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Fat Fiction

Like many people, Doug thought athletescouldn't function without carbohydrates,he would...

[Dr. Mark] Like many people, Doug thought athletes
couldn't function without carbohydrates,
he would binge on carbs in the days leading
up to the race

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- [Dr. Mark] Like many people,
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Doug thought athletes couldn't function
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without carbohydrates, he would binge on carbs
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in the days leading up to the race.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:39
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.
- But it wasn't the nerves, - Fat Fiction 00:12
- But it wasn't the nerves,
- [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