Source Overall book or specific

Namestatement Year Claim Link Correction Correction linkVideo explanation Type Risk Reply Additional links
Twitter Specific statement Palmer, Chris 2020 LDL is not an independent risk factor for CVD https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerMD/status/1297495626058530818
LDL is an independent risk factor for CVD https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/32/2459/3745109
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1299492743064907777
False statement Dangerous https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i3283
COVID supplement guide Book Masterjohn, Chris 2020 Supplementation prevents COVID19 https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1240020815036506113
No good evidence for supplements and COVID19 https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-update-fda-and-ftc-warn-seven-companies-selling-fraudulent-products-claim-treat-or
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1299776691049558017
Hyped weak evidence ; Possibly
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1299776692563652610
dangerous https://twitter.com/ChrisMasterjohn/status/1298758717270364160
Website, interviews, etc. Specific statement Patrick, Rhonda 2020 Sauna produces a reduction in cardiovascular and all-cause https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/sauna
mortality Reduction in cardiovascular risk may be due to reverse causation or
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2448449
confounding https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1299681518726586368
Hyped weak evidence Possibly dangerous
Website Specific statement Esselstyn, Caldwell 2020 Olive oil causes heart disease https://www.dresselstyn.com/site/faq/
Olive oil is protective against heart disease https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/69/9/1172
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1299781741578682368
False statement Dangerous
Interviews, articles, etc. Specific statement Ornish, Dean 2020 Plant-based diet and healthy lifestyle prevents COVID19 https://www.ornish.com/zine/coronavirus-the-other-half-of-the-equation/
No good evidence for diet and COVID19; health creep is inappropriate
https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/there-is-no-diet-to-prevent-coronavirus.html
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300419390207295489;
Hyped weak evidence; misdirection https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300419473455878145
Possibly dangerous
Book: 21-Day Immunity PlanBook Malhotra, Aseem 2020 Improving metabolic health prevents COVID-10 https://twitter.com/DrAseemMalhotra/status/1299231157280743424
Overall: No good evidence for weight loss and COVID19 https://thedietwars.com/why-lose-weight-to-prevent-covid-19-is-an-inappropriate-and-harmful-message-for-health-influencers-to-be-sending/
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300429748762562566
Hyped weak evidence Possibly dangerous
Websites, diet programs, etc.Specific statement Ornish, Dean 2020 <10% of calories from fat to reverse heart disease https://www.ornish.com/proven-program/nutrition/#:~:text=No%20more%20than%2010%25%20of,small%20amounts%20of%20nuts%20%26%20seeds.
Evidence indicates that healthy fats may prevent heart disease https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/69/9/1172
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300482260102074368
Hyped weak evidence Possibly dangerous https://twitter.com/AviBittMD/status/1293025680263909378
https://twitter.com/AviBittMD/status/1299813640896483328
Book: Big Fat Surprise Book Teicholz, Nina 2014 https://thedietwars.com/the-big-fat-surprise-a-critical-review-part-1-by-seth-yoder/
Systematic misrepresentation Dangerous
Book: The Obesity Code Book Fung, Jason 2016 Core scientific claims are not supported by scientific evidence https://www.redpenreviews.org/reviews/the-obesity-code-unlocking-the-secrets-of-weight-loss/#scroll-scientific-accuracy
Scientifically inaccurate Not dangerous
Book article: Nutrition for health
Specific
(Brukner
statement
and Khan's
Mason,
Clinical
Paul Sports Medicine)
2019 "Let food be thy medicine..." Hippocrates http://csm.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2667&sectionid=240844952
Hippocrates never said "let food be thy medicine" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212826313000924
Misquotation Not dangerous
Book article: Nutrition for health
Specific
(Brukner
statement
and Khan's
Mason,
Clinical
Paul Sports Medicine)
2019 "Findings from these observational studies are oftendemonstrated
http://csm.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2667&sectionid=240844952
to be erroneous
Citationswhen
do not
tested
support
in randomisedcontrolled
claim trials." Miscitation Not dangerous
Twitter Specific statement Naiman, Ted 2020 Autophagy happens just as much from exercise and calorie restriction as it No
doesevidence
from intermittent
that muscle
fasting
autophagy is a health biomarker in humans
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300869348429455360
https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1301137236075872258
Nonsense Not dangerous https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1300869348429455360
Article Specific statement Ede, Georgia 2020 Epidemiology is wrong at least 80% of the time https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/full-article/epidemiological-studies
Epidemiological studies are corroborated by RCTs 70% of the timehttps://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutritn6tp.html
False statement Not dangerous
Twitter Specific statement Berry, Ken 2020 You can improve your asthma symptoms a lot by a keto diet https://twitter.com/KenDBerryMD/status/1301606675191922690
There is no evidence that a KD improves asthma symptoms in humans; https://acaai.org/resources/connect/ask-allergist/what-connection-between-weight-and-asthma
weight loss might Hyped weak evidence Possibly dangerous
Twitter Specific statement Berry, Ken 2020 You can improve your asthma symptoms a lot by a keto diet https://twitter.com/KenDBerryMD/status/1301606675191922690
There is no evidence that a KD improves asthma symptoms in humans; https://acaai.org/resources/connect/ask-allergist/what-connection-between-weight-and-asthma
weight loss might Hyped weak evidence Possibly dangerous
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LIST OF UNRELIABLE SOURCES
Carnivore / Keto / LCHF / Paleo Plant-based Miscellaneous
Teicholz, Nina 1 0 0 0 Ornish, Dean 0 1 1 0
Palmer, Chris 1 0 0 0 Esselstyn, Caldwell 1 0 0 0
Patrick, Rhonda 0 1 0 0
Masterjohn, Chris 0 1 0 0
Malhotra, Aseem 0 1 0 0
Mason, Paul 0 0 0 2
Fung, Jason 0 0 1 0
Naiman, Ted 0 0 0 1
Ede, Georgia 0 0 0 1
 LIST OF RELIABLE SOURCES
Paleo/Keto Plant-based Miscellaneous
Carrie Diulus Avi Bitterman Alan Aragon Felice Jacka Michelle Adams-Arent
Eric Kossoff Danielle Belardo Abbie Smith-Ryan Gideon Meyerowitz-Kahn Mike Albert
Ethan Weiss Ginny Messina Abby Langer Gil Carvalho Mike Ormsbee
Julianne Taylor Jack Norris Alan Flanagan Graeme L. Close Mike Zourdos
Nanci Guest Alan Levinovitz Greg Lehman Mireia Porta
Pixie Turner Alastair McAlpine Greg Nuckols Nancy Clark
Robert Ostfeld Andy Galpin Ian Lahart Nick Hiebert
Anne Guzman Jacob Gudiol Nicola Guess
Anthony Warner (Angry Chef) James Betts Pauli Ohukainen
Aric Sudicky James Krieger Robby Bowers
Austin Baraki James Morton Sarah Berry
Barbara Corkey Javier Gonzalez Sarah Hallberg (Virta)
Barney Calman Jeff Nippard Shawn Arent
Ben Carpenter Jennifer Gunter Sohee Lee
Ben Goldacre Jennifer Sygo Spencer Nadolsky
Bill Lagakos Jim Johnson Stephan Guyenet
Brad Schoenfeld Jim Stewart Stuart Phillips
Brenda Davy John A. Hawley Tanya Halliday
Bret Contreras John Speakman Terri Maratos-Flier
Brianna Stubbs Jordan Feigenbaum Thomas Dayspring
Britt Marie Hermes Jordan Syatt Tim Caulfield
Catherine Collins Jose Antonio Trent Stellingwerff
Catherine Price Juleen R. Zierath Wendi Irlbeck
Charles Brenner Kamal Patel Yoni Freedhoff
Christopher Gardner Katherine Pett Yvette d'Entremont
Craig Sale Kathryn Ackerman
Danny Lennon Kavin Senapathy
David Nunan Kevin Davy
Deirdre Tobias Kevin Hall
Douglas Kalman Kevin Klatt
Dylan MacKay Layne Norton
Elliott Sale Louise Burke
Emily Kraus Lyle McDonald
Emma Beckett Maeve Hanan
Eric Helms Margo Mountjoy
Eric Rawson Martin MacDonald
Eric Trexler Matthew Dalby
Erik Bustillo Michael Hull (Examine.com)
Eve Simmons Michael Ray (Barbell Medicine)
 LIST OF RELIABLE SOURCES
via twitter followers

Paleo/Keto Plant-based Miscellaneous

Ethan Weiss 23,600 Danielle Belardo 32,200 Ben Goldacre 488,200 Greg Nuckols 10,800 Kathryn Ackerman 2,625
Carrie Diulus 10,700 Ginny Messina 28,700 Jennifer Gunter 318,500 Kevin Klatt 10,300 Mike Albert 2,599
Julianne Taylor 5,551 Robert Ostfeld 11,300 Layne Norton 99,800 Sohee Lee 9,826 Brenda Davy 2,410
Eric Kossoff - Nanci Guest 8,129 Bret Contreras 67,600 Jim Johnson 7,989 Michelle Adams-Arent 2,269
Pixie Turner 9,122 James Morton 60,600 Catherine Collins 7,880 Ben Carpenter 2,251
Jack Norris 7,559 Tim Caulfield 60,400 Tanya Halliday 7,431 Sarah Berry 2,212
Avi Bitterman 2,599 Brad Schoenfeld 49,300 Felice Jacka 6,851 Terri Maratos-Flier 2,152
Yoni Freedhoff 48,500 Wendi Irlbeck 6,811 Aric Sudicky 2,011
Yvette d'Entremont 41,400 Eric Rawson 6,786 Emily Kraus 1,728
Charles Brenner 38,400 Matthew Dalby 6,491 Nick Hiebert 1,663
Stephan Guyenet 37,700 Danny Lennon 5,965 Eric Trexler 1,515
Stuart Phillips 34,600 Shawn Arent 5,646 Margo Mountjoy 1,321
Greg Lehman 30,500 Eve Simmons 5,636 Kevin Davy 1,296
Alan Aragon 29,100 Douglas Kalman 5,594 Erik Bustillo 1,185
Jordan Syatt 28,400 Javier Gonzalez 5,245 Michael Hull (Examine.com) 1,086
Alastair McAlpine 27,100 Abbie Smith-Ryan 5,194 Michael Ray (Barbell Medicine) 837
Anthony Warner (Angry Chef) 23,100 Nicola Guess 5,174 Deirdre Tobias 782
Graeme L. Close 22,500 Pauli Ohukainen 5,040 Robby Bowers 761
Sarah Hallberg (Virta) 21,200 Jennifer Sygo 4,967 Barbara Corkey 755
Bill Lagakos 20,500 Mireia Porta 4,877 Barney Calman 741
Abby Langer 18,500 Anne Guzman 4,622 Alan Flanagan -
Spencer Nadolsky 18,500 Catherine Price 4,610 Gideon Meyerowitz-Kahn -
Andy Galpin 17,500 David Nunan 4,409 Katherine Pett -
Emma Beckett 17,300 Juleen R. Zierath 4,385 Lyle McDonald -
Jose Antonio 17,100 Eric Helms 4,295 Mike Zourdos -
Jacob Gudiol 16,500 Dylan MacKay 3,873
Alan Levinovitz 16,200 Maeve Hanan 3,803
Trent Stellingwerff 15,900 Elliott Sale 3,395
Jeff Nippard 15,600 Jordan Feigenbaum 3,315
Britt Marie Hermes 15,200 Brianna Stubbs 3,296
John A. Hawley 14,000 Austin Baraki 3,186
Thomas Dayspring 13,700 James Betts 3,178
Kevin Hall 13,500 Mike Ormsbee 3,151
Nancy Clark 13,400 John Speakman 3,032
Louise Burke 12,700 Gil Carvalho 3,006
Kavin Senapathy 12,000 Christopher Gardner 2,941
Craig Sale 11,000 Ian Lahart 2,918
Martin MacDonald 11,000 James Krieger 2,903
Jim Stewart 10,900 Kamal Patel 2,847
Name Risk Dangerous Possibly dangerous
Not likely dangerous
Not dangerous
Teicholz, Nina Dangerous 1 4
Patrick, Rhonda Possibly dangerous 1 3
Palmer, Chris Dangerous 1 4
Ornish, Dean Not likely dangerous 1
Ornish, Dean Possibly dangerous 1 1 5
Naiman, Ted Not dangerous 1 1
Masterjohn, Chris Possibly dangerous 1 3
Mason, Paul Not dangerous 1 1
Mason, Paul Not dangerous 2 2
Malhotra, Aseem Possibly dangerous 1 3
Fung, Jason Not likely dangerous 1 2
Esselstyn, Caldwell Dangerous 1 4
Ede, Georgia Not dangerous 1 1