After the Czech government stopped subsidizing butter and fatty meats, heart disease deaths in men dropped dramatically over the next two decades.

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Rapid Drop in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Czech Male Population—What Was Actually behind It?

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2022 Nov 9

When the Czech government stopped subsidizing fatty foods like butter and lard, people ate less of them, their blood cholesterol dropped, and far fewer men died of heart disease—without any new medicines being used.

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Rapid Drop in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Czech Male Population—What Was Actually behind It?

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DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112871

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