Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

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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…

Cast: Anne Georget, Nina Teicholz, Dominique Dupagne, Harvey Levenstein, Gary Taubes, more

Director: Anne Georget

Genres: Documentary

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Anne Georget

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Nina Teicholz

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Dominique Dupagne

Self - Medical Journalist

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Harvey Levenstein

Self - Food Historian

Gary Taubes

Self - Scientific Journalist

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Henry Blackburn

Self - Epidemiologist

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Michel de Lorgeril

Self - Cardiologist

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Uffe Ravnskov

Self - Physician

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Sylvain Duval

Self - Nutritionist

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Frank Pfrieger

Self - Neuroscientist

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Sally Fallon Morell

Self - Nutritionist

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Kilmer McCully

Self - Pathologist

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Cristin Kearns

Self - Medical Researcher

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Jeremy Green

Self - Medical Historian

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Mikael Rabaeus

Self - Cardiologist

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