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A short history of saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus
https://journals.lww.com/co-endocrinology/fulltext/2023/02000/a_short_history_of_saturated_fat__the_making_and.10.aspx
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41957637

* idea that saturated fats cause heart disease - diet-heart hypothesis -introduced in 1950s
* based on weak, associational evidence
* clinical trials could never establish causal link
* appears saturated fats have no effect on cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, total mortality
* pot. conflict of interest for American Heart Association

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