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Fat Fiction

Dr. Zoe Harcombe,is an obesity researcher who wrote her thesis onthe lack of evidence...

[Dr. Mark] Dr. Zoe Harcombe,
is an obesity researcher who wrote her thesis on
the lack of evidence behind the dietary guidelines

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- [Dr. Mark] Dr. Zoe Harcombe, is an obesity researcher
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who wrote her thesis on the lack of evidence behind
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the dietary guidelines.
Duration
8 seconds
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34
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:40
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
- My thesis was born out of trying to understand - Fat Fiction 00:06
- My thesis was born out of trying to understand
- [Dr. Mark] Zoe collected all the raw data - Fat Fiction 00:09
- [Dr. Mark] Zoe collected all the raw data
She then she re-analyzed all the results - Fat Fiction 00:06
She then she re-analyzed all the results
- It was looking at the absolute totality of the evidence, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- It was looking at the absolute totality of the evidence,
So there's the Rose Corn Oil Trial, - Fat Fiction 00:12
So there's the Rose Corn Oil Trial,
- [Dr. Mark] When she examined the results to see - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] When she examined the results to see
There was no health benefit for the groups assigned - Fat Fiction 00:06
There was no health benefit for the groups assigned
- Real food fats are not dangerous, they are not the enemy. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- Real food fats are not dangerous, they are not the enemy.
It's too simplistic and reductionist to say saturated fat - Fat Fiction 00:09
It's too simplistic and reductionist to say saturated f...
- So how then, without the hard science to back it up, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- So how then, without the hard science to back it up,
Well, it had one big thing going for it, - Fat Fiction 00:05
Well, it had one big thing going for it,
- He had just a very outsized personality, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- He had just a very outsized personality,
And he was able to get into the American Heart Association - Fat Fiction 00:06
And he was able to get into the American Heart Association
And in 1961, the Heart Association comes out - Fat Fiction 00:11
And in 1961, the Heart Association comes out
- [Dr. Mark] Up until the 1960s, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] Up until the 1960s,
We ate butter without guilt, bacon and eggs for breakfast - Fat Fiction 00:06
We ate butter without guilt, bacon and eggs for breakfast
Exercise gyms were barely a thought and still, - Fat Fiction 00:06
Exercise gyms were barely a thought and still,
- Conventional wisdom until the 1960s - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Conventional wisdom until the 1960s
So you talk about bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sweets, - Fat Fiction 00:07
So you talk about bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sweets,
It was what my mothers generation believed growing up. - Fat Fiction 00:05
It was what my mothers generation believed growing up.