Dr. Walter Willett

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• February 11, 2013
  Does Coconut Oil Clog Arteries?

  Sellers of coconut oil use a beef industry tactic to downplay the risks associated with the saturated fat in their products.
• March 14, 2012
  Harvard’s Meat and Mortality Studies

  Monday, March 12, 2012, the Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study concluded that red meat consumption was associated with living a significantly shorter..
• November 1, 2011
  Plant Protein Preferable

  Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard's nutrition department, recommends we emphasize plant sources of protein rather than animal sources.