Not every battle during World War II was fought on foreign soil. Ancel Keys' experiment, which set out to study the effects of diet and hunger, would end up permanently changing the lives of its volunteers. This week, Ben discusses the Minnesota Experiment and its effects on its test subjects. 

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Duty to Starve, A. American Radioworks. Last accessed March 17, 2020. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wwii/a1.html

Kalm, Leah M and Richard D Semba. They Stared so that Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment. Oxford Academic. June 1, 2005. https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/135/6/1347/4663828