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I wonder... how common was heart disease before saturated fats were demonized, and ultra-processed plant oils were pushed as the "healthier" alternative? What a

• Cthulhu_ 9y ago
  The problem with that claim is that you have to go back decades, where general quality of life was different, life expectancy was lower and the causes of death were different - or harder to assess. as this chart shows, average life expectancy has gone up from 50 to 75 in the past 50 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Life_Expectancy_at_Birth_by_Region_1950-2050.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Li..., while this page (http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/med/heart/h2/coronaryd.htm http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/med/heart/h2/coronaryd.htm) indicates most heart disease only starts to show up after the age of 50. So yeah, a bit hard to assess combined with higher life expectancy. Not impossible though, I'm sure there's good research out there.
  • Valmar 9y ago
    Yeah, this could make it slightly difficult. Good thing I asked the question, though, because this answers it in a way, unlike the other unhelpful commentor.
• switch007 9y ago
  Good, step one: make an observation. For the remaining steps, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVnuFY20st0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVnuFY20st0 :P
  • Valmar 9y ago
    This does nothing to answer my question, which was sincere. I'm really just looking for statistics, but don't know where to start looking.