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[Dr. Mark] The food pyramid codified our fat phobia
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Fat Fiction

The food pyramidcodified our fat phobia telling us to makecarbohydrates the foundation of...

[Dr. Mark] The food pyramid
codified our fat phobia telling us to make
carbohydrates the foundation of our food choices

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- [Dr. Mark] The food pyramid codified our fat phobia
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telling us to make carbohydrates the foundation
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of our food choices.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:21
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.
- 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
- [Michelle Obama] One in three children in this country - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Michelle Obama] One in three children in this country
- [Dr. Mehmet] An estimated $200 billion cost - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Dr. Mehmet] An estimated $200 billion cost