Dr Tim Crowe

You can always find some research to support your agenda.

So I would say that if you're reading something that someone's making a case for food or nutrient,

Are they just citing one study, maybe done in mice or just in one study in humans, or are they using something called a systematic review?

So a review paper gets all of the research and combines them together.

So if you do see research cited, see if it's actually a review paper they're using, and that is much more powerful.

And they're called systematic reviews or meta-analyses.

So in my podcast, a lot of the research I use are systematic reviews because it takes all of the research together and it reduces the biases.

So that's a good place to start.

But in the end, is the advice gelling with you?

Is the person offering a solution for all of your health problems and they're blaming one particular food or nutrient?

If they are, you are probably only getting a very myopic viewpoint when the core cornerstones of healthy eating have changed very little over decades.

I wish it could, but it's so appealing, isn't it?

All you need to do is cut out this food, do this, do that.

And it can work for a short amount of time because it focuses you on eating healthier.

But no, I've never seen any case.

Well, unless you've had celiac disease and you cut out gluten, you clearly would be better for it.

But that's a clear case where there is a defined disease.

For general health, it's not as simple as just adding this food or taking that food out.

It's really a broad spectrum of dietary changes.

So I've seen many different dietary fads come and go over the decades and they get reinvented under different names.