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I’ve made no secret that I don’t like Food Frequency Questionnaires. (FFQ). I understand why they are used; when a study may contain 500, 5,000, or 500,000 subjects, to do a dietary recall of the prior 24 hours, using a dietician to help determine portion sizes, would be close to impossible or very difficult at […]
The next study actually precedes the heme iron paper, not only in time but in size—with close to 2 million subjects! This was an attempt to check on whether red meat, chicken, or processed red meat, such as bacon and sausage, are associated with type 2 diabetes. This was a Herculean task that would never […]
The abstract begins simply enough: “Dietary Haem iron intake is linked to an increased risk of Type 2 Diabetes.” Haem iron is another word for heme iron, iron sourced from animal meat. But let’s get back to the statement. The first question that pops into my mind is this: how did they measure iron intake […]
In July and August, I wrote about recently published studies on multivitamins and mortality and fish oil and atrial fibrillation. My criticism of those observational studies was because the analyses of the data were incomplete, in my opinion. Here’s how the study we just finished on quercetin and irritable bowel did the correct analysis. Researchers […]
In the study I talked about on Saturday, the typical way of analyzing this data is to divide the group into segments by a specific variable and then compare the hazard ratios. In this case, the variable was quercetin and they chose to divide the subjects up by quartiles. During the follow-up time of nine […]
It seems many people experience digestive issues, from constipation, heartburn, and many types of irritation in their bowels. Many people are avoiding some food or ingredient—from gluten, most often found in wheat and bread products, to certain ingredients that are found in food, at least the foods that are available today. I have a slight […]
I love behind-the-scenes shows: how do things work? That probably explains why I like to dig into health studies the way I do. My latest fascination is with a show on the National Geographic channel called Disaster Autopsy. Several scientists examine man-made disasters to find out what went wrong. Most of the time, it comes […]
A recent paper used an interesting approach to treat pancreatic cancer using a high-fat diet. That flies in the face of the typical approach: “If it was ever alive, don’t eat it.” In other words, a vegan diet. I’ve reviewed fasting prior to cancer treatment, which demonstrated improved outcomes for those who fasted, but this […]
How many of you have had this experience: “Why did I walk into this room—what was I supposed to do?” I’ll bet you begin to wonder, “Am I losing it?” I don’t think so, but just to be sure, I decided to present the Lancet Commission’s latest update for dementia prevention, intervention, and care. They’ve […]
Back pain is a leading cause of work-loss days according to the Georgetown University Heath Policy Institute; that’s true in just about every high-income country. Finding a solution to reduce back pain occurrence not only reduces lost wages but also improves the quality of life of the individual. Researchers in Australia wanted to find out […]
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