Fifty years of change to the lipid diets of Australasians-A recap.
Fifty years of change to the lipid diets of Australasians-A recap. Laurence Eyres FNZIFST History: The situation 50 years ago In 1972 NZ and Australia were experiencing extremely elevated levels of coronary heart disease much in line with the rest of the Western world. In Australasia cheap dairy and animal fats predominated in most consumer’s diet. Figure 1 (Insert courtesy of Professor Rod Jackson) Soft unsaturated margarine and olive oil and other vegetable oils were rarely consumed. New Zealand vegetable oils were on import…