| Discovery |
Reaction |
Years
Before Acceptance |
Pine needle
tea cures scurvy
|
Called Witchcraft
|
50+ |
1923 Otto
Warburg, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, discovers the cause
of cancer.
|
His discoveries
are ignored. Researchers today are still looking in the wrong
place for a cure.
|
? |
1928 Dr.
Fleming discovers penicillin
|
Ridiculed
for 12 years
|
12 |
In 1848
Dr. Semmelweis discovers washing hands prevents infection
|
He was fired
|
25 |
1863
William Banting demonstrates that Dr. Harvey's program minimizing
carbohydrates achieves weight loss (and great health) |
Ignored
|
41+
|
Dr. Budwig
documents risks from trans-fats
|
Margarine
industry starts vicious attacks in 1930's
|
70+ |
1956
Lancet warns of hydrogenated oils (like margarine) causing massive
heart disease. |
Nutritional
recommendations don't change |
47 |
1982 EFAs
shown to help prevent heart disease
|
Still not
known: low consumer awareness, growing support from the medical
community.
|
? |
1984
Lancet reported "No saturated fat found in arterial clog." |
Results
kept hidden |
?
|
1993
Medical journal Circulation urges food-processing industry to
replace unnatural man-made trans fats with naturally occurring
fats. |
Nutritional
recommendations do not change. |
11 |
1994
Journal of Cardiovascular Risk reports that replacing fat with
carbohydrates does not significantly reduce cholesterol levels. |
Nutritional
recommendations do not change. |
?
|
1997 Harvard
recognizes trans-fats link to Heart Disease.
|
Widespread
media coverage - official dietary recommendations just beginning
to change.
|
? |
1997
Major Harvard University study concludes: Heart Disease NOT caused
by natural fats. |
Nutritional
recommendations do not change. |
?
|
1998 Protein
shown to help broken bones head faster - not slower.
|
Nutritional
recommendations do not change.
|
? |
