*Geek Box: Triglycerides & CVD Risk
*Geek Box: Triglycerides & CVD Risk Triglycerides are known to increase on higher carbohydrate diets, and decrease on low-carbohydrate diets. This is often oversimplified to...
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*Geek Box: Post-Hoc Secondary Analysis
*Geek Box: Post-Hoc Secondary Analysis The literal translation of the Latin term ‘post hoc’ is ‘after this’, i.e., something which occurs after an event. In...
*Geek Box: Lipid Metabolism
*Geek Box: Lipid Metabolism The term ‘lipid’ is the technical term for fats in the body, which are taken in through diet or are produced...
*Geek Box: Control of Bias in the Lyon Diet-Heart Study
*Geek Box: Control of Bias in the Lyon Diet-Heart Study The Lyon Diet-Heart Study was a secondary prevention trial of a Mediterranean diet in subjects...
*Geek Box: Longitudinal Study
*Geek Box: Longitudinal Study ‘Longitudinal’ in research design simply means ‘over time’. Longitudinal studies are observational, and data is collected on the same group of...
*Geek Box: Hazard Ratios
*Geek Box: Hazard Ratios Hazard ratios, or ‘HRs’, are used to express the chance of an event occurring in a reference or treatment group compared...
*Geek Box: Prospective Cohort Studies
*Geek Box: Prospective Cohort Studies In the biomedical model, a randomised controlled trial is considered the ‘gold standard’ of scientific evidence, particularly where an RCT...
*Geek Box: Falsification
*Geek Box: Falsification in Science What does ‘falsified’ mean in science? The concept originated with Austrian philosopher Karl Popper. In science, nothing is ever proven...
*Geek Box: Protein & Satiety
*Geek Box: Protein & Satiety Why does protein increase fullness? There are a few mechanisms through which increased dietary protein intake stimulates satiety. First, the...