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Follow a lecture by Dr David Diamond to see how food myths spread.
BOOKS
Letter on Corpulence
Addressed to the Public — third edition
google.com/books/edition/Letter_on_Corpulence/bjS0AAAAIAAJ
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
amazon.com/Dr-Atkins-New-Diet-Revolution-audiobook/dp/B000782EUO/ref=sr_1_1
The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live
amazon.com/Great-Starvation-Experiment-Starved-Millions-ebook/dp/B000GCFXO0/ref=sr_1_1
How to eat well and stay well the Mediterranean way by Ancel and Margaret Keys
amazon.com/How-eat-well-stay-Mediterranean/dp/0385009062/ref=sr_1_1
War on Disease: History of the Lister Institute
amazon.com/War-Disease-History-Lister-Institute/dp/0233962204/ref=sr_1_1
Nutritional Epidemiology by Walter Willett
amazon.com/Nutritional-Epidemiology-Monographs-Biostatistics/dp/0199754039/ref=sr_1_1
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, by Marion Nestle
amazon.com/Food-Politics-Influences-Nutrition-California/dp/0520275969/ref=sr_1_1
VIDEOS
David Diamond- Demonization and Deception in Cholesterol Research
youtu.be/yX1vBA9bLNk?si=ysQ6nbegJ2vWYRL2
Steve Jobs, Climate Change, and Beef: Insights from Chris MacAskill | The Proof Podcast
youtu.be/NIbBr3BBUCg?si=BgABmfDzhtidb0Kl
Mastering the Art of Healthy Eating: Diet Tips and Nutrition Research | Dr Willett | The Proof
youtu.be/Dx2JUtngxkw?si=LoKLkxt2rUxoTQx3
The Minnesota Semistarvation Experiment
youtube.com/watch?v=hcjdPE1nDQg
Italy and Crete Pilot Study 1957
youtu.be/qGU_NX8Ao5E?si=C_E7VRrj0JwMLMwz
PAPERS
Statin therapy is not warranted for a person with high LDL-cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet by David Diamond
journals.lww.com/co-endocrinology/fulltext/2022/10000/statin_therapy_is_not_warranted_for_a_person_with.14.aspx
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13196
Ten Years of Life: Is It a Matter of Choice?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/648593
Red Meat Consumption and Mortality: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1134845
Cross-cultural associations:
Cross-cultural correlations after 25 and 50 years follow-up
sevencountriesstudy.com/study-findings/cross-cultural-25-year-findings
So Is It Okay to Eat More Red and Processed Meat? A study last October said so, but the journal’s decision to publish wasn’t necessarily okay.
scientificamerican.com/article/so-is-it-okay-to-eat-more-red-and-processed-meat
10 patients, 10 years – Long term follow-up of cardiovascular risk factors in Glut1 deficiency treated with ketogenic diet therapies: A prospective, multicenter case series
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561417313997
Review of Big Fat Surprise should have questioned author's claims by Henry Blackburn
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31886-5/fulltext
Long term effects of ketogenic diet in obese subjects with high cholesterol level
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16652223
They Starved So That Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment
jn.nutrition.org/article/S0022-3166(22)10249-X/fulltext
LESSONS FROM SERUM CHOLESTEROL STUDIES IN JAPAN, HAWAII AND LOS ANGELES by Ancel Keys
drive.google.com/file/d/1rzdJ4mSi15y6JXOmfSIGJu0e3jHVpVZB/view?usp=sharing
Time magazine cover story of Ancel Keys
drive.google.com/file/d/1at-yiv3vKZWFLwLkngVr8B16DSvd3ewc/view?usp=drive_link
Atherosclerosis: A Problem in Newer Public Health by Ancel Keys 1953
http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Keys-Atherosclerosis-A-Problem-in-Newer-Public-Health.pdf
Fat in the Diet and Mortality from Heart Disease
drive.google.com/file/d/1X1mTYR8szctFFu5J2pbfNQRgk51RCi76/view?usp=sharing
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
Further response from Hoenselaar
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/further-response-from-hoenselaar/F122D4C4F6BEC958EE171146A62EDB9B
0:00 Truth goggles?
2:10 Dr. Diamond claim about LDL
2:49 Banting: low carb?
6:31 Densmore: no carbs?
8:07 Kellogg: vegetarian?
8:38 Pennington & Atkins: fat?
9:53 Is low carb healthy?
10:53 Ancel Keys
12:19 The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
13:41 Ancel Keys Time magazine cover
14:34 Ancel Keys famous 1953 graph
23:03 The Seven Countries Study
25:33 Epidemiology
29:18 Dr. Diamond paper on statins
30:47 France
34:32 How misinformation spreads
Follow a lecture by Dr David Diamond to see how food myths spread.
BOOKS
Letter on Corpulence
Addressed to the Public — third edition
google.com/books/edition/Letter_on_Corpulence/bjS0AAAAIAAJ
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
amazon.com/Dr-Atkins-New-Diet-Revolution-audiobook/dp/B000782EUO/ref=sr_1_1
The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live
amazon.com/Great-Starvation-Experiment-Starved-Millions-ebook/dp/B000GCFXO0/ref=sr_1_1
How to eat well and stay well the Mediterranean way by Ancel and Margaret Keys
amazon.com/How-eat-well-stay-Mediterranean/dp/0385009062/ref=sr_1_1
War on Disease: History of the Lister Institute
amazon.com/War-Disease-History-Lister-Institute/dp/0233962204/ref=sr_1_1
Nutritional Epidemiology by Walter Willett
amazon.com/Nutritional-Epidemiology-Monographs-Biostatistics/dp/0199754039/ref=sr_1_1
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, by Marion Nestle
amazon.com/Food-Politics-Influences-Nutrition-California/dp/0520275969/ref=sr_1_1
VIDEOS
David Diamond- Demonization and Deception in Cholesterol Research
youtu.be/yX1vBA9bLNk?si=ysQ6nbegJ2vWYRL2
Steve Jobs, Climate Change, and Beef: Insights from Chris MacAskill | The Proof Podcast
youtu.be/NIbBr3BBUCg?si=BgABmfDzhtidb0Kl
Mastering the Art of Healthy Eating: Diet Tips and Nutrition Research | Dr Willett | The Proof
youtu.be/Dx2JUtngxkw?si=LoKLkxt2rUxoTQx3
The Minnesota Semistarvation Experiment
youtube.com/watch?v=hcjdPE1nDQg
Italy and Crete Pilot Study 1957
youtu.be/qGU_NX8Ao5E?si=C_E7VRrj0JwMLMwz
PAPERS
Statin therapy is not warranted for a person with high LDL-cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet by David Diamond
journals.lww.com/co-endocrinology/fulltext/2022/10000/statin_therapy_is_not_warranted_for_a_person_with.14.aspx
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13196
Ten Years of Life: Is It a Matter of Choice?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/648593
Red Meat Consumption and Mortality: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1134845
Cross-cultural associations:
Cross-cultural correlations after 25 and 50 years follow-up
sevencountriesstudy.com/study-findings/cross-cultural-25-year-findings
So Is It Okay to Eat More Red and Processed Meat? A study last October said so, but the journal’s decision to publish wasn’t necessarily okay.
scientificamerican.com/article/so-is-it-okay-to-eat-more-red-and-processed-meat
10 patients, 10 years – Long term follow-up of cardiovascular risk factors in Glut1 deficiency treated with ketogenic diet therapies: A prospective, multicenter case series
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561417313997
Review of Big Fat Surprise should have questioned author's claims by Henry Blackburn
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31886-5/fulltext
Long term effects of ketogenic diet in obese subjects with high cholesterol level
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16652223
They Starved So That Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment
jn.nutrition.org/article/S0022-3166(22)10249-X/fulltext
LESSONS FROM SERUM CHOLESTEROL STUDIES IN JAPAN, HAWAII AND LOS ANGELES by Ancel Keys
drive.google.com/file/d/1rzdJ4mSi15y6JXOmfSIGJu0e3jHVpVZB/view?usp=sharing
Time magazine cover story of Ancel Keys
drive.google.com/file/d/1at-yiv3vKZWFLwLkngVr8B16DSvd3ewc/view?usp=drive_link
Atherosclerosis: A Problem in Newer Public Health by Ancel Keys 1953
http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Keys-Atherosclerosis-A-Problem-in-Newer-Public-Health.pdf
Fat in the Diet and Mortality from Heart Disease
drive.google.com/file/d/1X1mTYR8szctFFu5J2pbfNQRgk51RCi76/view?usp=sharing
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
Further response from Hoenselaar
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/further-response-from-hoenselaar/F122D4C4F6BEC958EE171146A62EDB9B
0:00 Truth goggles?
2:10 Dr. Diamond claim about LDL
2:49 Banting: low carb?
6:31 Densmore: no carbs?
8:07 Kellogg: vegetarian?
8:38 Pennington & Atkins: fat?
9:53 Is low carb healthy?
10:53 Ancel Keys
12:19 The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
13:41 Ancel Keys Time magazine cover
14:34 Ancel Keys famous 1953 graph
23:03 The Seven Countries Study
25:33 Epidemiology
29:18 Dr. Diamond paper on statins
30:47 France
34:32 How misinformation spreads
