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[Dr. Mark] Eisenhower, himself, smoked four packs a day
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Eisenhower,himself, smokedfour packs a day

[Dr. Mark] Eisenhower,
himself, smoked
four packs a day

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- [Dr. Mark] Eisenhower, himself, smoked four packs a day.
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00:20:08
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May 29, 2025
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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.
- [Dr. Mark] If you look at the trends for cigarette smoking - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] If you look at the trends for cigarette smoking
But at the same time, the consumption - Fat Fiction 00:06
But at the same time, the consumption
- Everybody was smoking, - Fat Fiction 00:15
- Everybody was smoking,
So all the scientists were like, hey, - Fat Fiction 00:05
So all the scientists were like, hey,
- There was one theory that was proposed - Fat Fiction 00:11
- There was one theory that was proposed
- It's like, okay, but how do people eat butter - Fat Fiction 00:07
- It's like, okay, but how do people eat butter
- [Dr. Mark] At the same time, consumption of sugar, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Dr. Mark] At the same time, consumption of sugar,
But Ancel Keys focused on fat as the cause of heart disease. - Fat Fiction 00:06
But Ancel Keys focused on fat as the cause of heart disease.
- And he thought that total cholesterol in your arteries - Fat Fiction 00:10
- And he thought that total cholesterol in your arteries
So that was his idea, it was just a simple idea. - Fat Fiction 00:05
So that was his idea, it was just a simple idea.
- To blame a ancient food for a modern disease - Fat Fiction 00:13
- To blame a ancient food for a modern disease
- As American author H.L Mencken once said, - Fat Fiction 00:15
- As American author H.L Mencken once said,
- If you have high cholesterol, you may be at increased risk - Fat Fiction 00:05
- If you have high cholesterol, you may be at increased risk
Don't kid yourself, talk to your doctor about your risk, - Fat Fiction 00:06
Don't kid yourself, talk to your doctor about your risk...
- It's eye-wateringly lucrative to keep this idea going - Fat Fiction 00:07
- It's eye-wateringly lucrative to keep this idea going
- Cholesterol has definitely become the boogeyman - Fat Fiction 00:09
- Cholesterol has definitely become the boogeyman
Our bodies cannot exist without cholesterol. - Fat Fiction 00:04
Our bodies cannot exist without cholesterol.
Yet once again, in simplistic thinking, - Fat Fiction 00:12
Yet once again, in simplistic thinking,
- It turns out that raising your LDL cholesterol - Fat Fiction 00:09
- It turns out that raising your LDL cholesterol
- When you take cholesterol out of the equation, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- When you take cholesterol out of the equation,