Fat Fiction

Mar 13, 2020

1h 55m

★ 6.5

Nutrition science got it wrong. Here’s how you can get it right.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Wide Eye Production

Indie Rights

Afinia Films

Fat Fiction Trailers

Cast

Self - Investigative Science Journalist / Author

Gary Taubes

Self - Investigative Science Journalist / Author

Nina Teicholz

Self (Archival footage) - Physiologist

Ancel Keys

Self - Scientist / Author / Professor Emerita

Tim Noakes

Self - Narrator / Nutritionist / Functional Medicine Physician

Mark Hyman

Self - Cardiologist

Bret Scher

Self - Obesity Specialist

Sarah Hallberg

Self - Obesity Researcher

Zoe Harcombe

Self - Cardiologist

Salim Yusuf

Self - Pediatric Endocrinologist

Robert Lustig

Self - Diabetes Specialist

Jason Fung

Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Bill Maher

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0.0

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0.0

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