ABSTRACT
Dietary fats have been reported to be connected with several diseases since the early 1960s. These included coronary heart disease, obesity, and several others. Most of these connections were hypotheses based on nding certain lipids at the “site” of the “crime” and assuming that they caused the “crime.” In some cases, there was some epidemiological evidence that certain types of lipids were found to be associated with certain observed diseases. In other instances, they were found to be benecial. One of the best known theories became known as the “Diet/Heart Hypothesis” and was widely accepted by the medical profession in spite of objections by some well-respected researchers and practitioners.
