

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
Genres
Overview
The link between heart disease and blood cholesterol is a medical dogma that has existed for the past fifty years and has led to the development of a billion-dollar, low-fat, food industry, as well as to statins, a drug that lower “bad cholesterol” levels, so it has became one of the most prescribed medicines in the world. But more and more researchers are openly questioning the mainstream opinions on cholesterol…
Details
Budget
$22347
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
2016-10-18
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
8.1
Anne Georget
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nina Teicholz
Self - Journalist
Dominique Dupagne
Self - Medical Journalist
Harvey Levenstein
Self - Food Historian
Gary Taubes
Self - Scientific Journalist
Henry Blackburn
Self - Epidemiologist
Michel de Lorgeril
Self - Cardiologist
Uffe Ravnskov
Self - Physician
Sylvain Duval
Self - Nutritionist
Frank Pfrieger
Self - Neuroscientist
Sally Fallon Morell
Self - Nutritionist
Kilmer McCully
Self - Pathologist
Cristin Kearns
Self - Medical Researcher
Jeremy Green
Self - Medical Historian
Mikael Rabaeus
Self - Cardiologist
John Abramson
Self - Medicine Professor
Beatrice Collomb
Self - Medicine Professor
Ancel Keys
Self - Nutritionist (archive footage)
Margaret Keys
Self - Nutritionist (archive footage)
Jules Bergman
Self - Scientific Journalist (archive footage)
William Castelli
Self - Physician (archive footage)
Jeremiah Stamler
Self - Epidemiologist (archive footage)
George V. Mann
Self - Nutritional Biochemist (archive footage)
Joseph L. Goldstein
Self - Biochemist (archive footage)
Michael Stuart Brown
Self - Biochemist (archive footage)
Mandy Patinkin
Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)
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