Andrew Huberman· PhD
The only statistically significant difference was between Atkins and Zone, which was weird because those were the two low carb diets.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
The only statistically significant difference was between Atkins and Zone, which was weird because those were the two low carb diets.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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We had 311 women who did it for a year and it was a weight loss study and at the end of the day when we published the paper in JAMA, they were a few pounds different.