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Ketones: Not Hippocrates' Food

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If you've circulated in the realms of nutritional science or sorcery for any length of time, you've probably heard the phrase ... Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food ... enough for it to have long past turned to the point of cliché.   Whether or not it was actually said by Hippocrates notwithstanding, you've probably seen it misused as often as it is appropriately applied.   This post is about its misuse in the image below. Starving cancer:  Dominic D'Agostino at TEDx TampaBay Screenshot

What Non-Scientists Do When You Criticize Their "Science" -- A Meta-Analysis

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I have conducted a systematic search on my Twitter notifications for all people who have retweeted a tweet in which my ID has been mentioned.  I then narrowed it down to tweets in which inaccurate claims were made about me and furthermore to whether the retweeter had subsequently blocked me. @zbysfedo O dear. I saw CS deleted all your comments from her blog. Expected a lot, but not that. @CarbSane @Ezzoef — Melchior Meijer (@PolderPaleo) August 22, 2015 I'd draw you all a funky flow chart, but it's not really worth my time.  I did, however construct this nice table. Conclusion:  Inability to answer to criticisms based on the merits of their study.