Another observational study, and the only finding I take these days from observational studies about food items with this much recommendation around them is that the results distinguish between people interested in the latest food advice and people who aren’t. Not about the food.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1106921835382403074 …
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Much life advice I see in popular books and articles is just survivorship bias and food advice is selection and confounding.
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Oh, gee. That is not what the study says at all. A good deal of "why is food advice always changing" isn't just that reporters don't know how to read results (and sometimes authors bury the lede and/or downplay the screaming confounding/selection issues).https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1106581581492297731 …
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I think I'm going to slightly alter my alternative career plan—opening a functional gym for normal people—and add a "latest study interpreted" consultation service. Most of the consultation will be: "yeah, ignore it till we actually know something", so easy!
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Add ‘Yes, they ARE all on drugs’ to your weight training consultations
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That’s my conversation with women being directed to the three-five pound dumbbells because they’re afraid of “bulking up.” It doesn’t happen accidentally. 
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