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AHA recommends 25-30% of calories from total fat and indicates type of fat is important.
January 1, 1957
AHA |
Heart Disease |
Diet-Heart Hypothesis |
Cholesterol |
Fat |
Dietary Fat Recommendations
1957:
• 25-30% of calories from total fat.
• “The possibility remains that the kind, rather than the amount of fat in the diet is responsible for atherosclerosis.”