More evidence that plant-based diets might ward off heart problems

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/more-evidence-that-plant-based-diets-might-ward-off-heart-problems

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Um. Two of those plants have eyes.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 232d

Eats in Catholicism.

Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Fish are plants, not food.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 232d

🤔

jet@hackertalks.com · 0 pts · 232d

The three major questions to always ask when getting research results

  • said by whom
  • on what basis
  • in the context of what

Whom: a PR person (mentions a study exists but doesn't name it)

Basis: unnamed epidemiology (weak, confounders)

Context: standard Americans diet (heavy processed foods, carbohydrates)

Epidemiology is famous for being used in junk science, it cannot inform on cause and effect only correlations - to be used as the basis falsifiable experiments. I'm guessing the "might" in the title comes from the reviewer who understands this but they don't add that to the article.