Posting suspended After repeating almost daily for 8 years some version of the simple truth that correlation is not causation, I have had e...
Changing dietary "wisdom" Cut sugar intake by half, eat seven or nine portions of fruit and vegetables a day rather than five, avo...
Pregnant women who take SSRI antidepressants are three times more likely to have a child with autism This is just correlational stuff. The ...
Food for thought in fad diets Very interesting point below that most proposed diets have a lot in common -- a large degree of "consens...
Woman who lived on just CHIPS for 15 years No dietary correctness there -- but she got by fairly well. It may show how nutritious the humbl...
War on salt has cut heart deaths (?) Do I have to say it again? Correlation does not prove causation. The only salt-related deaths I know ...
Green tea CAN make you clever: Drink improves memory and could help treat dementia (?) A very small study (N=12!) using an odd measure of co...
Emissions from diesel can damage children's brains and increase the risk of autism and schizophrenia, scientists warn This is an old che...
Oral Zinc for the Common Cold The Cochrane study below is properly cautious but it seems that zinc does do some good. The result when zinc ...
Cochrane condemns antivirals Cochrane evaluations are not foolproof. There is always the GIGO problem. But Cochrane surveys are normally a...
Painkillers linked to higher risk of stroke: Alert over prescription medicines used by millions I am afraid that this is just another correl...
Why so-called 'superfoods' could be BAD for you: Nutritionist says kale can send your thyroid haywire and quinoa irritates the gut T...
Could watermelon reduce high blood pressure? Fruit could slash the risk of heart attacks in obese people A very small experiment of unknown ...
Pot-smoking students 'perform better academically' than those who smoke tobacco Because tobacco smoking is mostly working class Peop...
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