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[Dr. Mark] The low-fat diet fad had taken hold
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Fat Fiction

The low-fatdiet fad had taken hold and Keys rose to prominence within the AmericanHeart...

[Dr. Mark] The low-fat
diet fad had taken hold and Keys rose to prominence within the American
Heart Association and at the National
Institutes of Health

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- [Dr. Mark] The low-fat diet fad had taken hold
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and Keys rose to prominence
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within the American Heart Association
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and at the National Institutes of Health.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:19
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.
- If you only lived in America, you'd think this controversy - Fat Fiction 00:12
- If you only lived in America, you'd think this contro...
But there was a alternative hypothesis going on across - Fat Fiction 00:09
But there was a alternative hypothesis going on across
- There was always this competing theory that it was sugar - Fat Fiction 00:12
- There was always this competing theory that it was sugar
And I think this is an extraordinary example - Fat Fiction 00:14
And I think this is an extraordinary example
Their reaction instead was to just bully him, - Fat Fiction 00:06
Their reaction instead was to just bully him,
- And Ancel Keys literally destroyed his reputation. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- And Ancel Keys literally destroyed his reputation.
He went after him, he did everything - Fat Fiction 00:06
He went after him, he did everything
- And I think Ancel Keys knew that this hypothesis competed - Fat Fiction 00:08
- And I think Ancel Keys knew that this hypothesis competed
- Not surprisingly, the sugar industry also preferred - Fat Fiction 00:07
- Not surprisingly, the sugar industry also preferred
Recently discovered documents reveal that in 1965, - Fat Fiction 00:09
Recently discovered documents reveal that in 1965,
And they were very specifically paid $50,000, - Fat Fiction 00:16
And they were very specifically paid $50,000,
We have their names on the documents. - Fat Fiction 00:05
We have their names on the documents.
- The sugar industry's job was - Fat Fiction 00:16
- The sugar industry's job was
- [Dr. Mark] In 1977, a Senate Select Committee headed up - Fat Fiction 00:09
- [Dr. Mark] In 1977, a Senate Select Committee headed up
Over the objection of scientists who pleaded against it, - Fat Fiction 00:10
Over the objection of scientists who pleaded against it,
- [Dr. Robert] I have pleaded in my report - Fat Fiction 00:09
- [Dr. Robert] I have pleaded in my report
- [Senator George] I would only argue that senators don't - Fat Fiction 00:11
- [Senator George] I would only argue that senators don'...
- Mcgovern just wanted to make the statement and he said, - Fat Fiction 00:12
- Mcgovern just wanted to make the statement and he said,
- And so they went without any evidence, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- And so they went without any evidence,
- [Dr. Mark] In 1980, the U.S. government triggered - Fat Fiction 00:11
- [Dr. Mark] In 1980, the U.S. government triggered