Fat Fiction
“Nutrition science got it wrong. Here’s how you can get it right.”
2020•1h 55m•6.6•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
Recommended
6.8
What the Health
2017
7.4
For the Love of Spock
2016
6.7
Super Size Me
2004
6.2
Elstree 1976
2015
6.6
The September Issue
2009
7.2
180° South
2010
7.9
Live Aid
1985
6.9
That Sugar Film
2014
7.4
Above Majestic
2018
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
7.1
Objectified
2009
6.7
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut
2024
6.6
The Secret
2006
7.7
Earth: One Amazing Day
2017
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
6.1
Atlantis Rising
2017
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
5.9
A LEGO Brickumentary
2014
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
Similar Movies
The New Green Giants
2012
6
Eating Sea Urchins
2000
Old Friends
2015
I Want Abs
2016
7.2
Super Juice Me!
2014
Darované děti
2023
6.7
Super Size Me
2004
8
Sweatin' to the Oldies
1988
7.7
Vegan: Everyday Stories
2016
8
Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating
2004
The MindFulness Movie
2013
A Bunch of Melons Eating Shawarma
2017
7lbs In 7 Days - Super Juice Diet
2006
The Cost of Cobalt
2021
1
50 Things to Eat Before You Die
2004
7.4
We Feed the World
2005
Canicule 2003 : Paris dans la fournaise
2023
The Fall Of M&S: Food To The Rescue?
2019
James Beard: America's First Foodie
2017
Stop Smoking Forever - Video Hypnosis
1987