Seven Countries Study

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A prospective long-term epidemiologic study conducted in Finland, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, US, and Yugoslavia, which examined the relationship of dietary fats in middle-aged men with coronary artery disease, and linked heart disease to increased saturated fats
Tracked risk factors Diet, blood pressure, weight, cigarette smoking, exercise habits, saturated and monounsaturated fats
Conclusions Death rates were related positively to average percentage of dietary energy from saturated fatty acids, negatively to dietary energy percentage from monounsaturated fatty acids, and were unrelated to dietary energy percentage from polyunsaturated fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and alcohol

Seven Countries study

Cardiology A prospective 10-yr epidemiologic study which examined the relation of dietary fats in middle-aged ♂ with CAD, and linked CHD to ↑ saturated fats SCS tracked risk factors Diet, BP, weight, cigarette smoking, exercise habits

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No references found			Whitney and Rolfes even tout (p 174) the Seven Countries Study of Ancel Keys, long exposed as a fraud that suppressed data. Understanding Nutrition, 10th ed by Kauffman, Joel M. / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons But the Seven Countries Study is far from the only study that demonstrated the benefits of a Mediterranean diet. The great American heart hoax by Ozner, Michael / Life Extension Ancel Keys reported on the landmark Seven Countries Study. Mediterranean diet, fewer heart events linked by Jancin, Bruce / Clinical Psychiatry News			set test set- set-fast set-point set-square tooth numbering system seta setaceous Setaria Setaria1 Setaria2 setback setoff seton Setonyx brachyurus Setosphaeria rostrata setpoint hypothesis setterwort setting Setting Sun Sign settled settlement setup Seurat Spleen Seutin shears sevelamer Seven Countries Study Seven Day Fever Seven Deadly Myths Seven Moods Seven Year Itch seventh cranial nerve Seventh Day Disease Seventy-Two-Hour Detention Seventy-Two-Hour Fast Sever's disease severe severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) severe combined immunodeficiency severe combined immunodeficiency disease severe sepsis severely debilitating illness severity of pitting scale severity-adjusted death rate severity-of-disease scoring system Severn Bore Effect Sevin sevoflurane sewage sewejaartjie sex			Sevelamer hydrochloride SEVEM seven seven seven seven seven Seven Abominable Sins Seven Against Thebes Seven Against Thebes Seven Bishops' Trial Seven Bladed Beta Propeller Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Seven Bridges Ice Arena Seven Bridges of Königsberg Seven Brothers Kurgans and Gorodishche Seven capital sins Seven capital vices Seven card stud Seven cardinal sins Seven chord Seven chord Seven Churches in Asia Seven churches of Asia Seven Cities of Cibola Seven climes Seven climes Seven climes Seven Continental Trade Link Seven Corners Localization Initiative Seven Countries Study Seven Day Fever Seven Day Physical Activity Recall Seven Days Seven Days A Week Seven days a week; 24 hours a day Seven Days Battle Seven Days Battles Seven Days Campaign Seven Days' Battle Seven Days' Battles Seven Deacons Seven Deadly Myths Seven deadly sins Seven deadly sins Seven deadly sins Seven Degrees-Of-Freedom Seven Devils State Recreation Site Seven Dials European Property Fund Seven dwarfs Seven dwarves Seven eleven Seven Failures Before The Taking of Vicksburg Seven five three Seven for all Mankind

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