Fat Fiction
“Nutrition science got it wrong. Here’s how you can get it right.”
2020•1h 55m•6.5•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Jennifer Isenhart
Writer
Jennifer Isenhart
Languages
English
Studio
Wide Eye Production
Cast
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)
Production
Company
Wide Eye Production
Company
Indie Rights
Company
Afinia Films
Producer
Tom Hadzor
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