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Fat Fiction

That same year, the U.S.Dietary Guidelines Committee removed the cap ondietary fat...

That same year, the U.S.
Dietary Guidelines Committee removed the cap on
dietary fat consumption, admitting there's no evidence
that eating fat is bad for health, but the cap
on saturated fat remains

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That same year, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Committee
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removed the cap on dietary fat consumption,
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admitting there's no evidence that eating fat is bad
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for health, but the cap on saturated fat remains.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:19
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.
- The hypothesis that saturated fats are bad - Fat Fiction 00:09
- The hypothesis that saturated fats are bad
Some 75,000 people, 65,000 somewhere in that range, - Fat Fiction 00:13
Some 75,000 people, 65,000 somewhere in that range,
- [Dr. Mark] Even so, the American Heart Association, - Fat Fiction 00:16
- [Dr. Mark] Even so, the American Heart Association,
- But there is so much politics and so much money, - Fat Fiction 00:15
- But there is so much politics and so much money,
I feel like eventually they will change, but when? - Fat Fiction 00:05
I feel like eventually they will change, but when?
Millions of people have died already because of this mess. - Fat Fiction 00:06
Millions of people have died already because of this mess.
His company, LowCarbUSA is partnering - Fat Fiction 00:14
His company, LowCarbUSA is partnering
- Now it gives a lot of them confidence - Fat Fiction 00:13
- Now it gives a lot of them confidence
Now, they're actually following some kind - Fat Fiction 00:05
Now, they're actually following some kind
- And what about the official dietary guidelines - Fat Fiction 00:04
- And what about the official dietary guidelines
The three main eating patterns recommended - Fat Fiction 00:10
The three main eating patterns recommended
According to the dietary guidelines, low carbohydrate, - Fat Fiction 00:07
According to the dietary guidelines, low carbohydrate,
In 2017, the National Academy of Sciences and Medicine - Fat Fiction 00:14
In 2017, the National Academy of Sciences and Medicine
Recommending a single dietary pattern - Fat Fiction 00:07
Recommending a single dietary pattern
Not only did the low-fat diet not work, it did us harm - Fat Fiction 00:10
Not only did the low-fat diet not work, it did us harm
The lesson of the low-fat diet may be that nutrition science - Fat Fiction 00:14
The lesson of the low-fat diet may be that nutrition science
- What we are living now is just - Fat Fiction 00:05
- What we are living now is just
These unsustainable rates of obesity - Fat Fiction 00:12
These unsustainable rates of obesity
- We are not treating the disease, - Fat Fiction 00:05
- We are not treating the disease,
And so it should be of no surprise to anyone - Fat Fiction 00:11
And so it should be of no surprise to anyone