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Here’s how public thinking on food gets shaped: Every year, researchers publish hundreds of academic studies about the health effects of various foods - chocolate, kale, red wine, anything. Those studies, in turn, become fodder for newspaper articles, books and blog posts.
But how much of this torrent of information is worth the trouble? Surprising little, according to a number of key researchers.In recent years, these skeptics have caused a stir by poking big holes in the nutritional science behind popular diet advice. Even the findings published in distinguished health journals have come under fire.
Collectively, their work suggests that we know far less than we think we do about what to eat.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Aichon on Wednesday May 13 2015, @06:19PM
[...] Salt fucks with your blood pressure.
None of that shit has changed.
That bit about salt has.
More recent research is indicating that the link you're describing is tenuous at best. After controlling for other factors, no statistically significant correlation could be found. The earlier research appears to have been based primarily on data that wasn't controlled for other factors.
But hey, I definitely subscribe to the "everything in moderation" school of thinking, so I do agree with your broad strokes, even if I might quibble over some of the details.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday May 13 2015, @10:44PM
Moderation is good as long as you don't overdo it.