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Fat Fiction

USDA put together a guidelinethat seems to me was really to market the foodthat America...

USDA put together a guideline
that seems to me was really to market the food
that America makes

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- USDA put together a guideline that seems to me was really
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to market the food that America makes.
Duration
8 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:08
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.
- The dietary guidelines are not guidelines, - Fat Fiction 00:06
- The dietary guidelines are not guidelines,
And the fact that the USDA is in charge of our health - Fat Fiction 00:05
And the fact that the USDA is in charge of our health
Mandate number one, was to provide information - Fat Fiction 00:06
Mandate number one, was to provide information
Mandate number two, was to support, encourage - Fat Fiction 00:08
Mandate number two, was to support, encourage
Those two mandates are not always congruent with one another - Fat Fiction 00:14
Those two mandates are not always congruent with one another
And if you're congruent with the other mandate - Fat Fiction 00:13
And if you're congruent with the other mandate
So that's the contradiction - Fat Fiction 00:09
So that's the contradiction
- The low-carb, high-fat, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- The low-carb, high-fat,
- I loved all the food, and I found it very easy. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- I loved all the food, and I found it very easy.
- I like the high-fat a little better - Fat Fiction 00:05
- I like the high-fat a little better
- The following week on the low-fat, high-carb, - Fat Fiction 00:07
- The following week on the low-fat, high-carb,
I'd just be tired, maybe hungry is probably - Fat Fiction 00:05
I'd just be tired, maybe hungry is probably
- Insulin is a big driver of carbohydrate craving - Fat Fiction 00:05
- Insulin is a big driver of carbohydrate craving
That hungry feeling that you mentioned is often - Fat Fiction 00:08
That hungry feeling that you mentioned is often
It's that insulin rollercoaster we talked about - Fat Fiction 00:06
It's that insulin rollercoaster we talked about
- And I got foggy during the high-carb week. - Fat Fiction 00:05
- And I got foggy during the high-carb week.
- I was even just saying things backwards and I noticed - Fat Fiction 00:09
- I was even just saying things backwards and I noticed
Every one of our participants experiences similar reactions - Fat Fiction 00:07
Every one of our participants experiences similar reactions
- It was fascinating, it was really interesting - Fat Fiction 00:05
- It was fascinating, it was really interesting
- For many people, fat is a superfood. - Fat Fiction 00:04
- For many people, fat is a superfood.