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

For 40-years,the dietary guidelines have set nutrition standardsfor every American, for...

[Dr. Mark] For 40-years,
the dietary guidelines have set nutrition standards
for every American, for our kids in school, for
food programs for the poor and the elderly, for rations
for our nation's military, for doctors, nutritionists
and dieticians

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- [Dr. Mark] For 40-years, the dietary guidelines
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have set nutrition standards for every American,
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for our kids in school, for food programs for the poor
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and the elderly, for rations for our nation's military,
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for doctors, nutritionists and dieticians.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:53
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.
We've had it hammered into our heads that fat is bad, - Fat Fiction 00:12
We've had it hammered into our heads that fat is bad,
- [Dr. Mark] The food pyramid codified our fat phobia - Fat Fiction 00:08
- [Dr. Mark] The food pyramid codified our fat phobia
- I think the food pyramid is great if you're standing - Fat Fiction 00:08
- I think the food pyramid is great if you're standing
- You can't be serious, that would put butter - Fat Fiction 00:05
- You can't be serious, that would put butter
- We got the whole story wrong, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- We got the whole story wrong,
- I'm Doctor Mark Hyman, a functional medicine physician - Fat Fiction 00:06
- I'm Doctor Mark Hyman, a functional medicine physicia...
But I can tell you, - Fat Fiction 00:05
But I can tell you,
- I think a low-fat heart healthy diet is unproven. - Fat Fiction 00:06
- I think a low-fat heart healthy diet is unproven.
It was essentially a huge experiment on millions of people, - Fat Fiction 00:08
It was essentially a huge experiment on millions of people,
Wait a minute, have you not seen, - Fat Fiction 00:11
Wait a minute, have you not seen,
I mean, it's just to me, unbelievable. - Fat Fiction 00:04
I mean, it's just to me, unbelievable.
- [Dr. Mark] For years, even I believed that eating fat - Fat Fiction 00:11
- [Dr. Mark] For years, even I believed that eating fat
But now, a growing group of experts reveal - Fat Fiction 00:07
But now, a growing group of experts reveal
- I was astonished to find that there simply - Fat Fiction 00:05
- I was astonished to find that there simply
- It was just an idea, but it was launched as a policy - Fat Fiction 00:07
- It was just an idea, but it was launched as a policy
- Our federal dietary guidelines, - Fat Fiction 00:14
- Our federal dietary guidelines,
I'm here to tell you, that advice - Fat Fiction 00:06
I'm here to tell you, that advice
The idea that eating fat will make you fat is wrong - Fat Fiction 00:17
The idea that eating fat will make you fat is wrong
- We screwed up, it happens all the time in science, - Fat Fiction 00:12
- We screwed up, it happens all the time in science,
- [Charlie Gibson] The nation got a report card - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Charlie Gibson] The nation got a report card