Ancel Keys
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1904 – 2004
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Who was Ancel Keys?
Ancel Benjamin Keys was an American scientist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesized that different kinds of dietary fat have different effects on health.
He examined the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and was responsible for two famous diets: K-rations, formulated as balanced meals for combat soldiers in World War II, and the Mediterranean diet, which, with his wife Margaret, he popularized. Science, diet, and health were central themes in his professional and private lives.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1904
Colorado Springs - Spouses
- Margaret Keys
(1939 - 2004/11/20)
- Margaret Keys
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- King's College, Cambridge
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 20, 2004
Minneapolis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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