*Geek Box: Microbiome Terminology
*Geek Box: Microbiome TerminologyMany terms of often used, sometimes interchangeable, when reading about this topic. So it can be helpful to define some terms. "Microbiome”...
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*Geek Box: Cluster Randomisation
*Geek Box: Cluster Randomisation The present study had a design that is slightly different to the traditional method of randomisation, using a cluster-randomisation method. What...
*Geek Box: Dietary Biomarkers
*Geek Box: Dietary Biomarkers The term “biomarker” means use of a specific biochemical measure that provides an indication of nutrient intakes. This isn’t always as straightforward as “nutrient in = nutrient measured”,...
*Geek Box: A Priori Indices in Nutritional Epidemiology
*Geek Box: A Priori Indices in Nutritional Epidemiology Most approaches to dietary assessment in nutritional epidemiology focus on foods and nutrients as the exposure of...
*Geek Box: Network Meta-Analysis
*Geek Box: Network Meta-Analysis In a traditional meta-analysis, individual studies are combined to obtain an overall summary of the effect of the exposure and outcome...
*Geek Box: Geeking on Garlic
*Geek Box: Geeking on Garlic The botanical name for garlic is Allium sativum L., and as noted above contains a multiplicity of bioactive food compounds which...
*Geek Box: Measuring Iodine and Defining Deficiency
*Geek Box: Measuring Iodine and Defining Deficiency Biomarkers may be classified according to where they are measured in the body. For example, where levels of...
*Geek Box: (Poly)phenol Metabolites
*Geek Box: (Poly)phenol Metabolites The metabolism of (poly)phenols has been of particular interest in trying to link their purported health benefits to biological plausibility. For...
*Geek Box: Weight Bias & Weight Stigma
*Geek Box: Weight Bias & Weight Stigma Part of the impetus for the emergence of the 'non-diet' or 'weight-normative' paradigm was not simply the lack...
*Geek Box: Short-Chain Fatty Acids
*Geek Box: Short-Chain Fatty Acids SCFA are fatty acids of between 1 - 6 carbons in length, that are produced through fermentation of fibres, proteins...
*Geek Box: Measuring Gastric Emptying
*Geek Box: Measuring Gastric Emptying in Humans Perhaps you may have read that sentence above and thought, "how do you measure food leaving the stomach...
*Geek Box: Atherogenic Dyslipidemia
*Geek Box: Atherogenic Dyslipidemia The ‘atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype’ is the technical term describing a particular pattern of blood cholesterol levels that is considered a significant...