A handful of researchers did try to do randomized controlled trials—the gold standard for testing medical interventions—to see if low saturated fat or low cholesterol diets actually helped prevent heart attacks and deaths, as the hypothesis predicted.

少数的研究者设法随机控制测试——医疗干预测试的黄金法则——来看低饱和脂肪和低胆固醇饮食是否能帮助预防心因性猝死，如假设预测的一样。