RE: Vitamins: More May Be Too Many

From: Keith Elis (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 17:50:37 MDT

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    Greg Jordan:

    > One of the things I see a lot is the simple fallacy of
    > confusing correlation with causality. Almost every pop media
    > source views a correlation as obvious proof of causation, so
    > every single nutritional study yields a fad - of intake or
    > avoidance, depending on the research outcome. It's quite insane...

    Following one simple rule seems to work just fine: articles in
    peer-reviewed journals get two raised eyebrows, everything else gets
    only one.

    Keith

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