Reanalyzing Nutritional Epidemiological Studies | Dr. Matt Calkins - E440

Dr. Matt Calkins is a physician focused on improving metabolic health through lifestyle-based care. Board-certified in family and obesity medicine, he is a strong advocate for low-carb and ketogenic nutrition as powerful tools to address obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease. He is passionate about helping patients reclaim their health through sustainable, evidence-based strategies. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Matt talk about… (00:00) Intro (06:40) Nutritional epidemiological studies and how they have informed public opinion on nutrition over the years (13:15) How nutritional epidemiological studies should NOT be used (21:20) Dr. Calkin’s recent criticism of a nutritional epidemiological study making big claims from only observational data (31:52) Why nutritional epidemiological studies are flawed and how they are misused by medical professionals, agencies, and laypeople alike (42:07) Why doctors and medical professionals seem so averse to adapt and change as new scientific data comes out (54:22) Why it is better to focus on the individual patient in front of you than to make assumptions about people in general based on nutritional epidemiological studies (01:03:46) How Dr. Calkin’s criticism was received by the authors of the study (01:09:56) Why so many of bad epidemiological studies are published (01:12:17) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!   Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Dr. Matt Calkins: Concordance between nutritional cohorts and randomized trials: biological confirmation or statistical consequence? A re-analysis of Stadelmaier et al.: https://sciprofiles.com/publication/v... X: https://x.com/MattCalkinsMD Dr. Brian Lenzkes:  Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_...^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author   Dr. Tro Kalayjian:  Website: https://toward.health Twitter:   / doctortro   IG:   / doctortro   Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together.  Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.  Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-... Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Learn more: https://toward.health/community/