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Status
Released
Release
2020
Runtime
1h 55m
Available options inUS
"Nutrition science got it wrong. Here’s how you can get it right."
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.
20 Cast Members
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
Self - Narrator / Nutritionist / Functional Medicine Physician
Bret Scher
Self - Cardiologist
Sarah Hallberg
Self - Obesity Specialist
Zoe Harcombe
Self - Obesity Researcher
Salim Yusuf
Self - Cardiologist
Robert Lustig
Self - Pediatric Endocrinologist
Jason Fung
Self - Diabetes Specialist
Bill Maher
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Eric Westman
Self - Obesity Specialist
Jonny Bowden
Self - Certified Nutritionist
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