Two years later, I
had lost 197 pounds. - Fat Fiction

- Two years later, I had lost 197 pounds.

- [Dr. Mark] Problem
is, we've been confused - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Problem is, we've been confused

- You can lose weight
on these animal protein, - Fat Fiction

- You can lose weight on these animal protein,

- We still operate under this
idea of dogmatic principles. - Fat Fiction

- We still operate under this idea of dogmatic principles.

We've always done it that way, - Fat Fiction

We've always done it that way,

- [Dr. Mark] Alternative
ideas have been attacked - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Alternative ideas have been attacked

In South Africa,
Doctor Tim Noakes went - Fat Fiction

In South Africa, Doctor Tim Noakes went

- The reason why the
low carbohydrate diet - Fat Fiction

- The reason why the low carbohydrate diet

- I'm an internal
medicine specialist, - Fat Fiction

- I'm an internal medicine specialist,

- It's completely free,
there's no special equipment, - Fat Fiction

- It's completely free, there's no special equipme...

- I can treat not only obesity, - Fat Fiction

- I can treat not only obesity,

- This is as big
as the discovery of
insulin or antibiotics, - Fat Fiction

- This is as big as the discovery of insulin or antibiotics,

- My interpretation is
that low-fat diets can work - Fat Fiction

- My interpretation is that low-fat diets can work

- [Dr. Mark] Nick Brown is
a pretty typical American - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Nick Brown is a pretty typical American

He enjoys beer now and then,
and one of his favorite foods, - Fat Fiction

He enjoys beer now and then, and one of his favorite foods,

- Maybe, if it ruins pizza for
me, I'm gonna be pissed off. - Fat Fiction

- Maybe, if it ruins pizza for me, I'm gonna be pissed ...

- [Dr. Mark] Nick
is participating - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Nick is participating

- [Dr. Mark] Three
metabolically healthy people - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Three metabolically healthy people

- Quite a few new recipes,
so I was curious about using - Fat Fiction

- Quite a few new recipes, so I was curious about using

- [Dr. Mark] Before, during
and after the experiment, - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] Before, during and after the experiment,

- It's a little bit of alcohol-- - Fat Fiction

- It's a little bit of alcohol--

- You just hit, Check Glucose
and it says, ready to scan - Fat Fiction

- You just hit, Check Glucose and it says, ready to scan

- [Dr. Mark] The first week,
we put them on a low-carb, - Fat Fiction

- [Dr. Mark] The first week, we put them on a low-carb,

The second week,
we switched them - Fat Fiction

The second week, we switched them

It's a 2000 calorie a
day, government endorsed, - Fat Fiction

It's a 2000 calorie a day, government endorsed,

And more than half the day's
calories as carbohydrates. - Fat Fiction

And more than half the day's calories as carbohydrates.

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Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.

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Director: Jennifer Isenhart

Writer: Jennifer Isenhart

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 7.7

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Released: 13 Mar 2020

Awards: 1 nomination

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