tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post2558021697645533663..comments2023-10-24T19:10:17.771-07:00Comments on The High-fat Hep C Diet: What, exactly, is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee's case against saturated fat?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-86896128972766252202015-04-14T22:09:57.566-07:002015-04-14T22:09:57.566-07:00saturated fat is going to continue looking bad so ...saturated fat is going to continue looking bad so long as willett keeps grouping it with trans fats ^_^Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03396910004358706809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-91107918396574382042015-03-17T14:56:27.953-07:002015-03-17T14:56:27.953-07:00Cherry-picked as te Mozaffarian meta-analysis may ...Cherry-picked as te Mozaffarian meta-analysis may be, it finds no reduction in total, all-cause mortality (RR 0.98 non-sig) despite reduction in CHD mortality (RR 0.80).<br />In other words, assuming causality, swapping PUFA for SFA causes as much death as it prevents.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-60772947409553096572015-03-15T15:52:46.794-07:002015-03-15T15:52:46.794-07:00Mozaffarian comes up with different, more positive...Mozaffarian comes up with different, more positive, results from either Farvid or Jakobsen.<br />But he does recognise that replacing CHO is as valid as replacing SFA, we're getting there.<br />Rose Corn Oil has little weight, but FMH has a lot, and should be thrown out for obvious reasons. It's as hinkey in its own way as the indo-mediterranean diet stuff.<br /><br />Good breakdowns of who used what figures by Steve Hamley, as always, here:<br />http://www.stevenhamley.com.au/2015/03/summary-of-figures-used-in-meta-analyses.htmlPuddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-77729947644234435882015-03-14T05:44:55.504-07:002015-03-14T05:44:55.504-07:00The Mozaffarian study at [2] is a great example of...The Mozaffarian study at [2] is a great example of a cherry picked study for which Mozaffarian ought to be ashamed of. Inclusion of the grossly flawed Finnish Mental Hospital study and exclusion of the Rose Corn Oil Trial where the authors could have simply ignored the third arm and included the two relevant arms demonstrates the problem of selection bias in many meta studies. Elimination of the Finnish study and inclusion of the Rose Corn Oil study would have resulted in a RR of >1.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038142460215676731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-17831794941270304682015-03-12T03:39:37.651-07:002015-03-12T03:39:37.651-07:00I love it when someone else does the work for me. ...I love it when someone else does the work for me. All 571 pages of it.<br /><br />Nice one, George.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com