This is ~complete bollocks~ 1. Industry-funded (by Big Blueberry) 2. Underpowered 3. ~100 blueberries a day 4. NO IMPROVEMENT CAUSED BY BLUEBERRIEShttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325346.php …
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Basically, this was a small randomized trial of blueberry supplementation for heart health funded by the blueberry growers' association Media sources are reporting it as blueberries = good for the heartpic.twitter.com/Aw9IKcoXlF
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Now, let's set aside the first 3 points that I mentioned, and just look at what blueberry supplementation did
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Here's the table of results. There was no improvement associated with blueberry supplementation in ANY OF THE MEASUREMENTSpic.twitter.com/vbxFHdeWls
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The entire basis of the article that I linked to was a small subgroup analysis of less than half the population that found some marginally significant results for one biomarker of insulin controlpic.twitter.com/VzpRNGTont
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And we can argue about the importance of this biomarker or the other, but I think it would be better to report that blueberry supplementation has no effect on: - blood sugar - insulin - blood pressure - cholesterol
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In other words, this study was entirely negative A better headline: "blueberries useless for health, study finds"
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This is what the study itself presents in its conclusion, why should the headline be any different if the researchers state it was effective?pic.twitter.com/Cw7Ee1dn05
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If the researchers state ‘no conflict of interest’ but they are indeed working-for/asssociated-with an industry and the journal failed to notice it, isn’t the journal and researchers to blame primarily? Why bother primarily with journalists?
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Have a read of my blog post goes into all of this. In short, I agree it's almost certainly the study itself that's the issue
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