Re: Caloric Restriction Linked to Reduced Inflammation Markers

On Sat, 05 May 2012 17:22:50 -0400
tedrosenberg <theodore.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Randomized studies definitely increase the potential validity of the
study, they NEVER prove causality. For a simple example, we know
that there is a correlation between weight and T2 diabetes. There
has, so far, been no way to prove which causes which. The majority
believe it is weight causes diabetes. A STRONG minority believe
diabetes causes weight gain, but neither opinion has PROOF, and a
randomized study, no mater how randomized, will show a correlation
only.

The other possibility is that some other factor causes both T2 and
obesity. This other factor could be food allergies. When people
go on a low calorie diet, they eat fewer allergens. Their weight
falls, and their diabetes improves. This explains the occasional
skinny type II better than either of your two possibilities.

.

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