@gladstonebrookes.bsky.social
luv soy, luv seed oils, hate animal abuse. simple as
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We did a thing. 😬
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We did a thing. 😬
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Remember that cruciferous vegetables and cancer study I wrote about recently?
Turns out it's even more borked than I said. Some excellent sleuthing here, the study probably needs to be retracted or extensively corrected.
Turns out it's even more borked than I said. Some excellent sleuthing here, the study probably needs to be retracted or extensively corrected.
Hey @gidmk.bsky.social, following this post, I dug into the study further, and it turns out there are a *lot* more issues with it.
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
September 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Remember that cruciferous vegetables and cancer study I wrote about recently?
Turns out it's even more borked than I said. Some excellent sleuthing here, the study probably needs to be retracted or extensively corrected.
Turns out it's even more borked than I said. Some excellent sleuthing here, the study probably needs to be retracted or extensively corrected.
Hey @gidmk.bsky.social, following this post, I dug into the study further, and it turns out there are a *lot* more issues with it.
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
September 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hey @gidmk.bsky.social, following this post, I dug into the study further, and it turns out there are a *lot* more issues with it.
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
Only one of the estimates used is actually what they claim it is (odds ratio for the association between highest vs lowest intake of cruciferous veg and colon cancer)..
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My thread on the Neurology paper on sweeteners & cognitive health: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
And a follow-up thread on some weird patterns in the Appendix tables: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Collated by Skywriter onto a web page for easier reading!
And a follow-up thread on some weird patterns in the Appendix tables: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Collated by Skywriter onto a web page for easier reading!
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My thread on the Neurology paper on sweeteners & cognitive health: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
And a follow-up thread on some weird patterns in the Appendix tables: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Collated by Skywriter onto a web page for easier reading!
And a follow-up thread on some weird patterns in the Appendix tables: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Collated by Skywriter onto a web page for easier reading!
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This year's Annual Review of Nutrition is out and full of really great reads.
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This year's Annual Review of Nutrition is out and full of really great reads.
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Nice summary of our new paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on milk consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality in #Norway 🥛
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... #nutrition #cardiology
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... #nutrition #cardiology
Semi-skimmed milk introduction in 1980s transformed public health outcomes, study shows
A new study reveals that individuals who enjoyed whole milk during the 1970s and early 1980s had a higher risk of mortality. However, beginning in the mid-1980s, a significant change occurred.
medicalxpress.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Nice summary of our new paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on milk consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality in #Norway 🥛
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... #nutrition #cardiology
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... #nutrition #cardiology
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Academic gut-health microbiome research has not really led to efficacious treatments for specific ailments that can be demonstrated in rigorous studies. But they *have* convinced the public that gut health is somehow, vaguely at the root of all illness, and food companies have profited off this.
The gut microbiota: an amazing technicolour dream coat or the emperor's new clothes? physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... - an excellent corrective to the relentless hype
The gut microbiota: an amazing technicolour dream coat or the emperor's new clothes?
Click on the article title to read more.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Academic gut-health microbiome research has not really led to efficacious treatments for specific ailments that can be demonstrated in rigorous studies. But they *have* convinced the public that gut health is somehow, vaguely at the root of all illness, and food companies have profited off this.
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I made a little video about the chap who trusted chatGPT to give him safe tips for better health. It did not go well.
Live on @nebula.tv now! If you sign up via this link, it helps me too :) If you're already a member, chatGPT said watching this will lower your cholesterol nebula.tv/videos/medli...
Live on @nebula.tv now! If you sign up via this link, it helps me too :) If you're already a member, chatGPT said watching this will lower your cholesterol nebula.tv/videos/medli...
Medlife Crisis — Using chatGPT to Poison Yourself
We are on the precipice of vibe medicine. People using AI to give them health advice...who knows what the future holds as access to healthcare becomes more scarce?
nebula.tv
August 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I made a little video about the chap who trusted chatGPT to give him safe tips for better health. It did not go well.
Live on @nebula.tv now! If you sign up via this link, it helps me too :) If you're already a member, chatGPT said watching this will lower your cholesterol nebula.tv/videos/medli...
Live on @nebula.tv now! If you sign up via this link, it helps me too :) If you're already a member, chatGPT said watching this will lower your cholesterol nebula.tv/videos/medli...
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New article by me!
Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it.
I explore some of the reasons behind the decline.
ourworldindata.org/cardiovascul...
Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it.
I explore some of the reasons behind the decline.
ourworldindata.org/cardiovascul...
August 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New article by me!
Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it.
I explore some of the reasons behind the decline.
ourworldindata.org/cardiovascul...
Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it.
I explore some of the reasons behind the decline.
ourworldindata.org/cardiovascul...
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Saturated fat LIES (and how to see through them)
A recent study suggests saturated fat is harmless and has been unfairly demonized
Here´s what the influencers will never tell you, and how to protect your health and your loved ones
https://youtu.be/taaEOY5E5Iw
A recent study suggests saturated fat is harmless and has been unfairly demonized
Here´s what the influencers will never tell you, and how to protect your health and your loved ones
https://youtu.be/taaEOY5E5Iw
August 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Saturated fat LIES (and how to see through them)
A recent study suggests saturated fat is harmless and has been unfairly demonized
Here´s what the influencers will never tell you, and how to protect your health and your loved ones
https://youtu.be/taaEOY5E5Iw
A recent study suggests saturated fat is harmless and has been unfairly demonized
Here´s what the influencers will never tell you, and how to protect your health and your loved ones
https://youtu.be/taaEOY5E5Iw
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
#giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
#giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...
454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
#giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
#giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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My student sent me this and I can't unsee it, so I am blessing the bluesky timeline with this so that I will not be alone
June 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My student sent me this and I can't unsee it, so I am blessing the bluesky timeline with this so that I will not be alone
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We just published a critical review of the KETO-CTA study — the first study to examine coronary plaque progression in Lean Mass Hyper-Responders (LMHRs) on a ketogenic diet.
Here’s why we believe the study’s results have been seriously misrepresented.
1/14
Here’s why we believe the study’s results have been seriously misrepresented.
1/14
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We just published a critical review of the KETO-CTA study — the first study to examine coronary plaque progression in Lean Mass Hyper-Responders (LMHRs) on a ketogenic diet.
Here’s why we believe the study’s results have been seriously misrepresented.
1/14
Here’s why we believe the study’s results have been seriously misrepresented.
1/14
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When two surgeons marry each other (troubling, but it happens), how do you figure out which one is the better operator? These things are important, we must know!! Thank goodness we have numbers to look at, because numbers never lie. Right?
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
youtu.be/F6Y_bpE3r5c?...
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
youtu.be/F6Y_bpE3r5c?...
How Do You Tell How Good Your Doctor Is?
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When two surgeons marry each other (troubling, but it happens), how do you figure out which one is the better operator? These things are important, we must know!! Thank goodness we have numbers to look at, because numbers never lie. Right?
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
youtu.be/F6Y_bpE3r5c?...
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
youtu.be/F6Y_bpE3r5c?...
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Having read the full MAHA report, what stands out the most to me, as an epidemiologist, is how inexplicably sloppy it is.
The US government collects data on every health condition you can think of, and the report doesn’t use any of it.
The US government collects data on every health condition you can think of, and the report doesn’t use any of it.
June 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Having read the full MAHA report, what stands out the most to me, as an epidemiologist, is how inexplicably sloppy it is.
The US government collects data on every health condition you can think of, and the report doesn’t use any of it.
The US government collects data on every health condition you can think of, and the report doesn’t use any of it.
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Oh, it's already happened: A large Norwegian city wrote a report on school closures which cited a slew of AI-hallucinated papers - and this op-ed praised the AI for "pointing to spaces of knowledge", as a way to "inspire and invite the [future] papers we need". www.nordnorskdebatt.no/tromso-feile...
May 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Oh, it's already happened: A large Norwegian city wrote a report on school closures which cited a slew of AI-hallucinated papers - and this op-ed praised the AI for "pointing to spaces of knowledge", as a way to "inspire and invite the [future] papers we need". www.nordnorskdebatt.no/tromso-feile...
Dietary context in the association between red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40320163/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40320163/
Dietary context in the association between red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes - PubMed
The risk associated with high red meat consumption persisted even among participants with a relatively high diet quality, underscoring the importance of limiting red meat consumption to prevent T2D.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dietary context in the association between red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40320163/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40320163/
Well, this seems like a perfectly reasonable DAG...
May 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Well, this seems like a perfectly reasonable DAG...
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Fortunate to contribute to this edition of @annualreviews.bsky.social and the timing couldn't be more serendipitous as nutrition is at the forefront of many folks' minds and there is active conversations about what future Dietary Guidelines should look like.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Make America Healthy, Again? The Past, Present and Future of Dietary Guidelines | Annual Reviews
Dietary guidelines have been placed under unprecedented scrutiny in the past decade, as the “obesity epidemic” enters its fifth decade with limited evidence of public health progress. In the era of su...
www.annualreviews.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fortunate to contribute to this edition of @annualreviews.bsky.social and the timing couldn't be more serendipitous as nutrition is at the forefront of many folks' minds and there is active conversations about what future Dietary Guidelines should look like.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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As soon as RFK Jr was appointed, it was only a matter of time before Wakefield 2.0 was offered a role in the Trump administration. But still, it is shocking to see.
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As soon as RFK Jr was appointed, it was only a matter of time before Wakefield 2.0 was offered a role in the Trump administration. But still, it is shocking to see.
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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My prediction: once vaccines are “proven” to cause autism, the people in the “autism registry” will begin receiving information about “better ways to manage autism.”
RFK Jr has made clear he’s not pursuing socialized medicine because he thinks the free market is a better option for health care.
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RFK Jr has made clear he’s not pursuing socialized medicine because he thinks the free market is a better option for health care.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My prediction: once vaccines are “proven” to cause autism, the people in the “autism registry” will begin receiving information about “better ways to manage autism.”
RFK Jr has made clear he’s not pursuing socialized medicine because he thinks the free market is a better option for health care.
🧵
RFK Jr has made clear he’s not pursuing socialized medicine because he thinks the free market is a better option for health care.
🧵