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Fat Fiction

I met with people who helpedwith the initial guidelines and they were well-intentioned,...

I met with people who helped
with the initial guidelines and they were well-intentioned, they reasoned that because
calories lead to obesity, reduce the food that has the
most calories which is fat

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- I met with people who helped with the initial guidelines
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and they were well-intentioned,
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they reasoned that because calories lead to obesity,
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reduce the food that has the most calories which is fat.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:43
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
- We've been counting calories ever since - Fat Fiction 00:12
- We've been counting calories ever since
If we can just balance the number of calories we consume - Fat Fiction 00:13
If we can just balance the number of calories we consume
- The Calories In/Calories Out model - Fat Fiction 00:12
- The Calories In/Calories Out model
- It's not a physics problem, it's a biology problem, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- It's not a physics problem, it's a biology probl...
- The alternative theory is called - Fat Fiction 00:07
- The alternative theory is called
Remember how carbohydrates raise blood sugar - Fat Fiction 00:05
Remember how carbohydrates raise blood sugar
That's the key to the insulin-carbohydrate hypothesis. - Fat Fiction 00:04
That's the key to the insulin-carbohydrate hypothesis.
- It's really not that hard to understand, - Fat Fiction 00:19
- It's really not that hard to understand,
So we know that as soon as you put those foods - Fat Fiction 00:11
So we know that as soon as you put those foods
- So we really need to pay attention to hormones, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- So we really need to pay attention to hormones,
It's like in real estate, location, location, location. - Fat Fiction 00:04
It's like in real estate, location, location, location.
Protein is a distant second, - Fat Fiction 00:05
Protein is a distant second,
So what is the irony of us telling people to eat a diet - Fat Fiction 00:10
So what is the irony of us telling people to eat a diet
It's total sheer madness. - Fat Fiction 00:04
It's total sheer madness.
- Insulin essentially acts as a lock - Fat Fiction 00:13
- Insulin essentially acts as a lock
But, when we restrict carbohydrates - Fat Fiction 00:14
But, when we restrict carbohydrates
- [Dr. Mark] That's right, insulin is a fat storage hormone. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Dr. Mark] That's right, insulin is a fat storage hor...
Lower insulin by cutting out sugar and carbs - Fat Fiction 00:08
Lower insulin by cutting out sugar and carbs
- We tell patients to think of their body - Fat Fiction 00:07
- We tell patients to think of their body
If you're eating a lot of processed foods and sugar - Fat Fiction 00:12
If you're eating a lot of processed foods and sugar