There were at least 3 people today who told me that epidemiology is junk science and that you can't prove anything with epidemiological studies Me, an epidemiologist: uh, well, that's not really how it works https://twitter.com/polumechanos/status/993156108062724096 …
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That is one of many clinical studies, many of which are RCTs, which are much more reliable than weak associations. Its not that epidemiology is unimportant, but it needs to be tested and there are weaknesses. Do you disagree with this article?pic.twitter.com/fYtPc2x6JI
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I just find it funny that you're happy to rubbish a massive NHMRC-funded review of the evidence, but cheerfully accept at face-value a non-randomized enormously biased industry-funded study and then tell me it's because epidemiology is broken
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I guess for those of us that adopted an LCHF diet and see exactly the same results as those published by
@virtahealth it's a lot easier to believe that what they are seeing is probably right.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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