Can we talk about TRIAL PRE-REGISTRATION? Boring as hell, but it's one of the things that can improve science. Too bad it's being ABUSED, like in this here walnut study. It's a THREAD, but short.https://academic.oup.com/jn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jn/nxz289/5680186 …
Given the pre/post values and the lack of correction, it's likely it was a statistical anomaly. They tested 31 things and 2 were positive, that's pretty close to random chance! Also, change in fat mass but no change in weight, waist circ, FFM etc...
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I feel like it's exactly what you were talking about - test everything and at least one thing will be positive! Then, even though the study makes quite a good case for coffee not helping with weight loss at all (because it didn't!) there are articles everywhere about how it might
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