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[Narrator] Here are vital statistics
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Fat Fiction

Hereare vital statistics, they show that theproblem here in America is the worst in the...

[Narrator] Here
are vital statistics, they show that the
problem here in America is the worst in the world

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- [Narrator] Here are vital statistics,
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they show that the problem here in America
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is the worst in the world.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:17
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.
- [Nina] There were a number of ideas about it, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- [Nina] There were a number of ideas about it,
- Of 10 men, we can expect five to get it, - Fat Fiction 00:04
- Of 10 men, we can expect five to get it,
But we can't say who or when or why. - Fat Fiction 00:05
But we can't say who or when or why.
- Now, you can look back now and say, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- Now, you can look back now and say,
- More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.
- [Dr. Mark] The 1950s and 60s, cigarettes were in. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- [Dr. Mark] The 1950s and 60s, cigarettes were in.
* Sparks cigarettes are cooler than cool * - Fat Fiction 00:09
* Sparks cigarettes are cooler than cool *
- [Dr. Mark] Eisenhower, himself, smoked four packs a day. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- [Dr. Mark] Eisenhower, himself, smoked four packs a day.
- [Dr. Mark] If you look at the trends for cigarette smoking - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] If you look at the trends for cigarette smoking
But at the same time, the consumption - Fat Fiction 00:06
But at the same time, the consumption
- Everybody was smoking, - Fat Fiction 00:15
- Everybody was smoking,
So all the scientists were like, hey, - Fat Fiction 00:05
So all the scientists were like, hey,
- There was one theory that was proposed - Fat Fiction 00:11
- There was one theory that was proposed
- It's like, okay, but how do people eat butter - Fat Fiction 00:07
- It's like, okay, but how do people eat butter
- [Dr. Mark] At the same time, consumption of sugar, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Dr. Mark] At the same time, consumption of sugar,
But Ancel Keys focused on fat as the cause of heart disease. - Fat Fiction 00:06
But Ancel Keys focused on fat as the cause of heart disease.
- And he thought that total cholesterol in your arteries - Fat Fiction 00:10
- And he thought that total cholesterol in your arteries
So that was his idea, it was just a simple idea. - Fat Fiction 00:05
So that was his idea, it was just a simple idea.
- To blame a ancient food for a modern disease - Fat Fiction 00:13
- To blame a ancient food for a modern disease
- As American author H.L Mencken once said, - Fat Fiction 00:15
- As American author H.L Mencken once said,