@theproof @NutritionMadeS3 But if you are eating some red meat (let’s say 50 g per day) at the backdrop of a healthy diet/lifestyle then the substitution effect might not be as strong. What do you think? 3/3 https://t.co/p7EWVYJpSG
@ScepticalDoctor But when they say replacement they do not say intervention studies where one food has been replaced by another. Substitution analysis is but a mathematical artifact that can't provide real evidence of their findings. https://t.co/9tyS6H7Z
RT @DiscoStew66: Are you nutrition scientist who’s to lazy to do real experiments? Do you bemoan the idea of actually feeding people food?…
Are you nutrition scientist who’s to lazy to do real experiments? Do you bemoan the idea of actually feeding people food? Would you prefer to pretend to feed real people real food? Then have you considered ‘Substitution Analysis’? https://t.co/SZq1LH78BS
Substitution Analysis: The art of pretending to substitute X for Y but never actually substituting X for Y. Commonly used in Public Health to tell the public how evil saturated fat is and how wonderful whole grains & PUFAs are. https://t.co/uBhGpeUolw
@Riudecanyenc I agree. Bias is a big concern. And there has been some speculation that such models can amplify confounding (https://t.co/i6d6Ec6S7z) but nothing substantiated. Simulation would be an elegant way of illustrating these (potential) problems. Y