Paul Dudley White, founder of the American Heart Association, was a man on a mission. He is known as the founding father of the specialty field of cardiology. A field that did not exist before his time.

Upon his graduation from Harvard Medical School, in 1911, there was no word to describe a heart attack in the United States. It wasn't until 1912 that a paper describing coronary thrombosis showed up in an American publication.

The very first publication in the world, describing the condition, was in 1910. The very first confirmed diagnosis of a heart attack, in the history of the world, was reported in 1878 by a German-American doctor visiting England.

All things considered, the heart attack is indeed a 20th century phenomenon. Misinformation is the name of the game when it comes to the heart attack. For example, do a search for the cause of Mark Twain's death in 1910.

Here's a quote from a book titled "Heart Disease" published by Dr. White in 1943:
"When I graduated from medical school in 1911, I had never heard of coronary thrombosis." Ironically, 1911 was about the time garbage was first introduced into our food system.

A person should wonder just how we could conclude Mark Twain died of a heart attack in 1910. After all, the founder of the field of cardiology had never even heard of a word describing a heart attack upon graduation from medical school in 1911.

The fact is, the first recorded heart attack, in the U.S., occurred in 1921. It wasn't until 1928 that Dr. White treated his first heart attack patient(7 years into his practice). Dr. White is most known for his care of president Eisenhower after he suffered a heart attack. What is not well publicized is president Eisenhower's serum cholesterol level at the time of his first heart attack.

During a televised fundraiser to promote a diet low in cholesterol, in the late 1950s, Dr. White was pressed to support the diet. His reply to the pressure was "See here, I began my practice as a cardiologist in 1921 and I never saw an MI (heart attack) patient until 1928. Back in the MI free days before 1920, the fats were butter and lard and I think that we would all benefit from the kind of diet that we had at a time when no one had ever heard the word corn oil."

There is no doubt, Paul Dudley White was a man on a mission and his focus was genuine. Put a stop to this terrible disease that afflicts so many Americans. According to the CDC, heart disease is the number one killer of Americans today.

View this with a logical mind. All evidence indicates that heart disease was not a major issue 100 years ago. What does this say about an association between long term genetics and heart disease? What does this say about a diet high in saturated animal fat?

Perhaps think about today's high rate of heart disease among the Native American population. Some of the healthiest people on the planet just 100 years ago. Today, Native Americans tend to follow the government recommended diet.

What does this say about those foods, sanctioned by the American Heart Association, and labeled with a healthy heart in our grocery stores?

The picture becomes clear.