Tag: world war 1

• Whole-food Plant-based Diets and Impact on Heart Disease Mortality

  A common accusation regarding Keys is that he made his claims regarding diet and nutrition without the benefit of studies. There are numerous studies both before and after this paper performed by Keys and other researchers.

  Some examples are listed below.

  One result of the British naval blockade of the North Sea during WWI was that over 400,000 Germans died due to malnutrition from 1914 to 1918.

  Dr. Mikkel Hindhede (1862-1945) was the manager of the Danish National Laboratory for Nutrition Research in Copenhagen during World War I.

  Denmark converted to a diet "mostly of milk, vegetables and bran" and "the people received sufficient nutrition".

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  30 April 2026