It’s the Carbs, Not the Calories
A new study presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity concludes that Americans have gotten fatter as the result of eating too much, and not from exercising too… Read more »
Category Archives: Bad Science
Good Math Slices Bad Bologna
My sophomore year in college, I took an Introduction to Humanities course (which I enjoyed very much), and was pleased when I walked into class one day and found that… Read more »
Digest Some Bologna, Readers
Reader’s Digest recently published an article titled “Why Low-Carb Diets Aren’t the Answer.” The article was full of the usual bologna, with a few side orders of pseudo-scientific salami. Curiously,… Read more »
Create Your Very Own Biased Study
A few weeks ago, the media were all abuzz about a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study’s conclusion: weight loss is all about the… Read more »