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Fat Fiction

So the three mainmacronutrients infood are carbohydrate, protein and fat andhere's an...

So the three main
macronutrients in
food are carbohydrate, protein and fat and
here's an important point, there are essential fats
and essential proteins, but there are no
essential carbohydrates

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- So the three main macronutrients in food are carbohydrate,
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protein and fat and here's an important point,
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there are essential fats and essential proteins,
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but there are no essential carbohydrates.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:26
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
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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.
Essential means the nutrients are required - Fat Fiction 00:07
Essential means the nutrients are required
But there is no physical or biological need for us - Fat Fiction 00:08
But there is no physical or biological need for us
- [Doug Reynolds] I was an ultra distance runner, - Fat Fiction 00:12
- [Doug Reynolds] I was an ultra distance runner,
- [Dr. Mark] By the time he was 30 years old, Doug Reynolds, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- [Dr. Mark] By the time he was 30 years old, Doug Reynolds,
He was in the best shape of his life, - Fat Fiction 00:05
He was in the best shape of his life,
- And I would be incredibly fit, and yet on the day - Fat Fiction 00:12
- And I would be incredibly fit, and yet on the day
- [Dr. Mark] Like many people, - Fat Fiction 00:09
- [Dr. Mark] Like many people,
- But it wasn't the nerves, - Fat Fiction 00:12
- But it wasn't the nerves,
- [Dr. Mark] It's a familiar story to doctor Tim Noakes, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- [Dr. Mark] It's a familiar story to doctor Tim Noakes...
- So the first four chapters are all - Fat Fiction 00:11
- So the first four chapters are all
So I promoted this and all the time while I was writing - Fat Fiction 00:13
So I promoted this and all the time while I was writing
- [Dr. Mark] Even though they were exercising a lot more - Fat Fiction 00:08
- [Dr. Mark] Even though they were exercising a lot more
- I started to put on a little bit of weight - Fat Fiction 00:07
- I started to put on a little bit of weight
- And then, much more interestingly, - Fat Fiction 00:13
- And then, much more interestingly,
- Both Tim and Doug decided to break - Fat Fiction 00:06
- Both Tim and Doug decided to break
They cut carbs to less than 20 grams a day, - Fat Fiction 00:10
They cut carbs to less than 20 grams a day,
Nutrition is actually pretty simple, - Fat Fiction 00:15
Nutrition is actually pretty simple,
If you quit eating carbs, sugars, and starches, - Fat Fiction 00:08
If you quit eating carbs, sugars, and starches,
Burning fat produces substances called ketones - Fat Fiction 00:09
Burning fat produces substances called ketones
That's why the low-carb, - Fat Fiction 00:05
That's why the low-carb,