Ancel Keys
Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 – November 20, 2004) was an American scientist. He is known for researching human nutrition. On January 13, 1961, Keys was on the cover of Time magazine.[1]
Keys cherrypicked data in order to make it seem like saturated fats were the reason why heart disease was increasing.[2] He criticized some work against sugars. When fellow scientist John Yudkin said that sugar plays a major role in heart disease, Keys wrote:
It is clear that Yudkin has no theoretical basis or experimental evidence to support his claim for a major influence of dietary sucrose in the [cause] of CHD; his claim that men who have CHD are excessive sugar eaters is nowhere confirmed but is disproved by many studies superior in methodology and/or magnitude to his own; and his "evidence" from population statistics and time trends will not bear up under the most elementary critical examination. But the propaganda keeps on reverberating ...[3][4]
Multiple studies have proved Keys wrong.[5]
Keys died when he was 100 years old.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The TIME Vault: January 13, 1961". TIME.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ↑ Guys, The Food (2 May 2015). "Sugar vs. Cholesterol: John Yudkin vs. Ancel Keys". www.mtpr.org. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ↑ Keys, Ancel (1971). "Sucrose in the Diet and Coronary Heart Disease". Atherosclerosis. 14 (2): 193–202. doi:10.1016/0021-9150(71)90049-9. PMID 4940760.
- ↑ Keys, Ancel (1975). "Coronary Heart Disease - The Global Picture". Atherosclerosis. 22 (2): 149–192. doi:10.1016/0021-9150(75)90001-5. PMID 1103902.
- ↑ Malik, Vasanti S; Schulze, Matthias B; Hu, Frank B (August 2006). "Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain: a systematic review". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 84 (2): 274–288. doi:10.1093/ajcn/84.1.274. ISSN 0002-9165. PMC 3210834. PMID 16895873.
- ↑ Brody, Jane E. (23 November 2004). "Dr. Ancel Keys, 100, Promoter of Mediterranean Diet, Dies". The New York Times.
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