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Fat Fiction

Up until the 1960s, Americans consumed almost half of their daily calories as fat

[Dr. Mark] Up until the 1960s, Americans consumed almost half of their daily calories as fat

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- [Dr. Mark] Up until the 1960s,
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Americans consumed almost half
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of their daily calories as fat.
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7 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:27
Uploaded
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.
We ate butter without guilt, bacon and eggs for breakfast - Fat Fiction 00:06
We ate butter without guilt, bacon and eggs for breakfast
Exercise gyms were barely a thought and still, - Fat Fiction 00:06
Exercise gyms were barely a thought and still,
- Conventional wisdom until the 1960s - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Conventional wisdom until the 1960s
So you talk about bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sweets, - Fat Fiction 00:07
So you talk about bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sweets,
It was what my mothers generation believed growing up. - Fat Fiction 00:05
It was what my mothers generation believed growing up.
- [Narrator] The diet used in this study is satisfying - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Narrator] The diet used in this study is satisfying
- And then in the 1960s, we come along with this idea - Fat Fiction 00:06
- And then in the 1960s, we come along with this idea
In 20 years, from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, - Fat Fiction 00:11
In 20 years, from the 1960s to the mid-1980s,
- [Dr. Mark] The low-fat diet fad had taken hold - Fat Fiction 00:10
- [Dr. Mark] The low-fat diet fad had taken hold
- 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,