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Fat Fiction

Scientists simplythought that since fat has nine calories pergram, while protein and carbs...

Scientists simply
thought that since fat has nine calories per
gram, while protein and carbs have only
four calories per gram, we should just cut back on fat to lower our calorie
consumption and lose weight

Full Transcript

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Scientists simply thought that since fat
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has nine calories per gram, while protein
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and carbs have only four calories per gram,
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we should just cut back on fat
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to lower our calorie consumption and lose weight.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:31
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.
- I met with people who helped with the initial guidelines - Fat Fiction 00:16
- I met with people who helped with the initial guidelines
- 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