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Drinking shots of alcohol will not prevent food poisoning. @billcarrolltalk and I discuss why it does not work.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 3, 2024 Source:Wait—Can Alcohol Really Prevent Food Poisoning?
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The byproducts produced when barbequing meat like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heterocyclic amine (HAs) are considered to be carcinogenic compounds. However there isn’t enough evidence to show causality in humans but there are simple approaches to reducing potential risks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 5, 2024 Source:Firing up the BBQ this summer? Tips to minimize cancer risk from grilling Background info:It’s Time to BBQ!
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Bloating is a common problem with, for most, a common cause and solution. There are exceptions as always, but for most, what you eat can be a major player contributing to this discomfort.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 26, 2024 Source:Why Am I Bloated?
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Sugar substitute xylitol linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke. Once again, no causal link and most people don’t chew wads of gum everyday.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 10, 2024 Source:Sugar substitute xylitol linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke
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Hangover cures that are incongruous with physiological reality and laws of chemistry continue to be peddled as realistic solutions. Alas, despite these beliefs and claims, your body will always affirm (in concert with dose, dosing intervals, metabolism, absorption, and excretion along with medical history, liver, kidney function and body size) why it ain’t so.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 5, 2024 Source:5 Myths About Hangovers You Need to Stop Believing
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More corroborating evidence that introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2024 Source:Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds Reference:Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention
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Eating ultra-processed foods linked to memory and thinking problems, study finds. Yet another food study that that has no means of demonstrating causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 28, 2024 Source:Eating ultra-processed foods linked to memory and thinking problems, study finds Reference:Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes
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Interesting but not practical to live your life and full of methodological flaws in study looking at omega fatty acids ratio imbalances and association with early death risk.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 16, 2024 Source:An imbalance of two healthy fats affects your early death risk, study finds Reference:Higher ratio of plasma omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids is associated with greater risk of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular mortality: A population-based cohort study in UK Biobank
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Another food study. Please make it stop. This time that olive oil may lower risk of dementia based on questionnaires of food intake asked every four years. No way to prove causal link. Moving on….
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2024 Source:Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from dementia, study finds Reference:Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death