Here’s the next episode of the UNCENSORED Podcasts Season 3.
What about supplement claims?
If you are reading an article that sounds too good to be true
– it probably is too good to be true.
Today’s Topic: Understanding research claims for supplements
Today John speaks with Dr. Julie Conquer
Dr. Conquer’s Educational background:
University of Toronto
PhD, Molecular Pathology
1990 – 1994
University of Guelph
MSc, Nutritional Sciences
1988 – 1990
University of Waterloo
BSc, Biology
1983 – 1987
Dr. Conquer has 10 years of experience on clinical trials on dietary supplements. Now she is working on putting the research together.
What you will learn in the podcast:
- What is the structure of research claims?
- What is really supporting the research claims?
- What is a review compared to a systematic review?
- What is a clinical trial?
- What are clinical good practice trials?
- What is double blind?
- What are the standards for double blind?
- What is pre-trial disclosure?
- What are the recent improvements in quality in clinical trials?
- What is the Jadad scale?
- What is randomization?
- What is required for randomization?
- What about weight loss studies?
- How do the behaviors of people in the study effect the outcome?
- What about people who drop out of a study?
- Is safety an end point in studies?
- What is the difference between the media stories vs. the actual studies?
- Why is the gap between media stories and the actual studies so great?
- Why we should never just look at just the latest study?
- Should you rely on mainstream media for the truth about clinical trials?
- Why you should look at only at the results section in the study.
- Are there some places where people can find the truth about supplement studies?
- What is peer review?
If you are reading an article that sounds too good to be true – it probably is too good to be true.
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About Roberta Saum
Hi Kelly, Mainly we don’t worry quite so much about macros. It just needs to be in the ballpark. I’ve found what works best for me is just paying attention to how I feel and then experimenting, and also just paying attention to what you had at the last meal, or the day before and keeping everything in a kind of balance. We all have different needs so we are the ones who has to decide for ourselves based on on our own body’s reaction to things.