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Fat Fiction

But it wasn't the nerves, it was the fact thatthree days before, I'd just gorge myself on...

But it wasn't the nerves, it was the fact that
three days before, I'd just gorge myself on all
these pastas and potatoes and all these carbohydrates
and it was toxic

Full Transcript

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- But it wasn't the nerves,
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it was the fact that three days before,
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I'd just gorge myself on all these pastas and potatoes
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and all these carbohydrates and it was toxic.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:47
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

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.
- [Dr. Mark] It's a familiar story to doctor Tim Noakes, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Dr. Mark] It's a familiar story to doctor Tim Noakes...
- So the first four chapters are all - Fat Fiction 00:11
- So the first four chapters are all
So I promoted this and all the time while I was writing - Fat Fiction 00:13
So I promoted this and all the time while I was writing
- [Dr. Mark] Even though they were exercising a lot more - Fat Fiction 00:08
- [Dr. Mark] Even though they were exercising a lot more
- I started to put on a little bit of weight - Fat Fiction 00:07
- I started to put on a little bit of weight
- And then, much more interestingly, - Fat Fiction 00:13
- And then, much more interestingly,
- Both Tim and Doug decided to break - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Both Tim and Doug decided to break
They cut carbs to less than 20 grams a day, - Fat Fiction 00:10
They cut carbs to less than 20 grams a day,
Nutrition is actually pretty simple, - Fat Fiction 00:15
Nutrition is actually pretty simple,
If you quit eating carbs, sugars, and starches, - Fat Fiction 00:08
If you quit eating carbs, sugars, and starches,
Burning fat produces substances called ketones - Fat Fiction 00:09
Burning fat produces substances called ketones
That's why the low-carb, - Fat Fiction 00:05
That's why the low-carb,
For most of human history, - Fat Fiction 00:05
For most of human history,
In fact, if you put all of human history in one year, - Fat Fiction 00:12
In fact, if you put all of human history in one year,
- In fact we know that keeping people in ketosis, - Fat Fiction 00:11
- In fact we know that keeping people in ketosis,
- Eventually, I dropped right down 44 pounds - Fat Fiction 00:09
- Eventually, I dropped right down 44 pounds
And I'm glad to say, after seven years, - Fat Fiction 00:09
And I'm glad to say, after seven years,
I'm not completely normal, but I'm 99% normal. - Fat Fiction 00:06
I'm not completely normal, but I'm 99% normal.
- [Dr. Mark] Tim famously tore out the pages on carb-loading - Fat Fiction 00:08
- [Dr. Mark] Tim famously tore out the pages on carb-loading
- [Doug Reynolds] Two, three weeks after I started - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Doug Reynolds] Two, three weeks after I started