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Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

Cholesterol: The Great Bluff

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2016

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

81%

Original Title

Cholestérol : le grand bluff

Production Companies

Quark Productions, RTS, ARTE GEIE

Director

Anne Georget

Budget

$22,347

Description

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…