Cholesterol: The Great Bluff (2016)

10/18/2016 (FR) • 1h 23m

Documentary

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…

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$22,347.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

health care

miracle drug

healthy food

cholesterol

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