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Jan 26, 1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Died on 20 Nov 2004 (aged 100)
American nutritionist
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About Ancel Keys
- Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 – November 20, 2004) was an American physiologist who studied the influence of diet on health.
- In particular, he hypothesized that dietary saturated fat causes cardiovascular heart disease and should be avoided.
- Modern dietary recommendations by health organizations, systematic reviews, and national health agencies corroborate this. Keys studied starvation in men and published The Biology of Human Starvation (1950), which remains the only source of its kind.
- He examined the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and was responsible for two famous diets: K-rations, formulated as balanced meals for combat soldiers in World War II, and the Mediterranean diet, which he popularized with his wife Margaret.
- Science, diet, and health were central themes in his professional and private lives.
