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Colesterol: A Grande Farsa (2016)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Anne Georget

Sinopse

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…

Atores

Anne Georget
Anne Georget
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nina Teicholz
Nina Teicholz
Self - Journalist
Dominique Dupagne
Dominique Dupagne
Self - Medical Journalist
Harvey Levenstein
Harvey Levenstein
Self - Food Historian
Gary Taubes
Gary Taubes
Self - Scientific Journalist
Henry Blackburn
Henry Blackburn
Self - Epidemiologist
Michel de Lorgeril
Michel de Lorgeril
Self - Cardiologist
Uffe Ravnskov
Uffe Ravnskov
Self - Physician
Sylvain Duval
Sylvain Duval
Self - Nutritionist
Frank Pfrieger
Frank Pfrieger
Self - Neuroscientist
Sally Fallon Morell
Sally Fallon Morell
Self - Nutritionist
Kilmer McCully
Kilmer McCully
Self - Pathologist
Cristin Kearns
Cristin Kearns
Self - Medical Researcher
Jeremy Green
Jeremy Green
Self - Medical Historian
Mikael Rabaeus
Mikael Rabaeus
Self - Cardiologist
John Abramson
John Abramson
Self - Medicine Professor
Beatrice Collomb
Beatrice Collomb
Self - Medicine Professor
Ancel Keys
Ancel Keys
Self - Nutritionist (archive footage)
Margaret Keys
Margaret Keys
Self - Nutritionist (archive footage)
Jules Bergman
Jules Bergman
Self - Scientific Journalist (archive footage)
William Castelli
William Castelli
Self - Physician (archive footage)
Jeremiah Stamler
Jeremiah Stamler
Self - Epidemiologist (archive footage)
George V. Mann
George V. Mann
Self - Nutritional Biochemist (archive footage)
Joseph L. Goldstein
Joseph L. Goldstein
Self - Biochemist (archive footage)
Michael Stuart Brown
Michael Stuart Brown
Self - Biochemist (archive footage)
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
Self - TV Spot Announcer (archive footage)

Tripulações

Anne Georget
Anne Georget
Director
Dan Weingrod
Dan Weingrod
Production Director
Valérie Salvy
Valérie Salvy
Editor
Philippe Sorlin
Philippe Sorlin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Anne Georget
Anne Georget
Writer
Olivier Raffet
Olivier Raffet
Sound Engineer

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