The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: The “protective” effect of smoking anorexia, body fat, cancer, correlation does not imply causation, mortality, smoking In a previous post ( ) I used WarpPLS ( ) to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship betw... Read More
The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: Eating 234 g/d of red meat could reduce mortality by 23 percent diabetes, haemochromatosis, iron overload, longevity, mortality, red meat, warppls As we have seen in an earlier post on the China Study data ( ), which explored relationships hinted at by Denise Minger’s previous and highl... Read More
The 2012 red meat-mortality study (Arch Intern Med): The data suggests that red meat is protective diabetes, HCE, longevity, mortality, red meat, warppls I am not a big fan of using arguments such as “food questionnaires are unreliable” and “observational studies are worthless” to completely d... Read More
The lowest-mortality BMI: What is the role of nutrient intake from food? BMI, body fat, calorie restriction, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss In a previous post ( ), I discussed the frequently reported lowest-mortality body mass index (BMI), which is about 26. The empirical results... Read More
The lowest-mortality BMI: What is its relationship with fat-free mass? BMI, body fat, body fat loss, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss Do overweight folks live longer? It is not uncommon to see graphs like the one below, from the Med Journal Watch blog ( ), suggesting that, ... Read More