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The LLVLC Show (Episode 595): Support Filmmaker Kennon Hulett’s Documentary ‘In Defense Of Fat’

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In Episode 595 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are happy to welcome a freelance editor and independent science documentary filmmaker named Kennon Hulett. I often talk about the need for people to find what they’re good at and to use those gifts and talents to promote the right messages about health. And in this day and age when people are more apt to watch a fun documentary film (see how popular my buddy Tom Naughton‘s film FAT HEAD was for evidence of this) than to read some science-y book on a controversial nutritional subject, it’s good to know we have some truly remarkable people working hard behind-the-scenes to produce high-quality video projects that fit the bill.

Enter Kennon Hulett.

This Southern girl excelled in film school graduating with honors in both film making and dramatic writing. She’s already directed her first feature film and has been involved in various projects here and there. In late 2011, Kennon decided to start a brand new film company called Falling Whale Films dedicated to making “independent, highly accessible science documentaries” available to the public. Her first big project is called In Defense Of Fat: Rethinking The Bad Science Eating At America’s Health. As you can imagine, this documentary will focus on the alternative science that says dietary fat is NOT a culprit in obesity and heart disease.

And Kennon has already got some BIG NAMES in the Paleo/low-carb community lined up, ready-to-go for interviews to be used in her film, including Dr. Robert Lustig, Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson, Denise Minger, Sarah Fragoso and Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt. Listen in as Jimmy and Kennon talk about her ambitious film idea that is so sorely needed now more than ever and how YOU can get involved in helping her make it possible by supporting her Kickstarter page to raise the funds necessary to make this film dream into a reality!

Listen to Kennon Hulett talk about her ambitious project:

  • Grew up in the South, did a student exchange to Denmark
  • She met an independent filmmaker while in Denmark
  • This got her curious about studying and working in film
  • Science and the people affected by it “never meet”
  • It becomes so simplified the original meaning is lost
  • The nauseating “red meat will kill you” studies
  • People don’t have a “direct line to the science”
  • There’s a real disservice to the general public
  • The research is out there, but it’s not accessible
  • She wants to take the complex issues and present them
  • Explaining topics in simple ways without watering down
  • People are so heavily influenced by health media sources
  • Science is all about “questioning accepted paradigms”
  • It’s worrying that health is “compressed into a ball”
  • The Atkins diet was “destroyed” by scare campaigns
  • How a fun documentary can penetrate the culture better
  • Tom Naughton’s movie is “amazing” and was well done
  • How she wants a “talking head”-styled documentary
  • It will be a very different documentary from FAT HEAD
  • People are ready for something like this to happen
  • “Groundswell of support” that’s been happening for this
  • The Paleo/low-carb community is a “loving” group
  • There are a lot of Paleo experts, but not “accessible”
  • Reading Robb Wolf’s book opened her eyes to the science
  • She’s not claiming to be an expert on this information
  • How she started two years ago when she was “impaired”
  • She went to a New York “biologically-based” program
  • She got a drug for insulin resistance and “slow carb”
  • Losing 50 pounds with “minimal effort” in one year
  • Her whole life she’s been big and did weight loss plans
  • Being “manipulated chemically” made her rethink diet
  • Her brother got her a copy of The Paleo Solution
  • Separating the “health issue from the shame issue”
  • Public policy has given us this “cluster of a situation”
  • People are being told it’s their fault that they’re fat
  • The medical community is being “completely rejected”
  • You need to be able to accept your body, but get healthy
  • There’s a “big disconnect” on the right health message
  • It might be healthier for some people to stay overweight
  • The Internet doesn’t help with self-image (hate mail)
  • The thought that you’re “broken” and “can’t be fixed”
  • You need to “unlearn that” and realize there is hope
  • People feel “very paralyzed by their weight”
  • The culture views you as “subhuman” if you’re overweight
  • The desperation that people have wanting weight loss
  • Gastric bypass should be a last resort option only
  • There are clothes stores she’s never able to shop
  • People give you “dirty looks” in New York if you’re fat
  • You have to put your head down and work toward health
  • People say they want health, but they mean smaller size
  • The “perfect diet” vs. the “good enough” people
  • You need to find “something sustainable and healthy”
  • She loves getting oxtail and making a stew from it
  • Fat makes you full and gives you nutrition you need
  • Eating real food will always give you better health
  • My current nutritional ketosis n=1 experiment
  • Her “strict month of Paleo” that opened her eyes to this
  • The “really interesting change” that convinced her
  • Getting past the first couple of weeks is all it takes
  • The money she hopes to raise from Kickstarter
  • What the money will go to do and why it’s important
  • She has a “realistic, very comprehensive budget” set
  • To start the interviews, she has specific destinations
  • The first $30,000 will get the interview process going
  • Getting a “proof of concept” will help raise the rest
  • Total cost will be $200,000-250,000 to complete the film
  • She’s a big believer in paying the people who do work
  • Her hope to go to Sweden to cover the LCHF revolution
  • Watch Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt’s AHS11 lecture
  • This documentary will be bigger than she thinks
  • When she hopes to have this film released to the public
  • The exclusive perks that people who support it receive
  • She wants it to be done right and not hurried along
  • Her desire to “start a conversation” about health
  • Making it an “easy entry point” for people is critical

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    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST! Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Your continued financial support and faithfulness to listening is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support! If these podcast interviews on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from the most provocative and thought-provoking diet, fitness, and health experts have helped you in any way, then won’t you consider helping us out by clicking on the DONATE button below:

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    What did you think about this documentary film idea from Kennon Hulett? Tell us your opinions about it in the show notes section of Episode 595. Go support Kennon’s Kickstarter page for In Defense Of Fat. We’ll keep you updated on the progress of this exciting pro-fat film project! Coming up on Tuesday, intermittent fasting specialist Brad Pilon will be here discussing his unique Eat Stop Eat e-book. And on Wednesday before taking a week off for the Ancestral Health Symposium in Boston, MA, I’ll be sharing my fun and engaging conversation with the incredible Diane Sanfilippo from “Balanced Bites” who is set to release her debut Paleo nutrition book/cookbook entitled Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle on Tuesday, August 7, 2012.

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    • JK

      She’s huge herself?

      What a joke.

      • LLVLCBlog

        What’s your point? Is the truth about dietary fat any less accurate because you think the messenger doesn’t look the part? Gimme a break! Plus, if you listen to my interview with her or watch her Kickstarter video, then you’d know she addresses this issue head-on. But I guess in your world we must all be lemmings that look exactly the same in perfectly-sculpted bodies without an ounce of fat on us. That’s not Realville, my friend, and I highly suggest you start living there where the rest of us are.