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[deleted] t1_ityh1hf wrote

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DooDooSlinger t1_itzgg2g wrote

I like that the article acknowledges the big limitations of cohort studies, which most nutrition articles dismiss entirely.

It's also interesting that soy seems to be particularly important diet wise, and wonder if it may be related to its phytoestrogen content.

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Col_Leslie_Hapablap t1_iu07c5x wrote

That was my thought as well; there is such a (relatively) large amount of estrogen in soy compared to most meats, that perhaps there’s something there.

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ciras t1_iu0bkr5 wrote

> Dr. Ruiz saw the cohort study design as a disadvantage. He argued that a double-blind study is “really the only way to come up with an observation that may be medically meaningful.”

> Dr. Ruiz added that the study’s small sample increased the possibility of a “huge placebo effect.”

Science news media acknowledging a study's limitations and evidence-based applicability? Hell must've frozen over

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Meatrition t1_iu17szd wrote

Lead researcher Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine, said in a news release:“We do not fully understand yet why this combination works but it seems that these three elements are key— avoiding animal products, reducing fat, and adding a serving of soybeans. Our results mirror the diets of places in the world, like pre-Westernized Japan and modern-day Yucatán Peninsula, where a low fat, plant-based diet including soybeans is more prevalent and where postmenopausal women experience fewer symptoms.”

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Interesting. PCRM is a PETA-funded group. I wonder if avoiding animal products was really necessary, and it didn't have more to do with reduction of highly oxidizible vegetable oils.

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