Fat Fiction
Mar 13, 2020 | IMDB 6.4
115 min Watch NowDocumentary
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.
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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.
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2009
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