A MIDWESTERN DOCTOR: In the 1960s, under a project code-named Project 226, the sugar industry quietly paid a pair of influential Harvard nutritionists, led by Dr. Mark Hegsted, to review the evidence on heart disease. Their job was to dismiss the studies linking sugar to heart disease and to blame saturated fat and cholesterol instead.

In the 1960s, under a project code-named Project 226, the sugar industry quietly paid a pair of influential Harvard nutritionists, led by Dr. Mark Hegsted, to review the evidence on heart disease. Their job was to dismiss the studies linking sugar to heart disease and to blame saturated fat and cholesterol instead. 🧵

— A Midwestern Doctor (@MidwesternDoc) November 14, 2026