Two recent news reports illustrate a problem I’ve discussed before: the fact that health news reporting is often misleading.
The news media pounce on some study showing a small effect of some food or supplement and tout it as if eating that substance (or not eating it) is going to prevent diabetes or heart disease or even cure it in people already diagnosed.
Quite often, some substance is reported to be healthy this year and unhealthy the next.
One of the recent reports sugg...
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Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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