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The Minnesota Coronary Survey which took place
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The Minnesota CoronarySurvey which took place in the 1960s was thebiggest ever test of...

The Minnesota Coronary
Survey which took place in the 1960s was the
biggest ever test of Ancel Keys' hypothesis

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- The Minnesota Coronary Survey which took place
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in the 1960s was the biggest ever test
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of Ancel Keys' hypothesis.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:51
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.
- The Minnesota Coronary Experiment is a fascinating study - Fat Fiction 00:09
- The Minnesota Coronary Experiment is a fascinating study
- 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.