Saturday, November 22, 2025

SAMA HOOLE: 1953: Ancel Keys cherry-picks 7 countries that support his hypothesis, ignores the 15 countries that contradict it, publishes anyway.

1950: Ancel Keys looks at data from 22 countries 1953: Ancel Keys publishes "Seven Countries Study" Wait, sorry, let me correct that: 1950: Ancel Keys looks at data from 22 countries showing no correlation between saturated fat and heart disease. 1953: Ancel Keys cherry-picks 7 countries that support his hypothesis, ignores the 15 countries that contradict it, publishes anyway. 1961: American Heart Association adopts Keys' recommendations. 1977: US Dietary Guidelines recommend low-fat diet. 1980s: Obesity epidemic begins. 1990s: Diabetes epidemic begins 2000s: Heart disease remains #1 killer despite 40 years of low-fat advice. 2010s: Original data released showing Keys committed fraud. 2020s: Guidelines remain unchanged, everyone ignores the fraud. This is your "saturated fat causes heart disease" evidence. One man's cherry-picked data from 1953, proven fraudulent, but we've built 70 years of policy on it and nobody wants to admit we were wrong. Meanwhile, populations eating high saturated fat (Inuit, Masai) have zero heart disease. But those populations don't count because they contradict the narrative.
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