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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Breaking Bread

Feb 4, 2022

In Breaking Bread, exotic cuisine and a side of politics are on the menu. Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel - the first Muslim Arab to win Israel's MasterChef - is on a quest to make a social change through food. And so, she founded the A-sham Arabic Food Festival in Haifa. There, pairs of Arab and Jewish chefs collaborate on mouthwatering dishes like kishek (a Syrian yogurt soup), and qatayef (a dessert typically served during Ramadan), as we savor the taste of hope and discover the food of their region free from political and religious boundaries.

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The film follows Vincent Schiavelli as he returns to Polizzi Generosa, the very town in Sicily his grandparents emigrated from in 1901.

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Kneidler

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Comida Callejera

Dec 31, 2018

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Navrácený hlas

Jan 1, 1954

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An entertaining, secular, and educational look at the benefits of mindful practice, 'The Mindfulness Movie' brings together an unprecedented group of the world's leading neuroscientists, psychiatrists, authors, and others to decode mindfulness. First, they help to define what mindfulness is and how the concept of neuroplasticity plays into the practice. Then, they walk you through eight practical, foundational mindful lessons--like managing stress and mindful eating. Finally, meet some heartwarming veterans and teens who are using mindfulness to overcome issues like PTSD, depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety, and everyday life stresses. Everyone, regardless of belief system or background, has something to gain from watching ' The Mindfulness Movie.'

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Food, Inc.

Sep 7, 2008

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

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Increase of chronic diseases, loss of biodiversity, extinction of bees... for a few years, the consequences of pesticides mass use are compelling public opinion. How to explain their effects on human health and biodiversity, whereas EU regulations forbid the spread of every harmful product ?

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Serendipity

Jan 7, 2023

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