While I've already said that I'm not a big fan of the documentary Fat Head, I do love these cartoon segments. Especially for those who have no interest in taking the time to read my longer posts. This segment goes over the basic history of the lipid hypothesis by Ancel Keys. You can also check out "The Oiling Of America" for a longer, more complete article on the subject.

Thanks to Chris from conditioningresearch.com for the heads up on this video. It's interesting listening to Mary G. Enig and Sally Fallon expand on how "unhealthy" saturated fat went from an idea into conventional wisdom. Definitely worth the watch.

The footage is originally from Tom Naughton's documentary Fat Head, which I don't recommend.

Here is a clip from the recently released documentary "Fat Head". This video explains pretty easily how one accumulates fat.

UPDATE: I wanted to amend this post with something very thoughtful that a member, MartinLevac, of the Zero Carb Forum said. The filmaker sais that "we're predispositioned to get fat". This is not correct. I'll let you read Martin's quote to see what I mean.

"We become insulin resistant before we grow fat. This means the predisposition of the fetus to grow fat is actually insulin resistance that is induced by the mother's high carb diet, and her high blood glucose and high insulin. Without carbs, the fetus' cells remain insulin sensitive and there is no predisposition to grow fat."

Remember, we acquire elevated insulin (hyperinsulinmeia) from consistently eating carbohydrates. This leads to common diseases of civilization. To grow fat, our cells become resistant to insulin like the video shows. Just because you have elevated insulin doesn't mean you become fat.