CHEM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Coronary Artery Disease, Hypercholesterolemia, Coronary Circulation

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 110
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

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Sylvester graham: 1794-1851, stay away from meat, never drink water with a meal, eat only whole grain products. Horace fletcher: 1849-1919, the great masticator , doesn"t matter what you eat, as long as you chew it a lot. John harvey kellog: 1853-1943, very against meat, not fit for humans to eat. James salisbury: 1823-1905, humans need meat, grains are for animals. 1984: time magazine cover: eggs and bacon bad because of cholesterol, 1999 cover: eggs are again on the cover, now ok. Lowering cholesterol by diet= very difficult to do. Ancel keys: 1904-2004, well known physiologist, laid foundation for lipid hypothesis, heart disease linked to cholesterol levels in blood, cholesterol from saturated fats in the diet, overall fat content of diet. Nikolai anichkov: 1885-1964, carried out experiments with habits, feed them cholesterol, determine that this leads to buildup of deposit in arteries, trigger heart attacks.