Could a single man, Ancel Benjamin Keys, indirectly be responsible for more mayhem than any other figure from the 20th century? Keys’ so-called ‘diet-heart hypothesis’ convinced a generation to eschew eating fat and turn instead to sugar, carbohydrate and processed vegetable oils for nutrition. It may turn out to be one of the most deadly ideas of modern civilization.
Adam Kosloff, Caloriegate.com
