The hierarchy of evidence
Introduction Many thanks to Mike for suggesting this note. Mike wanted to understand more about the types of studies that
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Academic Research
Keys, cholesterol and rabbits
The following quotation, attributed to Ancel Keys, has been repeated quite often, but with the source for it not always
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Letter to the Lancet re. EAT
On 17th January 2019, the EAT diet report was published in The Lancet (Ref 1). A couple of hours after
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Swiss Re & BMJ Nutrition Conference
Food for Thought: The Science and politics of nutrition “There is no miracle diet, but there is a miracle meeting
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Low carb diets & birth defects
A study was published in the journal “Birth Defects Research” on 25th January 2018 (Ref 1). A press release accompanied
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The Seven Countries Study – Part 2
Response to The True Health Initiative White Paper On 1st August 2017, a white paper was published called “Ancel Keys
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The Seven Countries Study – Part 1
Response to The True Health Initiative White Paper On 1st August 2017, a ‘white paper’ was published called “Ancel Keys
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Designed by the food industry for wealth, not health: the ‘Eatwell Guide’
After a year, I am allowed to publish BJSM articles on my site, so here is my editorial on the
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The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
We’re doing a classic article this week – the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. I always think I should put ‘starvation’ in
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Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat
On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia,
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