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• Archive: The mid-twentieth century marked an unprecedented era in the science of nutrition, a revolution in our understanding of food and health that was largely spearheaded by one man: Dr. Royal Lee.
• Now you can relive this journey of discovery with Lectures of Dr. Royal Lee, Volume I, a select treasury of Lee’s most notable talks, dating from 1940 to 1963.
• These were the early days of fake nutrition, when the public was first introduced to synthetic vitamins, butter substitutes, and processed foods of all kinds.
• Unsurprisingly, this shift away from real food coincided with skyrocketing rates of so-called “diseases of civilization.” Powerful food interests and the medical community called it a coincidence. But here’s what Lee had to say on the matter:
• Can a single substance be a vitamin?