Back in the early 1900s to the 1960s, more people died of heart disease, and that was probably because they started smoking more and eating foods that made their blood cholesterol go up.

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The epidemic of the 20(th) century: coronary heart disease.

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The study says that more people died of heart disease in the 1900s because they smoked more and ate foods that raised bad cholesterol — which is exactly what the claim says.

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The epidemic of the 20(th) century: coronary heart disease.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.04.015

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