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The Minnesota Coronary Experiment is a fascinating study
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The MinnesotaCoronary Experimentis a fascinating study both from a science standpoint and...

The Minnesota
Coronary Experiment
is a fascinating study both from a science standpoint and sort of a
detective standpoint

Full Transcript

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- The Minnesota Coronary Experiment is a fascinating study
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both from a science standpoint
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and sort of a detective standpoint.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:00
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.
- So it took place in five Minnesota mental hospitals - Fat Fiction 00:08
- So it took place in five Minnesota mental hospitals
But, back then it has the benefit - Fat Fiction 00:12
But, back then it has the benefit
- In the diet, they replaced saturated fat - Fat Fiction 00:06
- In the diet, they replaced saturated fat
And the diet was similar in all the other nutrients - Fat Fiction 00:06
And the diet was similar in all the other nutrients
And what they found was that with the intervention, - Fat Fiction 00:10
And what they found was that with the intervention,
- Turned out that people - Fat Fiction 00:11
- Turned out that people
- If you do a very long study going into that study thinking - Fat Fiction 00:15
- If you do a very long study going into that study thinking
- Yeah, that is totally unacceptable - Fat Fiction 00:05
- Yeah, that is totally unacceptable
- It wasn't published until decades later that a relative - Fat Fiction 00:09
- It wasn't published until decades later that a relati...
And this is the detective part that's kind of crazy, - Fat Fiction 00:33
And this is the detective part that's kind of crazy,
And so what has been the standard approach to dealing - Fat Fiction 00:10
And so what has been the standard approach to dealing
And that's exactly what's happened, - Fat Fiction 00:07
And that's exactly what's happened,
- The heart foundation didn't come out and say, - Fat Fiction 00:04
- The heart foundation didn't come out and say,
They just ignored it as if it didn't happen - Fat Fiction 00:07
They just ignored it as if it didn't happen
- If that had been published, - Fat Fiction 00:05
- If that had been published,
- This is a reason for everyone - Fat Fiction 00:06
- This is a reason for everyone
- Controlled clinical trials like - Fat Fiction 00:17
- Controlled clinical trials like
But trials like these are expensive - Fat Fiction 00:07
But trials like these are expensive
Cheaper, observational trials are far more common. - Fat Fiction 00:04
Cheaper, observational trials are far more common.
(interviewee laughs) - Fat Fiction 00:12
(interviewee laughs)