Who is the Founder of the Mediterranean Diet? Exploring Ancel Keys' Pioneering Research
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In 2010, the Mediterranean diet was recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, but its modern popularity stems from research in the 1950s led by American physiologist Ancel Keys. Keys is widely considered the founder of the modern concept, though the eating patterns he studied had existed for millennia.