Ancel Keys and The Seven Countries Study: New Paper!
Check out this WHITE PAPER from the True Health Initiative on the Seven Countries Study. What is it, what are the controversies, and what is true? Ancel Keys, Time Magazine, 1961 In 2016, I wrote a piece as a response to the viral article "The Sugar Conspiracy," reexamining some of the claims of the author, particularly with regards to Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study. Aspects of the story struck me as slightly fishy, so I figured I'd dig into the original research an
Must Read Books about Nutrition that AREN'T Diet Books
It's January and you might be swamped with Facebook stories about your friends going on cleanses, or hot yoga binges, or committing to a month with no added sugar, or eating strictly cotton balls. Or they're reading some book heavy on the nutribabble and light on the science and telling you ALL ABOUT IT. Le sigh. Maybe you- the dedicated nutrition nerd - need to escape from the madness. Maybe you want to send your friends a book full of common sense (but maybe don't be that p
Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study: A Response to "The Sugar Conspiracy"
UPDATE: On 8/1/17, the True Health Initiative released a thorough and complete historical assessment of the Seven Countries Study. I worked with co-authors as well as researchers from the ORIGINAL Seven Countries team to put the study, and modern misinterpretations to the test. See my blog post about it here, and read the paper! A week ago, a wonderfully written, albeit scathing, longform article entitled, “The Sugar Conspiracy” was published in the Guardian by Ian Leslie. I