Online calculators to assess cardiovascular disease risk: No LDL needed cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, LDL, research Researchers can build mathematical equations (sometimes referred to as structural equations) that predict health outcomes based on health fa... Read More
Standard deviation is not the same as range of variation range of variation, research, standard deviation, statistics Often research results are expressed in means and standard deviations. For example, in the study reviewed in this post , it is stated that t... Read More
Slow-cooked meat: Round steak, not grilled, but slow-cooked in a frying pan AGEs, recipe, round steak, slow-cooking I am yet to be convinced that grilled meat is truly unhealthy in the absence of leaky gut problems. I am referring here to high heat cooking... 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
Should you do resistance exercise to failure? cortisol, growth hormone, muscle gain, research, resistance exercise Doing resistance exercise to failure is normally recommended for those who want to maximize strength and muscle mass gains from the exercis... Read More
Butter, Margarine or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? When discussing fats with my fabulous nutrition students at Westchester Community College last week, the following question was debated: Wha... Read More