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