Iron Deficiency Does Not Cause People To Become Vegans

Statisticians have a rule of thumb for calibrating claims made in humanities and science papers alike. Andrew Gelman, for example, talks about statistical significance filter - "If an estimate is statistically significant, it’s probably an overestimate." A good thing to remember when you read weak observational studies, psychology surveys and, in modern times, a shocking number of epidemiology papers.For health, you can use a different rule of thumb: Does Joe Mercola sell it?If he does, it is probably suspect. read more

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