And please be especially skeptical of “everything you thought you knew about nutrition is wrong.” Science does not work that way, either. Look out for words like “miracle” or “breakthrough.” Science tends to proceed in small increments and rarely works that way. Dietary patterns, not single factors, are what matter to health. The studies may have identified associations between the food factor and the disease, but associations can be due to any number of other causes. “When should you be skeptical? Any time you see a report that a single food, beverage, supplement, food product, or ingredient causes or reduces the risk for obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, or cancer, it is a good idea to envision a red warning flag flying high in the air.
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