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*Geek Box: Ketogenic Diet

*Geek Box: Ketogenic Diet Although we often talk about the ‘ketogenic diet’ in the singular, in the clinical management of epilepsy there are in fact...

*Geek Box: Experimental Terminology

*Geek Box: Experimental Terminology Spend any time reading research and you will come across terms that describe the environment in which an experiment was conducted....

*Geek Box: Fat Metabolism

*Geek Box: Fat Metabolism Fat metabolism can be complex, and the terminology even more so. So let’s run through it. Triglycerides are comprised of three...

*Geek Box: The ‘CV’

*Geek Box: Correlation Coefficients The correlation coefficient, also known as the ‘coefficient of variation’ [CV] is the result of a statistical analysis of the results...

*Geek Box: Within-Person Design

*Geek Box: Within-Person Design In a within-person design, all participants will be exposed to every intervention or treatment. This may often be achieved by a...

*Geek Box: The Microbiota and ‘Bacterial Core’

*Geek Box: The Microbiota and 'Bacterial Core' The “microbiome” is the term for the ‘extended genome’ provided by the bacteria in the human gut, i.e.,...

*Geek Box: Randomisation

*Geek Box: Randomisation Methods Randomisation provides a means of minimizing the risk of bias, and is most effective particularly where there are unknown factors which...

*Geek Box: Dairy

*Geek Box: Dairy - A Broad Food Group Within the sum of the food group known overall as ‘dairy’ is a complex diversity in individual...

*Geek Box: Bioavailability

*Geek Box: Bioavailability Bioavailability is the amount of a compound that reaches circulation, generally expressed as a percentage of the total intake. In this regard,...

*Geek Box: Cognitive Tests in Research

*Geek Box: Cognitive Testing Assessing cognitive effects is very challenging from a research methodology perspective! There are many different tests that could be used, and so...

*Geek Box: Hormesis

*Geek Box: Hormesis ‘Hormesis’ is a principle from toxicology, and describes how exposure of an organism to a physical or chemical agent may result in different...

*Geek Box: Measurement Errors

*Geek Box: Measurement Errors Measurement error is a reality of any epidemiological study. In nutritional epidemiology, the goal is to capture dietary intake as accurately as possible;...