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Catalyst
2014 · TV series · documentary · 30 min episodes · 10 seasons
Catalyst is Australia's premier science investigation series. Each week the team brings you stories from Australia and around the world, meeting scientists at the forefront of discovery.
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I'm not sure Catalyst is excellent anymore - it's certainly not as good as when it was called Quantum. That particular episode has been extremely divisive and for me personally I'm not sure what to take from it at all.
Catalyst, an excellent science program on the ABC [1], Australia's national broadcaster, has just had a two-part episode called "The Heart of the Matter", about the science (or lack of it) behind the cholesterol theory.
The researcher Dr Maryanne Demasi[2], herself a research pathologist, has spent three years gathering data, interviewing researchers, scientists and doctors on both sides of the argument, and the show has caused major ripples throughout the medical profession in Australia [3].
The two episodes are on YouTube in full [4] [5] and the transcripts are on the ABC website [6] [7].
For anyone interested in this topic, these shows are HIGHLY recommended.
[1] http://www.abc.net.au
[2] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/team/maryannedemasi.htm?site=catalyst
[3] http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/latest-news/expert-takes-aim-at-saturated-fat-myth
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVf-00w5gk
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKaM330xzg
[6] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3876219.htm
[7] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3881441.htm