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> Whole milk, butter, and fatty meats is still bad

You're sure of that?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/02/12/275376259/the...

My main takeaway:

> "Almost every single nutrient imaginable has peer reviewed publications associating it with almost any outcome," John P.A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and statistics at Stanford and one of the harshest critics of nutritional science, has written.



> "Almost every single nutrient imaginable has peer reviewed publications associating it with almost any outcome," John P.A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and statistics at Stanford and one of the harshest critics of nutritional science, has written.

This is an illuminating comment on the state of research, and it needs more awareness.


For instance, here's a handy guide to what causes or cures cancer http://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/a-z/b


Even in that article, they say it's just associated with reduced obesity, and saturated fats in dairy are still associated with heart disease.


This is inaccurate.

Pubmed studies show that butter is not related to heart disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines...


I'm just relating what's in the article. Thanks for sharing that, though.




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