Reanalyzing Nutritional Epidemiological Studies | Dr. Matt Calkins - #440

Dr. Matt Calkins is a physician focused on improving metabolic health through lifestyle-based care. Board-certified in family and obesity medicine, he is a strong advocate for low-carb and ketogenic nutrition as powerful tools to address obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease. He is passionate about helping patients reclaim their health through sustainable, evidence-based strategies.

In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Matt talk about…

• (00:00) Intro

• (06:40) Nutritional epidemiological studies and how they have informed public opinion on nutrition over the years

• (13:15) How nutritional epidemiological studies should NOT be used

• (21:20) Dr. Calkin's recent criticism of a nutritional epidemiological study making big claims from only observational data

• (31:52) Why nutritional epidemiological studies are flawed and how they are misused by medical professionals, agencies, and laypeople alike

• (42:07) Why doctors and medical professionals seem so averse to adapt and change as new scientific data comes out

• (54:22) Why it is better to focus on the individual patient in front of you than to make assumptions about people in general based on nutritional epidemiological studies

• (01:03:46) How Dr. Calkin's criticism was received by the authors of the study

• (01:09:56) Why so many of bad epidemiological studies are published

• (01:12:17) Outro

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• Concordance between nutritional cohorts and randomized trials: biological confirmation or statistical consequence? A re-analysis of Stadelmaier et al.: https://sciprofiles.com/publication/view/aac50964f8442b33eb42921d37613629

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Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

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