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Everybody just thinks, oh, don't eat fat, don't eat fat
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Fat Fiction

Everybody just thinks, oh,don't eat fat, don't eat fat, and it's actuallymore tragic than...

Everybody just thinks, oh,
don't eat fat, don't eat fat, and it's actually
more tragic than that, the story is
actually much worse

Full Transcript

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- Everybody just thinks, oh, don't eat fat, don't eat fat,
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and it's actually more tragic than that,
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the story is actually much worse.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:38
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
As people turned away from saturated fats, - Fat Fiction 00:08
As people turned away from saturated fats,
* Yes I am the muffin man, now I am the butter man * - Fat Fiction 00:11
* Yes I am the muffin man, now I am the butter man *
- It turns out, and this is what's so tragic about it, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- It turns out, and this is what's so tragic about it,
- Many doctors have recommended corn oil margarines - Fat Fiction 00:07
- Many doctors have recommended corn oil margarines
- So if you remember margarine is vegetable oils, - Fat Fiction 00:11
- So if you remember margarine is vegetable oils,
Partially hydrogenated fats are actually trans-fats. - Fat Fiction 00:05
Partially hydrogenated fats are actually trans-fats.
- It's best to replace spreads high in saturated fats. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- It's best to replace spreads high in saturated fats.
- So we went from eating natural foods and butter - Fat Fiction 00:13
- So we went from eating natural foods and butter
- For the family you love, serve delicious, - Fat Fiction 00:08
- For the family you love, serve delicious,
- That is mind-blowing that we told people - Fat Fiction 00:12
- That is mind-blowing that we told people
- This is Mazola, 100% corn oil margarine made - Fat Fiction 00:06
- This is Mazola, 100% corn oil margarine made
- Well, there's really no doubt - Fat Fiction 00:07
- Well, there's really no doubt
- [Narrator] This is Ralph Edwards - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Narrator] This is Ralph Edwards
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association started - Fat Fiction 00:08
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association started
But in 1948, Procter and Gamble, - Fat Fiction 00:10
But in 1948, Procter and Gamble,
- [Narrator] To thank Jack Benny, - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Narrator] To thank Jack Benny,
- Overnight, millions of dollars flowed into their coffers. - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Overnight, millions of dollars flowed into their coffers.
I mean, literally from one week to the next, - Fat Fiction 00:06
I mean, literally from one week to the next,
- [Narrator] New Crisco oil stays blended longer, - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Narrator] New Crisco oil stays blended longer,
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Dr. Mark] The American Heart Association