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: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:47PM
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
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
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.