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Oct 18, 2021 29 tweets 12 min read
Fact check.

Does "skipping meals make you live longer"?

A thread.🧵 In a recent tweet, @harvardmed professor and controversial longevity guru @davidasinclair claims:

"It is incontrovertible that skipping meals while maintaining adequate nutrition is not only good for you but will make you live longer"

But what do the data say?
Oct 17, 2021 7 tweets 4 min read
The credibility of major health influencers is important.

One such influencer is Dr. Ken Berry.

Dr. Berry has 1.65M subscribers on Youtube and is a major voice on Twitter.

However, there are several credibility issues with Dr. Berry, including: In 2010, his license was reprimanded for "untrue or misleading statements" by the Tennessee Medical Board.

apps.health.tn.gov/DisciplinaryEx…
Aug 24, 2021 22 tweets 5 min read
Fact Check

Is inflammation the cause of heart disease, and not cholesterol?

A thread👇 There is better evidence for cholesterol (specifically LDL) as being causative in cardiovascular disease than almost any other theory in modern medicine.
Jul 23, 2021 14 tweets 4 min read
Do vegetable oils cause disease by increasing oxLDL or OXLAMs? There is no good evidence for this. Image In earlier posts, we saw that:

1. There is no evidence that vegetable oils cause inflammation ();
Jul 15, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read
Are vegetable oils “toxic” or “inflammatory”?

Evidence strongly shows the very opposite of this widespread myth.

Thread Image Yet despite the constant drumbeat of science showing the healthfulness of “industrial seed oils”, an equally persistent drumbeat from the likes of Mark Hyman and others maligns them.

What is the truth? Image