Big Fat Fiasco pt. 1

'Fat Head' producer Tom Naughton on how the misguided fear of saturated fat created a nation of obese diabetics.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• health
• diet
• weight loss
• obesity
• diabetes

[DanaReale]

Just watched FatHead over on Hulu. Great job!! Do you have food logs available? :)

[FatHeadMovie]

@DanaReale The food log is linked on the FatHead-movie blog, left sidebar under Helpful Links.

[rofyle]

I wish someone would do this with global warming. 

[FatHeadMovie]

@rofyle -- Google these terms: robert carter global warming

A Youtube link to his speech should appear near the top.

[memthrows]

was just curious, in your research did you happen to come across a population of cradle to grave vegans who are thriving?

[FatHeadMovie]

@memthrows No, I'm not aware of any vegan populations. There are vegans within populations, of course, but no vegan populations per se that I've come across.

[KanineKruizer]

I went to Hulu.com and saw that they had the Fat Head Documentary available! So I zipped on over and then noticed the comments section. Boy is your film makin' a WHOLE bunch of people so angry they're foaming at the mouth! You can even see it in their comments.

They misquote the facts and then state how stupid you are. Too bad. I'd imagine most of 'em probably have a picture of your face taped to a dartboard in their garage.

Well, anyway. Thank you for the film. It's been a big help.

[FatHeadMovie]

@KanineKruizer Aw, I knew that would happen when I made the film. There are some people in the world who think McDonald's is Darth Vader. I don't worry about what misinformed people with anger issues say about me. As I told my daughter when some doofus at school started making fun of her, "Honey, you're smart. Smart people don't concern themselves with what idiots think." She got that.

[cyaard]

Even if this guy has a point, the way he constantly ridicules for the first 10+ minutes without getting to the actual POINT has made me close the video. I already know quite a bit of what he 's talking about so it snot because I'm ignoring the facts.. he's just .. really annoying to listen to .Which is a shame because more people should be introduced to this information.

[tcozzol]

this be damn right

[buteredtoast72]

@lpr5269 You my good sir are in fact made of bologna. I switched to a high fat low carb diet and while maintaining the same caloric intake, I lost 51 pounds in 2.5 months. So.... Riddle me that

[buteredtoast72]

I would just like to say Thank You to Tom for FINALLY putting a film out there that shows the truth about grains and saturated fat. I have been eating a high fat low carb primal diet for about a year now and over the course of that year I have combated all of the sat fat haters with by telling them "i dont know how.... but its just better for you". I refer them to literature but everyone is too damn lazy to read it! Now all I have to say is "here watch Fat Head!!"

thanks again Tom!!

[spalmer718]

@lpr5269 It is virtually impossible to sufficiently run at a caloric deficit. If you can, however, it's called starvation. The body will find a natural energy equilibrium. If you exercise excessively you only get hungrier because your body needs to replenish the energy used. Calories have a context. What type of food you eat is far more important than how much you eat. Hormones play a huge part in health and fitness. It's really about controling hormonal responses...particularly insulin.

[sutherrc]

@rofyle They did.. its called "Cool it"

[dogsmumm]

@rofyle check out "not evil, just wrong". They debunk most of the "science" regarding man-made global warming.

[lpr5269]

@usrevenge What does that prove? I do not understand what you are talking about. If you ate 10,000 calories a day and no weight gain, OK great you have something. Otherwise, you are just managing your calories like everybody else and saying that the reason you are not gaining weight is because of limiting carbs.  I am simply saying that you have to moderate all macronutrients to achieve long term weight control.