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by anoncoward111 2658 days ago
There are multiple contradictory studies from Harvard about eggs.

As a result, there are youtubers who believe that cholesterol is a benficial steroid-like substance for muscle growth (Snake Diet guy), and others who feel tha it causes heart disease and death (Vegans such as durianrider)

The interesting thing is that both men seem to be qualitatively and quantitatively healthy, both on blood tests and physical performances

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I keep reading things about how whether you see statistically significant results from a study can depend on things like whether you group subpopulations together...

My conclusion is that no matter how much lip service people give to the saying "correlation is not causation", they don't live it, because the only practical thing to do is publish whenever you find a correlation, or else you will perish.

> The interesting thing is that both men seem to be qualitatively and quantitatively healthy, both on blood tests and physical performances.

I don't find this particularly interesting. There are far too many other potential factors in an individual's health. Studies tell us about populations, not individuals.