Diet Doctor Podcast #48:
Jen Isenhart
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If you haven’t seen the documentary Fat Fiction, I highly recommend that you watch it. It’s a well-made, professionally produced film about how the U.S. dietary guidelines created an atmosphere that undoubtedly contributed to our current crisis of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
But the film also shows us what we can do about it. It provides a message of hope as it follows low-carb doctors and nutritionists, showing how they impact the lives of their patients.
Documentaries about nutrition are challenging to pull off. The director’s decisions are critical: How much detail should be included on each topic? How much science should be highlighted? How much time should be spent on inspirational stories? And how should the film’s point of view be balanced?
Jen and I discuss these topics and more in this engaging interview.
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in May 2020, published in June 2020.
Podcast host: Dr. Bret Scher
Managing producer: Hari Dewang
Editing: Hard Day Production
Table of contents
2:25 Welcome, Jen Isenhart
3:40 How Jen made the Fat Fiction documentary
6:30 Jen’s approach to avoid bias in the film
9:10 The script writing process
10:50 Avoiding bias by presenting the problems and solutions
13:25 Jen’s experience with Dr. Lenskez and his patients
15:50 Inspiring moments during Jen’s research with doctors and patients
19:35 Jen’s research on the dietary guideline
20:55 Presenting various misconception of the dietary guideline in the film
23:32 Low-fat diets and the dietary guidelines
26:30 Issues with vegetable oil in the film
30:30 Diet options for people
31:45 People’s reaction about the film
33:55 Jen’s future project
35:08 Where to find the Fat Fiction documentary
37:17 Some update about the documentary
If you haven’t seen the documentary Fat Fiction, I highly recommend that you watch it. It’s a well-made, professionally produced film about how the U.S. dietary guidelines created an atmosphere that undoubtedly contributed to our current crisis of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
But the film also shows us what we can do about it. It provides a message of hope as it follows low-carb doctors and nutritionists, showing how they impact the lives of their patients.
Documentaries about nutrition are challenging to pull off. The director’s decisions are critical: How much detail should be included on each topic? How much science should be highlighted? How much time should be spent on inspirational stories? And how should the film’s point of view be balanced?
Jen and I discuss these topics and more in this engaging interview.
TranscriptAbout the video
Virtual podcast recorded in May 2020, published in June 2020.
Podcast host: Dr. Bret Scher
Managing producer: Hari Dewang
Editing: Hard Day Production
