Cholesterol: The Great Bluff (2016) Movie Script

Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'Cause I only have eyes for you
Dear
The moon
This American advert
for an anti-cholesterol drug
tells us that an insidious evil
can eat away at us,
even if we feel healthy.
For the last 60 years,
cholesterol has been the subject
of fierce scientific disputes
and huge industrial revenue.
Which arguments
and which influences
lead us to believe
that cholesterol
has a harmful effect
on our arteries?
How has cholesterol earned
itself a negative reputation
when it's a substance that
is essential for our survival?

You are
The story we want
to tell you today
is really sort of
a detective story
and it has a complicated plot.
The killer
is cardiovascular disease.
Heart failure,
as some of us call it.
The victims
or potential victims
are you and me.
And the detectives
are a team of scientists
operating at
the University of Minnesota.
The facts are simple.
You know the chief killer
of Americans
is cardiovascular disease.
Disorders and degeneration
of the heart and blood vessels.
Of ten men, we can expect
five to get it.