Great article! The NZ "natural experiment" is pretty cool. You do kind of wonder, how did peoples live in the American West their entire lives, exposed to brutal sun all day long, without all dying of melanoma?!
Exactly. Unfortunately the New Zealand story is World War II, so much after the introduction of seed oils, although presumably not nearly as extensive as in the modern diet.
Great article! The NZ "natural experiment" is pretty cool. You do kind of wonder, how did peoples live in the American West their entire lives, exposed to brutal sun all day long, without all dying of melanoma?!
Exactly. Unfortunately the New Zealand story is World War II, so much after the introduction of seed oils, although presumably not nearly as extensive as in the modern diet.