Time for a New Approach to Reducing Cardiovascular Disease: Is Limitation on Saturated Fat and Meat Consumption Still Justified?

It was 50 years ago that Ancel Keys published the Seven Countries Study (Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Finland, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States), which showed that increasing dietary saturated fat intake influenced total cholesterol, and the increase in total cholesterol was associated with an increased 10-year coronary heart disease mortality.1Keys A Coronary heart disease in seven countries.Circulation. 1970; 41: 1186-1195Google...