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The key issue with putting contrarians in power is that their platform is entirely based on arguing against the mainstream. Mainstream public health makes mistakes, but on the aggregate it's pretty solid and evidence-based. If you throw out everything mainstream, you're left with a lot of nonsense.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

2 new studies on weight loss 1. Sustained reduction during midlife improved survival and reduced chronic diseases jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 2. A randomized trial found patient-to-patient care was more effective than professional for weight loss and less CV risk jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Nos últimos meses, o uso de IA para corroborar a veracidade de alguma informação ou solicitado dados quantitativos aumentou de forma impressionante em mídias sociais – o que pode parecer bom, mas é preocupante, como vou mostrar com exemplos reais. 🧵

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

5 truths about losing a lot of weight 1. You need to get into a calorie deficit 2. Lift weights to not lose muscle 3. You don’t need to do cardio, but it may help keep the weight off 4. It’s not going to be easy and you may need medicine to help 5. Food choice matters

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

E eis que, finalmente, o veranico de maio se foi. Espero por esse dia ❄️ que nem criança espera pelo Natal

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The chances that a viral health trend is at least two of: 1. Ineffective 2. Harmful 3. Expensive Is close to 100%. The worst reason to do something for your health is that it's briefly popular on Instagram/Tiktok.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

As outras estações que me perdoem, mas o outono é fundamental

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I have no interest in defending Prasad, but I think it's worth noting that the U.S.'s position on childhood immunization against COVID-19 is out of step with international guidelines. In Australia, children under 18 are only eligible for COVID-19 vaccines if they are seriously immunocompromised.

submitted 44 days ago • 13 comments

Cool new paper from colleagues showing that diabetes rates are a substantial underestimate in Australia and we're probably missing at least 30% of cases (if not more). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

My latest on Medscape covers a recently published study that both traditional media and social media reported as being proof that Splenda increases hunger (and of course as a consequence, increases weight). Sounds scary. Unless you actually read the paper 🧵

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Como de hábito, é tudo hype

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

If you're keeping track of the long list of things this admin's done that flies in the face of MAHA, censoring and ultimately losing the top intramural nutrition scientist studying food processing and health is definitely towards the top.

submitted 71 days ago • 11 comments

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

submitted 72 days ago • 145 comments

The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social

submitted 90 days ago • 45 comments

@ebrietzke.bsky.social parabéns pelo artigo, Elisa! Aproveite para convencer o seu coautor Chris Palmer a entrar para o Bluesky! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40117502/

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

To be crystal clear: 1. Measles is a nasty disease 2. You cannot treat measles with antibiotics or cod liver oil 3. The measles vaccine is very safe and highly effective, as shown by the ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IN THE US FOR 25 YEARS 4. RFK Jr. is an ignorant fool

submitted 108 days ago • 29 comments

If you've followed me for any length of time you know I'm something of a Vitamin D supplementation skeptic. Well... like any good skeptic, sometimes you have to re-examine your priors. Priors updated: there may be a role for vitamin d supplementation in MS. (Thread)

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

Tava no aguardo dum vídeo da Wendover sobre a Groelândia e saiu www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mvy...

submitted 112 days ago • 4 comments

The DOGE boys don't know the difference between transgender and transgenic If you are on a witch hunt, you'd better know the difference between a broomstick and a wand. If the didn't have power, these clowns would be entertaining. #science www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

Do diets cause eating disorders? I've seen the claim made many times online, so I looked into it. Surprisingly, best evidence seems to show that if anything, diets REDUCE the risk of eating disorders. My new piece gidmk.substack.com/p/do-diets-c...

submitted 114 days ago • 3 comments

In what is one of the more disturbing studies I've read recently, a @NatureMedicine paper shows that, by the time we die, we have about a sandwich bag worth of microplastics in our brain. In fact, the brain seems to be a reservoir for the stuff. (Thread)

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper. I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share! gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...

submitted 119 days ago • 7 comments

“Infants may consume upwards of 60 grams of added sugars per day, or the equivalent of two soft drinks per day if they are entirely formula-fed,” researchers say in the study, published yesterday [Feb. 24, 2025] in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. usrtk.org/healthwire/i...

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

schadenfreude

submitted 217 days ago • 2 comments

ATENÇÃO! O @minsaude ampliou a indicação da vacinação da QDenga no país: Doses com um prazo de 2 meses do vencimento ➡️contemplam pessoas de 6 anos a 16 anos de idade Doses que completarem 1 mês de validade➡️contemplam pessoas de 4 anos a 59 anos

submitted 132 days ago • 5 comments

New prospective cohort in @AJCNutrition relevant to the seed oil debates: adipose linoleic acid (% total fatty acids; marker of longer term intake) in the Diet Cancer and Health danish cohort is inversely related to all cause morality (21yr follow up). ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

This has to be the biggest misrepresentation of scientific results I've seen so far this year. Headlines: yoghurt may reduce your risk of cancer! Study: NOT THAT AT ALL 1/n

submitted 134 days ago • 3 comments

Nine weeks of once weekly semaglutide studied in a RCT reduces alcohol intake in individuals with moderate alcohol use disorder @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 135 days ago • 4 comments

NIH has announced a cut in the "indirect rate" to 15% across the board, in a move that appears to be retroactive to even existing grants. This is a bloodbath for research institutions throughout the country. Brief explainer for those not in this world: https://buff.ly/3EtML7D

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

Senha do wi-fi em Porto Alegre 😁

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

It is so bizarre that people believe that COVID-19 vaccines didn't prevent infection. We have gold-standard clinical trial evidence proving that they do!

submitted 141 days ago • 8 comments

This is a ridiculous story even by the standards I use to measure these things. Headlines are proclaiming that sparkling water may be useful for weight loss. The study this is based on is a completely speculative hypothesis that makes no sense. 1/n

submitted 143 days ago • 3 comments

Já que a "dieta carnívora" está no centro das atenções, este é um ótimo momento para quem ainda não ouviu conferir nosso podcast sobre o tema (de 20 de janeiro de 2025 – ou seja, antes desse caso que agora está rendendo manchetes). open.spotify.com/episode/7bxn...

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Tem de tudo online hoje em dia 😅

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

Wanna get off GLP1-agonists but don't know how without rebounding hard? One lifestyle pattern has proven it can be done in the real world. #WFKD #LOWCARB #KETO jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 148 days ago • 1 comment