Diet and Coronary Artery Disease

ATHEROSCLEROSIS of the coronary artery is currently the leading cause of death in the United States and in many west- ern countries. It is remarkable that a disease that was not recognized clinically before 19121 could have in half a century come from this relative obscurity to the commonest cause of death in middle-aged and elderly persons. Al- though its exact etiology is far from settled, intensive study over the past three decades has pointed increasingly to nutritional factors as playing a prominent role.