Nick Norwitz
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I think that's a much more productive approach than just saying, we don't know that Diet Coke is bad. Therefore, you should have it. Because we haven't conclusively proven in the 30-year human randomized control trial that aspartame doesn't have a negative effect on the human heart. It's ridiculous. And I said this in a recent clip, the one I was responding to somebody did.
I think that's a much more productive approach than just saying, we don't know that Diet Coke is bad. Therefore, you should have it. Because we haven't conclusively proven in the 30-year human randomized control trial that aspartame doesn't have a negative effect on the human heart. It's ridiculous. And I said this in a recent clip, the one I was responding to somebody did.
They did take me out of context. They tried to make it seem like I was making a point that I wasn't based on what are pretty weak data. If data are fine, provided you're drawing the appropriate conclusion based on the data, the claim needs to be commensurate with the data supporting it.
They did take me out of context. They tried to make it seem like I was making a point that I wasn't based on what are pretty weak data. If data are fine, provided you're drawing the appropriate conclusion based on the data, the claim needs to be commensurate with the data supporting it.
They did take me out of context. They tried to make it seem like I was making a point that I wasn't based on what are pretty weak data. If data are fine, provided you're drawing the appropriate conclusion based on the data, the claim needs to be commensurate with the data supporting it.
So if data are early and you say, this is really interesting, and this shows X, Y, and Z, and then caveat, and this is what it doesn't show, that's fine. The precision of the words really matters. For me to say aspartame may cause heart disease and use the word cause is dead accurate. The animal models show it may cause heart disease. Here is the mechanism.
So if data are early and you say, this is really interesting, and this shows X, Y, and Z, and then caveat, and this is what it doesn't show, that's fine. The precision of the words really matters. For me to say aspartame may cause heart disease and use the word cause is dead accurate. The animal models show it may cause heart disease. Here is the mechanism.
So if data are early and you say, this is really interesting, and this shows X, Y, and Z, and then caveat, and this is what it doesn't show, that's fine. The precision of the words really matters. For me to say aspartame may cause heart disease and use the word cause is dead accurate. The animal models show it may cause heart disease. Here is the mechanism.
And then I couch it in the human data saying, here's what we know about insulin response with respect to aspirin in humans. Here's where we are now. If you look at the full context, the story is told. And my perspective, be it right or wrong, is that people deserve the benefit of the doubt that you can serve them that nuance.
And then I couch it in the human data saying, here's what we know about insulin response with respect to aspirin in humans. Here's where we are now. If you look at the full context, the story is told. And my perspective, be it right or wrong, is that people deserve the benefit of the doubt that you can serve them that nuance.
And then I couch it in the human data saying, here's what we know about insulin response with respect to aspirin in humans. Here's where we are now. If you look at the full context, the story is told. And my perspective, be it right or wrong, is that people deserve the benefit of the doubt that you can serve them that nuance.
I think, you know, first and foremost is, yes, seed oil can refer to a lot of different things. It can refer to highly oxidized, industrialized processed oils that are pre-oxidized, so really damaged fats that can be inflammatory. Right. Okay, don't drink the fire oil at McDonald's. They can probably agree that's not a good idea.
I think, you know, first and foremost is, yes, seed oil can refer to a lot of different things. It can refer to highly oxidized, industrialized processed oils that are pre-oxidized, so really damaged fats that can be inflammatory. Right. Okay, don't drink the fire oil at McDonald's. They can probably agree that's not a good idea.
I think, you know, first and foremost is, yes, seed oil can refer to a lot of different things. It can refer to highly oxidized, industrialized processed oils that are pre-oxidized, so really damaged fats that can be inflammatory. Right. Okay, don't drink the fire oil at McDonald's. They can probably agree that's not a good idea.
But there's kind of a logic creep because then people go to, oh, well, what's the harmful component? It's high levels of omega-6 spats. One primary omega-6 is a little like acid. And then there ends up with this, I'd say, fear mongering about omega six fat rich foods as a category.
But there's kind of a logic creep because then people go to, oh, well, what's the harmful component? It's high levels of omega-6 spats. One primary omega-6 is a little like acid. And then there ends up with this, I'd say, fear mongering about omega six fat rich foods as a category.
But there's kind of a logic creep because then people go to, oh, well, what's the harmful component? It's high levels of omega-6 spats. One primary omega-6 is a little like acid. And then there ends up with this, I'd say, fear mongering about omega six fat rich foods as a category.
So then you end up lumping in things like raw nuts, walnuts or sesame thing I brought up before in that same category is like fryer oil, McDonald's and all the industrialized processed oils I could put into our junk food. And I don't think that's appropriate. because literature does not show that it is necessarily harmful.
So then you end up lumping in things like raw nuts, walnuts or sesame thing I brought up before in that same category is like fryer oil, McDonald's and all the industrialized processed oils I could put into our junk food. And I don't think that's appropriate. because literature does not show that it is necessarily harmful.
So then you end up lumping in things like raw nuts, walnuts or sesame thing I brought up before in that same category is like fryer oil, McDonald's and all the industrialized processed oils I could put into our junk food. And I don't think that's appropriate. because literature does not show that it is necessarily harmful.