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Why Everything We Know About Nutrition Seems To Be Wrong

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday May 13 2015, @03:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-more-kale-and-spinach dept.

AnonTechie writes:

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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/08/why-what-we-think-about-eating-is-so-often-unfounded-misconceived-or-flat-out-wrong/

[Also Covered By]: http://firstwefeast.com/eat/are-nutrition-studies-complete-bogus/
[Related]: http://firstwefeast.com/eat/new-dietary-guidelines-say-red-meat-and-butter-are-not-the-devil/

 
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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:41PM (#182571)

    No. In healthy people their blood pressure does not change with higher salt intake.

    Or, in your parlance: Fucking wrong. Only a fucking idiot doesn't know how science works. It is obvious that you don't know a goddamn thing. This has been tested and blood pressure does not change with salt intake for healthy people. Fucking moron.

    I hope I have communicated in a way in which you have become accustomed.

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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:47PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:47PM (#182576) Journal

    You self-assured dumbass [bloodpressureuk.org].

    It affects one of the most basic functions of biology: osmosis. Your cells take on more water, and though your kidneys and cellular Na-K pumps eventually balance the situation, the short term effects are trivially documented.

    You fucking goddamn smug idiot.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by sjames on Wednesday May 13 2015, @10:41PM

      by sjames (2882) on Wednesday May 13 2015, @10:41PM (#182676) Journal

      Given the motivation, I could probably find you a web page talking about the epidemic of aliens abducting bigfoot so he can play poker with Elvis, but that doesn't make it a fact.

      In fact, salt reduction is helpful to about 10% of people with high blood pressure. Nobody else sees a significant effect either way.

      • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday May 14 2015, @01:17PM

        by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 14 2015, @01:17PM (#182884) Journal

        Oh you can find a webpage. Good fucking job refuting the basic fucking science involved.

        God damn morons are so fucking smug about their own misunderstandings.