Fred Kummerow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFred Kummerow
American physiologist
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1914
Place of Birth: Berlin
Date of Death: 31-May-2017
Profession: biochemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Fred Kummerow
- Fred August Kummerow (October 4, 1914 – May 31, 2017) was a German-born American biochemist.
- A longtime professor of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Kummerow was best known as an opponent of the use of artificial trans fats in processed foods, carrying out a 50-year campaign for a federal ban on the use of the substance in processed foods.
- He was one of the pioneers in establishing the connection between trans fats and heart disease, and he helped to cement the inclusion of trans fats into the Nurses' Health Study.
- He also helped discover that it is oxidized cholesterol, rather than the cholesterol, that causes heart disease.
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