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Lots of people are talking about this study which "showed" an association between eggs and diabetes.
It's only epidemiology, and not good epidemiology either.
Here's why you should ignore it
1/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8954561/One-egg-day-increases-risk-developing-diabetes-60-study-warns.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
It's only epidemiology, and not good epidemiology either.
Here's why you should ignore it
1/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8954561/One-egg-day-increases-risk-developing-diabetes-60-study-warns.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
Here's an article on a study done just last year: eggs *decrease risk of diabetes
2/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6555491/One-egg-day-LOWERS-risk-type-2-diabetes.html
2/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6555491/One-egg-day-LOWERS-risk-type-2-diabetes.html
The 1st study was based on dietary questionnaires, which are notoriously unreliable.
A total of 7 surveys over a period of 19 years.
If someone participated even once in that time, they were included.
Not accurate.
3/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6860524/
A total of 7 surveys over a period of 19 years.
If someone participated even once in that time, they were included.
Not accurate.
3/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6860524/
Can you remember what you ate over the past several years? How much of particular foods?
Highly doubtful
4/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/higher-egg-consumption-associated-with-increased-risk-of-diabetes-in-chinese-adults-china-health-and-nutrition-survey/C86D80672A65B06F1220BC3691C18296
Highly doubtful
4/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/higher-egg-consumption-associated-with-increased-risk-of-diabetes-in-chinese-adults-china-health-and-nutrition-survey/C86D80672A65B06F1220BC3691C18296
Increased risks found were too small to rule out confounding factors by the rules of epidemiology.
Finally, there was no dose-response.
5/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1898525/
Finally, there was no dose-response.
5/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1898525/
In short, all too typical of BS epidemiology, and of how the mainstream grabs some study and runs with it.
Inoculate yourself against these studies, because they appear constantly.
6/ fin.
Inoculate yourself against these studies, because they appear constantly.
6/ fin.
