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Peril |
A source of danger |
A four-decades-old study — recently discovered in a dusty basement — has raised new questions about longstanding dietary advice and the perils of saturated fat in the American diet |
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Saturated |
used especially of organic compounds, here is kind of fat |
A four-decades-old study — recently discovered in a dusty basement — has raised new questions about longstanding dietary advice and the perils of saturated fat in the American diet |
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Mortality |
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area |
The study was intended to show that removing saturated fat from people’s diets and replacing it with polyunsaturated fat from vegetable oils would protect them against heart disease and lower their mortality. |
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Prominent |
describe someone is outstanding, important in some areas |
Dr. Frantz, who died in 2009, had been a prominent scientist at the university, where he studied the link between saturated fat and heart disease. |
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Incipient |
occurring at the beginning |
This is a hot spot, a warning sign of an incipient blister |
