Understanding Nutrition Research

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We’re always hearing extreme results from nutritional research. Ranging from the “dangers” of coconut oil and eggs to completely contradictory statements, like that a low-carb diet shortens lifespan and also increases it, we are bombarded with confusing information that can make deciding what to eat totally overwhelming. But with the right knowledge and resources, we can learn to decipher dietary studies to get the real truth. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Chris Kresser, an expert in Functional Medicine and a leader in nutritional research, to dissect what you need to evaluate to understand nutrition research.

Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac is the co-director of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of Kresser Institute, creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 1,500 clinicians and health coaches in his unique approach.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Chris Kresser at: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/ChrisKresser

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0:00.0	Coming up on this mini episode of the doctor's pharmacy for the majority of people 67% of people in these studies reported a
0:07.6	Calorie intake that was so low that not even an elderly frail bedridden woman could survive on it when it comes to looking at studies on nutrition
0:16.4	We need to ask the right questions. What type of study is it who funded it?
0:20.4	What kinds of variables were and weren't accounted for in this mini episode?
0:24.4	Dr. Hyman sits down with functional medicine clinician and educator Chris Cresser to help unpack what we need to
0:29.8	consider when it comes to nutritional research. When you hear a headline like this and I'm sure people are gonna
0:35.1	have heard this headline in the news that meat kills
0:38.8	It doesn't actually represent what the science says so the consumers confuse the media is confused
0:45.2	Doctors get confused and everybody's confused
0:47.5	But it's not so confusing and you shed light on why it's not so confusing so let's start with at first
0:53.1	Why we?
0:54.6	Have problems with these studies and why we're so confused and then we'll get into the real data on meat
0:59.2	Okay, yeah, so I mean as you pointed out this study along with many others like it
1:04.6	I mean I could set my watch by
1:07.2	Often these studies come out claiming to show that meat increases the risk of death
1:11.1	We see it all the time my email box blows up social media blows up
1:18.1	You know now at this point I'm just linking to some articles I've written that has everything there
1:23.1	It is bothering to write any work is the same response every single time and the
1:28.9	Responses as you pointed out when you do a large observational study
1:33.2	You're just showing two factors that are occurring together
1:37.0	You're not demonstrating a causal relationship that one factor is causing another factor and
1:43.8	You know there are many different examples of this there's there's one blog
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