Historical Event

All History

Copy URL to Share

Date:

January 1, 1960

Short Description:

Tweet:

Reddit:

AHA is a rich and powerful group controlling the heart disease conversation, and funded by P&G

Title:

Book:

Person:

URL:

Important Text:

By 1960, it had more than 300 chapters and brought in more than $30 million annually. With continued support from P&G and other food giants, the AHA would soon become the premiere heart disease group in the United States, as well as the largest not for profit group of any kind in the country.

By 1960, the AHA was investing hundreds of millions of dollars in research.The group had become the authoritative source of information about heart disease for the public, government agencies, and professionals alike, including the media."-Nina Teicholz - The Big Fat Surprise - Page 48

Topics: (click image to open)

	AHA	The American Heart Association promotes LDL-C as the best biomarker to predict heart disease and prefers low saturated fat diets to reduce it. However, they are possibly biased by the Seed Oil Industry.
	Diet-Heart Hypothesis	The diet-heart hypothesis, also known as the lipid hypothesis, proposes that there is a direct relationship between dietary fat intake, particularly saturated fat and cholesterol, and the development of heart disease. It suggests that consuming high amounts of these fats leads to an increase in blood cholesterol levels, specifically low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which in turn contributes to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries. Some consider this hypothesis nothing more than wishful thinking.