Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

In a previous post ( ), I discussed the frequently reported lowest-mortality body mass index (BMI), which is about 26. The empirical results...

Labels: BMI, body fat, calorie restriction, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Do overweight folks live longer? It is not uncommon to see graphs like the one below, from the Med Journal Watch blog ( ), suggesting that, ...

Labels: BMI, body fat, body fat loss, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss

Posted by Admin | 9:18 AM

The idea that calorie restriction extends human life comes largely from studies of other species. The most relevant of those studies have be...

Labels: calorie restriction, China Study, longevity, multivariate analysis, obesity, research, statistics, warppls

Posted by Admin | 1:30 PM

In my  last post  on the China Study II, I analyzed the effect of total and HDL cholesterol on mortality from all cardiovascular diseases. T...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, China Study, multivariate analysis, research, rice, statistics, warppls, wheat

Posted by Admin | 6:49 AM

In this previous post I analyzed some data from the China Study that included counties where there were cases of schistosomiasis infection....

Labels: cancer, China Study, J curve, multivariate analysis, refined carbs, research, statistics, U curve, warppls

Posted by Admin | 5:09 AM

In the comments section of Denise Minger’s post on July 16, 2010 , which discusses some of the data from the China Study (as a follow up to ...

Labels: cancer, China Study, multivariate analysis, research, statistics, warppls