The popular science press was bursting today with a story saying that blueberries reduce the risk of heart disease.
The story stemmed from a University of Michigan presentation at the Experimental Biology convention in New Orleans on April 19. It has not been published.
In this study, the researche...
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4/25/09 9:05am
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4/25/09 9:26am
Glad you like the site.
I looked at your site. I try to avoid the terms "simple" and "complex" carbs because the meaning has changed over the years. Starch used to be considered a complex carb because it's a large molecule, but it's digested so quickly you might as well be eating glucose, and it has a higher GI than table sugar (because it's all glucose), and now many people call it a simple carb. They define complex carbs as the lower-GI ones, starch complexed with protein or surrounded by a difficult-to-digest cell wall.
4/28/09 5:19pm
Rats can safely eat baneberries, humans cannot. Why are rats considered good testers?
4/28/09 7:27pm
Researchers use rodents because (1) they're much cheaper than animals that are closer to humans, (2) there is more and more opposition to using other primates for research these days, (3) smaller animals have shorter life cycles, so you can see effects faster, and (4) mice and rats have been highly inbred so each strain consists essentially of identical siblings so the genetics aren't what is causing a difference when you see one.
However, as you note, they're not exactly like humans, and hence any results in rodents are considered preliminary until they can be confirmed in humans.
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I always say "Follow the money" who paid for the study? Who benefits from the 'research' ? And is it a really good study? Or is it set up in such a way to guarentee the results?
I personally tend to not trust this type of study, they are usually so skewed it would be funny if it weren't so serious!
Hugs,
Gracie