Ancel Keys

The Beautiful Bean

Legumes are rich in protein and fiber and four servings a week reduce your risk of heart attack by 22%. 2017 is “The Year of the Legume.”

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Decreasing Cholesterol: drugs and diet

The discovery of LDL, statins and genetics led to an overall reduction in cardiac mortality. Risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and high blood sugars increase risk only with high LDL.

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Ancel Keys and Revisionist History

Was Ancel Keys responsible for the modern epidemic of obesity? If you have read any low carb blog lately, you would think so. Their revisionist history is broken down to this: Ancel Keys was an influential scientist who thought fat was to blame for heart disease He did a study of diet and correlated fat…

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