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Fat Fiction

Fat Fiction

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

2020•1h 55m•6.5/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.5/10(19)

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.

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Production

Wide Eye Production, Indie Rights, Afinia Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes

Self - Investigative Science Journalist / Author

Nina Teicholz

Self - Investigative Science Journalist / Author

Ancel Keys

Self (Archival footage) - Physiologist

Tim Noakes

Self - Scientist / Author / Professor Emerita

Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman

Self - Narrator / Nutritionist / Functional Medicine Physician

Bret Scher

Bret Scher

Self - Cardiologist

Sarah Hallberg

Self - Obesity Specialist

Zoe Harcombe

Self - Obesity Researcher

Salim Yusuf

Self - Cardiologist

Robert Lustig

Robert Lustig

Self - Pediatric Endocrinologist

Jason Fung

Self - Diabetes Specialist

Bill Maher

Bill Maher

Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Eric Westman

Eric Westman

Self - Obesity Specialist

Jonny Bowden

Self - Certified Nutritionist

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - President (archive footage)

Alyssa Gallagher

Self - Certified Diabetes Educator

Brian Gaudette

Self - US Army Pilot

Brian Lenzkes

Self - Internal Medicine Physician

Doug Reynolds

Self - Founder and CEO, LowCarbUSA

Dave Asprey

Self - Founder, Bulletproof

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