Category: Nutrition
Category: Nutrition
By sponsoring dietitians on social media and funding their own studies, General Mills and other cereal brands are shifting the narrative away from the detrimental physical effects of a high-carbohydrate diet, and highlighting the psychological issues effecting people with sugar addiction.
William Briggs rebuts at a recent publication that claimed intermittent fasting increases risk of cardiovascular death.
BSI Co-Founder and CEO Emily Kaplan was interviewed by Dr. Ken Berry. During the livestream, the two discussed diabetes, misleading health studies, and issues with medical journalism.
By Emily KaplanFaults with a Stanford study's claims that a vegan diet is better for cardio metabolic health.
Emily explains the strengths, weaknesses, and ways to interpret observational studies. These types of studies can be useful for identifying links between things, and then generating hypotheses. However, the results of any observational study are strictly corollary, and do not prove cause.
By Emily KaplanA research-rating system has identified gaps in studies that assess the connection between diet and various health risks.
In this 2018 trial, participants lost 12% bodyweight through caloric restriction, and were then given a high, medium, or low carb diet. Those on the high and medium carb diets had to maintain a much more calorically restricted diet in order to maintain their body weight.