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The Magic Pill

So the first everdietary recommendations telling people to cut back on saturated fatand...

So the first ever
dietary recommendations telling people to cut back on saturated fat
and dietary cholesterol to avoid heart disease
were issued by the American
Heart Association in 1961

Full Transcript

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So the first ever dietary recommendations
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telling people to cut back
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on saturated fat and dietary cholesterol
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to avoid heart disease were issued
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by the American Heart Association in 1961.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:25
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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People around the globe are combating illness through a paradigm shift in eating. And this simple change -- embracing fat as our main fuel -- is showing profound promise in improving the health of people, animals and the planet.
It's the tiny little acorn - The Magic Pill 00:09
It's the tiny little acorn
What was the evidence for that recommendation - The Magic Pill 00:06
What was the evidence for that recommendation
It amounted to one study, - The Magic Pill 00:07
It amounted to one study,
That's the Seven Countries Study, - The Magic Pill 00:09
That's the Seven Countries Study,
And he sampled nearly 13,000 men, - The Magic Pill 00:12
And he sampled nearly 13,000 men,
I mean, he had a hypothesis that saturated fat - The Magic Pill 00:07
I mean, he had a hypothesis that saturated fat
He knew where people were not eating much saturated fat - The Magic Pill 00:09
He knew where people were not eating much saturated fat
And he ignored other countries-- - The Magic Pill 00:10
And he ignored other countries--
He didn't go to those countries, - The Magic Pill 00:06
He didn't go to those countries,
His study showed that low saturated fat intake - The Magic Pill 00:10
His study showed that low saturated fat intake
But it doesn't mean that reducing saturated fat - The Magic Pill 00:09
But it doesn't mean that reducing saturated fat
It was also true - The Magic Pill 00:06
It was also true
In fact, they also found in that study - The Magic Pill 00:08
In fact, they also found in that study
Then what ensued was a tremendous amount - The Magic Pill 00:10
Then what ensued was a tremendous amount
Billions of dollars were spent in large clinical trials, - The Magic Pill 00:07
Billions of dollars were spent in large clinical trials,
And they were done in mental hospitals and veterans hospitals-- - The Magic Pill 00:08
And they were done in mental hospitals and veterans hospital...
And at the end of billions of dollars of research, - The Magic Pill 00:09
And at the end of billions of dollars of research,
[Marika Sboros] Professor Timothy Noakes is one of the very few scientists - The Magic Pill 00:08
[Marika Sboros] Professor Timothy Noakes is one of the very ...
[Reporter] Sports scientist Timothy Noakes - The Magic Pill 00:06
[Reporter] Sports scientist Timothy Noakes
The charges against Noakes were laid - The Magic Pill 00:12
The charges against Noakes were laid