The McGovern Report

From the comedy documentary "Fat Head," a comedian's reply to "Super Size Me." The official government policy of promoting a lowfat diet had nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics.

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[TheVleckChannel]

I think Dr Kurt Harris put it best when he described Ancel Keys as a 'homicidal fraud'.

[FatHeadMovie]

Manslaughter at the least.

[captcarl2]

Ayatron34, low-fat/low-carb could lead to rabbit starvation. If you go low-carb and don't get adequate fat intake you will get really sick. It happened to two people in my family because of that cognitive dissonance.

[FatHeadMovie]

Very good point. The term "rabbit starvation" refers to when explorers and settlers could only find rabbits for meat -- it's a nearly fat-free meat. They were just as hungry after eating it, and they got very ill.

To digest protein without adequate fat, your body ends up depleting the liver, where it must tap stores of vitamins and enzymes that would otherwise be found in the fat.

[MrJastin]

I eat 5 eggs a day.

[MacGamut15]

Adele Hite corresponded with Nick Mottern and discovered that he has never been a vegetarian. Will you offer a retraction of this claim?

[FitnessCoachMark]

Cereal Killer ;)

[elanbg]

i eat 5 for breakfast on a low day.

[FitnessCoachMark]

more like a Cereal Killer ;)

[jreily88]

What's interesting is that if you actually read Ancel Keys' report, it clearly says that although cholesterol levels in rabbits and chickens increased drastically when fed or injected high levels of cholesterol, there were little to no changes when the same was done to humans or apes.

[rgstever]

I only eat two meals a day. I eat 5 WHOLE eggs with 4 oz of cheddar cheese and some odds and ends of bacon. My next meal before I go to bed comprises of fatty pork or fatty beef (usually a roast because that cut meat is cheap as hell). and loads of veggies. I drink no milk, I stopped drinking that when I was 2 and weaned on to solid food.

[T.H.E. Outlaw]

If you want a healthy breakfast, search on YouTube for "Dr. Mercola's Healthy Breakfast Recipe". In my variation, I use organic pasteurized whole milk and organic cage-free eggs instead of raw milk and raw eggs. It's full of protein (from the milk and eggs and whey protein powder), full of healthy saturated fats (from the milk and eggs and the teaspoon of coconut oil which I add), and full of flavor (I add a banana broken into several pieces). It's low-carb and full-fat and VERY satisfying.

[Hello59239]

Suck it vegans!

[champ8887]

these politics know absoulutly nothing about human health. cholesterol was never the problem. this is what lead to the first brainwashing lies, then by the 80s nearly everybody believed the lie to be true. people stopped eating cholesterol. now cancer heart disease, alztimers disease is on the rise. and people have no idea the low fat diet is responsible for this.