The Claim
The historical association between saturated fat consumption and heart disease was established through selective reporting of data from a 22-country analysis, in which only findings from 7 countries supporting the hypothesis were published, while data from 15 countries showing no association were omitted.
What the research says
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These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
The idea that saturated fat causes heart disease might have started because scientists only shared part of the data — they published results from 7 countries that supported the link, but left out data from 15 others that didn’t show a connection.
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The historical association between saturated fat and heart disease was based on selective reporting of data from a 22-country analysis, where only 7 countries supporting the hypothesis were published, while 15 showing no link were omitted.
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