Thread by @EricTopol

On red meat: "this is sure to be controversial"
5 systematic reviews, including 100's of studies, millions of participants, RCTs, show little evidence for adverse #cancer or cardiovascular outcomes
annals.org/aim/fullarticl…
@AnnalsofIM ★editorial- 6 papers
@aaronecarroll @DrTiff_

@AnnalsofIM @aaronecarroll @DrTiff_ @IUMedSchool The 6 papers/guidelines are all #openaccess
annals.org/aim/latest
This does indeed fulfill the Dunning–Kruger effect
(The less people know, the more they actually think they know) owing, in part, to poor methodology/analysis/bias of #diet studies

@AnnalsofIM @aaronecarroll @DrTiff_ @IUMedSchool What a wacky day for #diet research:
1. Red meat may not be so bad for health risk, after all? (I haven't had for ~40 yrs)
2. ⬆️vegetarian diet by increasing choices; see @PNASNews by @eegarnett89 @MarteauTM
3. Cooked plant food ->⬆️ gut #microbiome diversity @NatureMicrobiol

@AnnalsofIM @aaronecarroll @DrTiff_ @IUMedSchool @PNASNews @eegarnett89 @MarteauTM @NatureMicrobiol On "processing" the @AnnalsofIM red meat systematic studies
@UpshotNYT nytimes.com/2019/10/01/ups… @aaronecarroll delves into the environmental hit
and @TamarHaspel has a spot on summation thread

https://twitter.com/TamarHaspel/status/1178776654472187915

@AnnalsofIM @aaronecarroll @DrTiff_ @IUMedSchool Another layer of the controversy to the red meat papers:
nytimes.com/2019/10/04/wel… by @taraparkerpope @anahadoconnor via @GretchenReynold