University of Minnesota professor Dr. Ancil Keys helped us win World War II and changed the way we eat.
“I think Ancil Keys is one of the great untold stories in Minnesota history,” Bill Convery with the Minnesota Historical Society said.
Dr. Keys made his mark in the world by pioneering research on our stomachs. Early in WWII, the U.S. government asked Dr. Keys to develop a simple, compact, nutritious meal for soldiers.
“He got the first ingredients by going to a local grocery store in Minneapolis and finding items that were well preserved and had high nutritional value, and that was the baseline to develop a meal that soldiers could take into combat,” Convery said…