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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

More Unsettling News In Nutrition

"There is a lot of confirmation bias in nutrition and those end-oriented beliefs make it easy to unconsciously mold results to match the numbers to the goal, like doing surveys about food recall and subtly quantifying the results one way or the other. Then it’s off to publish a diet book or become an expert on the latest fad carcinogen."

Why are saturated fats healthy again? Why do the latest nutritional guidelines still have a very low cap on salt despite all the contradictory data?

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realtyfreakApril 20, 2016 at 8:21 AM
Everything in moderation; burn more calories than you eat is 99% of what one needs to know about nutrition.
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Tom RaffertyApril 20, 2016 at 8:41 AM
Pretty much, with some basic points about minimizing simple sugars and trans fats,as well as having a variety of foods favoring fruits and vegetables.
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