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Fat Fiction

If you only lived in America,you'd think this controversy was pretty settled,...

If you only lived in America,
you'd think this controversy was pretty settled, that
obviously saturated fat causes heart disease,
'cause it raises cholesterol and we all know cholesterol
clogs the arteries

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- If you only lived in America, you'd think this controversy
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was pretty settled, that obviously saturated fat
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causes heart disease, 'cause it raises cholesterol
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and we all know cholesterol clogs the arteries.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:28
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.
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
- [Dr. Nina] The first dietary guidelines recommended seven - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Nina] The first dietary guidelines recommended seven