The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: The “protective” effect of 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...

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Pressure-cooked meat: Top sirloin

Pressure cooking relies on physics to take advantage of the high temperatures of liquids and vapors in a sealed container. The sealed contai...

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Trip to South Korea: Hidden reasons for the leanness of its people

In September last year (2012) I went to South Korea to speak about nonlinear data analysis with WarpPLS ( ), initially for business and eng...

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Why red meat consumption may appear unhealthy in scientific studies

There have been many academic articles in the past linking red meat intake with increased mortality, and there will be more in the future. ...

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Obesity protects against disease, unless you eat butter

Notes: - This post is a joke, a weird parody of academic research, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is being filed under “Abstract hum...

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Want to make coffee less acidic? Add cream to it

The table below is from a 2008 article by Ehlen and colleagues ( ), showing the amount of erosion caused by various types of beverages, when...

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