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in the form of saturated fat from coconuts. In comparison people living
in the West were getting about 30 to 40 percent of calories from fat.
Compared to Western standards, the health of both island populations
was very good. They had no sign of kidney disease, hypothyroidism or
high blood cholesterol. All of the people were lean and very healthy with
ideal height to weight ratios. “Western diseases such as heart disease,
colitis, colon cancer, ulcers, atherosclerosis and appendicitis were very
rare.
This is not the only study conducted on the effects of diets high in satu-
rated fat. In the 1930s a dentist, Dr. Weston Price, conducted studies on
people living in the Pacific islands. He was very interested in how tradi-
tional diets influenced overall health and well-being, specifically dental
health. He compared populations of islanders who ate traditional food with
those who ate refined food. Dr. Price discovered that islanders who ate
traditional fare were in great health and not overweight despite the fact
that they ate large amounts of saturated fat. Those who traded food with
Western countries and ate a higher percentage of refined foods (high in
carbohydrates) suffered from common Western diseases including obesity
and tooth decay.
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