Sal DiStefano
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Just change the, you know, lower the weight and make the reps go higher or vice versa. And then it was like magic. People would start getting results again.
Just change the, you know, lower the weight and make the reps go higher or vice versa. And then it was like magic. People would start getting results again.
Just change the, you know, lower the weight and make the reps go higher or vice versa. And then it was like magic. People would start getting results again.
Absolutely. You know, another one would be like, what are the controls? So control, like, are they able to weed out variables that could be potentially influencing the result of the study. For example- To do the cigarette and coffee one.
Absolutely. You know, another one would be like, what are the controls? So control, like, are they able to weed out variables that could be potentially influencing the result of the study. For example- To do the cigarette and coffee one.
Absolutely. You know, another one would be like, what are the controls? So control, like, are they able to weed out variables that could be potentially influencing the result of the study. For example- To do the cigarette and coffee one.
For a long time, people, studies showed that drinking coffee was correlated to cancer risk. So they thought, they actually used to say, coffee probably or may cause cancer. But what they didn't do very well was control for the fact that back in the day, people who drank the most coffee smoked. This was a thing 30, 40 years ago and before.
For a long time, people, studies showed that drinking coffee was correlated to cancer risk. So they thought, they actually used to say, coffee probably or may cause cancer. But what they didn't do very well was control for the fact that back in the day, people who drank the most coffee smoked. This was a thing 30, 40 years ago and before.
For a long time, people, studies showed that drinking coffee was correlated to cancer risk. So they thought, they actually used to say, coffee probably or may cause cancer. But what they didn't do very well was control for the fact that back in the day, people who drank the most coffee smoked. This was a thing 30, 40 years ago and before.
Everybody who drank the most coffee was doing it with a cigarette.
Everybody who drank the most coffee was doing it with a cigarette.
Everybody who drank the most coffee was doing it with a cigarette.
Well, there's a synergistic effect between nicotine and caffeine. Everybody knows this. People now are using the nicotine. Oh, yeah. Zin and all that stuff. Yeah, it's like a synergistic, you know, people like the way it feels. But that's what happened. So people thought until they controlled the cigarette smoking. When they controlled the cigarette smoking, here's what they found.
Well, there's a synergistic effect between nicotine and caffeine. Everybody knows this. People now are using the nicotine. Oh, yeah. Zin and all that stuff. Yeah, it's like a synergistic, you know, people like the way it feels. But that's what happened. So people thought until they controlled the cigarette smoking. When they controlled the cigarette smoking, here's what they found.
Well, there's a synergistic effect between nicotine and caffeine. Everybody knows this. People now are using the nicotine. Oh, yeah. Zin and all that stuff. Yeah, it's like a synergistic, you know, people like the way it feels. But that's what happened. So people thought until they controlled the cigarette smoking. When they controlled the cigarette smoking, here's what they found.
Not only did coffee not cause cancer, it actually prevented cancer. It was actually the opposite. of what we thought. Another common one in, especially in fat loss and muscle building or health studies is the healthy user bias, okay? That you have to control for. So people who eat a lot of, I'll make one up, right? People who eat a lot of oranges tend to be healthier.
Not only did coffee not cause cancer, it actually prevented cancer. It was actually the opposite. of what we thought. Another common one in, especially in fat loss and muscle building or health studies is the healthy user bias, okay? That you have to control for. So people who eat a lot of, I'll make one up, right? People who eat a lot of oranges tend to be healthier.
Not only did coffee not cause cancer, it actually prevented cancer. It was actually the opposite. of what we thought. Another common one in, especially in fat loss and muscle building or health studies is the healthy user bias, okay? That you have to control for. So people who eat a lot of, I'll make one up, right? People who eat a lot of oranges tend to be healthier.
You might think to yourself, oranges are really healthy, but what we don't know are, do healthy people who follow healthy lifestyles, who exercise, get more sleep, do other things, do they also eat more oranges? So really, are we looking at a bias of healthy people isolating one thing? Here's another one that I love, okay? People who eat a lot of red meat have worse health.
You might think to yourself, oranges are really healthy, but what we don't know are, do healthy people who follow healthy lifestyles, who exercise, get more sleep, do other things, do they also eat more oranges? So really, are we looking at a bias of healthy people isolating one thing? Here's another one that I love, okay? People who eat a lot of red meat have worse health.