Paul Saladino· MD
150 years ago people were eating Tallow and lard and butter and there was no heart disease
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150 years ago people were eating Tallow and lard and butter and there was no heart disease
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125 years ago, 1900, the turn of the century, 99 plus% of the fats we ate were animal fats. Tallow, butter, lard, heart disease. What were heart disease rates 125 years ago? I mean, basically undescribed, right?