The Truth About Fat and Nutrition

First low fat was in, now high fat is in. Dietary science is complicated! Join Hank Green and learn what we DO know about fat chemistry in this new episode of SciShow! Snatoms Kickstarter IS still going on: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veritasium/snatoms-the-magnetic-molecular-modeling-kit Check out SciJoy s complementary video, The Deal with Calories, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcF313iCQE&feature=youtu.be Where Does Some of that Carbon Go?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ialLlcdcw ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Fatima Iqbal, John Murrin, Linnea Boyev, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: Trans fats are bad http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20338284 Fat Nutrition Overview: http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-about-fats-bad-and-good Monounsaturated vs Polyunsaturated http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12544660 Essential Fatty Acids: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/other-nutrients/essential-fatty-acids Low fat diets don’t help: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587%2815%2900367-8/abstract Reduction in saturated fat has a small but measurable affect on cardiovascular health: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26068959