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Robert Roy Britt

10 researchers, doctors and experts ranked 10 popular schemes & eating patterns on heart health.

No surprise, & Mediterranean plans topped the list, followed by then .

At the bottom: &

Nothing new in the analysis, backed by the American Heart Assn, but if you have any questions about how to eat or why certain diets are healthy and others don't work in the long term—or you just like to argue about this stuff—see:

newsroom.heart.org/news/10-pop

American Heart Association10 popular diets scored for heart-healthy elements; some need improvementStatement Highlights: A new American Heart Association scientific statement assesses and scores the heart healthiness of popular dietary patterns. Several dietary patterns, including the DASH-style eating plan, Mediterranean, pescatarian and...

@robertroybritt

Don't trust AHA. It's fake science propaganda outlet funder by big-food:

"<...>Or it could be due to its significant, longstanding reliance on funding from interested industries, such as the vegetable-oil manufacturer Procter & Gamble, maker of Crisco, which virtually launched the AHA as a nation-wide powerhouse in 1948 by designating the then-needy group to receive all the funds from a radio contest it sponsored (about $17 million)<...>"

latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-o

@robertroybritt

#food #health

Consider reading Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz and Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes.