The lazy technologist's guide to weight loss

Re:The lazy technologist's guide to weight loss by adastra22 on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:09PM (#39082496)

I wonder what research he was looking at too. There was lot of fuss made over the “French paradox” and their wine consumption, and follow up studies which purported to show that one glass of red wine a day had tremendously positive effects on longevity.

Turns out the researcher behind those studies faked data and got caught up in the replication crisis.

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Re:The lazy technologist's guide to weight loss by cheald on Sunday January 21, 2024 @04:57PM (#39083502)

Red wine in particular has a lot of flavonoids, which are particularly healthful, so it's plausible that there are some health benefits from it. The alcohol itself is probably not conferring any health benefits, though. As with most things, it's probably too simplistic to reduce it down to a single variable.

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