By Dr. Royal Lee and Don C. Matchan
Summary: Ostensibly about the connection between illness and refined cooking oils, this interview is a rally call by Dr. Lee for the American people to eschew the processed foods that were destroying their health and return to a diet of nutritious, whole foods. Lee excoriates the leaders of conventional nutrition at the time for actively promoting the consumption of processed foods, specifically calling out Dr. Frederick Stare, head of Harvard's Department of Nutrition, for accepting a million-dollar grant from food-processing giant General Foods. Stare, who also received funding from Coca-Cola and the National Soft Drinks Association, was largely responsible for the deception that refined sugar is harmless, saying it was "not even remotely true that modern sugar consumption contributes to poor health." Later, Stare and his department would also lead the charge in discrediting Dr. Robert Atkins and other proponents of low-carbohydrate diets. From Herald of Health, 1962.
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