Cholesterol and beyond: The research on diet and coronary heart disease 1900-2000

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Emergence of Coronary Heart Disease as a Diagnosis....Pages 1-4
Experimental Pathology in St. Petersburg....Pages 5-8
Is Plasma Cholesterol Raised with Human Atherosclerosis?....Pages 9-11
Diet Can Have Worthwhile Effects on Human Plasma Cholesterol....Pages 13-19
A New Type of Observational Epidemiology....Pages 21-24
Serum Triglycerides? Another Risk Factor....Pages 25-27
Fredrickson’s Classification of the Hyperlipoproteinaemias....Pages 29-31
The Seven Countries Study (7CS)....Pages 33-38
Sucrose – An Alternative Dietary Hypothesis....Pages 39-40
HDL-Cholesterol Is Protective....Pages 41-44
Critics and Sceptics....Pages 45-47
Thrombosis on and in Atheroma....Pages 49-50
Dietary Cholesterol May Affect Plasma Cholesterol....Pages 51-56
First Controlled Trials....Pages 57-62
Dietary Fibre....Pages 63-64
Obesity....Pages 65-70
Thrombosis Treated Early....Pages 71-75
Fish Oil....Pages 77-81
Alcohol....Pages 83-90
Coffee....Pages 91-96
Trans-Fatty Acids....Pages 97-102
Antioxidants....Pages 103-107
More Controlled Dietary Trials....Pages 109-114
Trials of Better Drugs....Pages 115-119
Linoleic Acid is Protective....Pages 121-124
Plant Sterols Fade and Return....Pages 125-128
Soy Proteins Versus Casein....Pages 129-132
High Homocysteine Associated with Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 133-137
And Salt Should Be Included....Pages 139-155
How It Adds Up....Pages 157-159
The Big Picture....Pages 161-171
End Notes....Pages 173-179
Back Matter....Pages 181-227