Atherosclerosis: Is Diet A Cause or The Cause?

Abstract

Evidence is accumulating that diet is a cause rather than the cause of atherosclerosis. It is equally clear that many factors other than diet participate in atherogenesis. The social and economic importance of atherosclerosis is so great that the current timid approach may justifiably be supplanted by a more aggressive experimental approach to include sick and well persons. An eight point program is suggested for persons with high blood cholesterol levels and a history of early vascular disease in the family.