Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Curious what the Paleohacks crowd has to say about this article:

I am guessing the result hinges on whether the risk factors identified in the study really are indicative of future likelihood for heart problems.

What do you think?

asked May 31 at 0:41

Marcy
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	If it bleeds it leads, but with this study it's hard to find the blood... – thhq May 31 at 13:07
	Study used 60 people. A population of that size is okay for a pilot study but not one you can draw general conclusions from that are applicable to the entire population. – Mark May 31 at 15:31
	@mark: this is pooled statistics on 6 studies previously run involving a total of 1687 individuals. These researchers did not run any tests. They were only doing statistics. – thhq May 31 at 17:14
	In the abstract, under methodology/principal findings: 'Sixty subjects were measured three times over a period of three weeks,...' 'Completers from six exercise studies were used in the present analysis' I believe they conducted their own sample study and used the other studies to add credibility to their findings. – Mark May 31 at 18:22
	@mark as you say 60 is too few to draw useful conclusions. They spent a LOT of time analyzing the other studies and pooling the results on 4 tests. That's what I see being most useful here. – thhq Jun 1 at 13:36

Tyler F · Answer 1 · 2012-05-31 01:21:13Z UTC

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If it's in the New York Times, ball it up and use it to start your next grill.

answered May 31 at 1:21

Tyler F
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	we finally agree on something. – foreveryoung May 31 at 1:55
	I have added a link to the study so you don't have to defile your web history by clicking on the article. – Marcy May 31 at 2:12
	It's interesting that studies that differed so much all had adverse responders. Unfortunately, none of the individual studies are open for me to view, so I can't know whether or not everything else was well-controlled. The few risk factors they gave are not much to go on without more info. – Tyler F May 31 at 12:32
	@Tyler, look at the bar graphs on individual test responses. This study seeks only negative responses. On any individual test about 100-150 responders out of 1600 saw worse results. Very few saw more than one negative response. I conclude that exercise is beneficial, but that's not what the study is looking for. – thhq May 31 at 13:00
	My question is why those people responded adversely. Without more info from the full studies than just those few risk factors, we can't know. – Tyler F May 31 at 13:19

thhq · Answer 2 · 2012-05-31 12:52:00Z UTC

The full study shows that 7% of participants had an adverse response to exercise on a single CV test.

So there's a 93% chance that exercise will be beneficial.

Hunt-and-gather behavior is beneficial for most of us. Paleo practice is confirmed.

Dean · Answer 3 · 2012-06-20 09:55:42Z UTC

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answered Jun 20 at 9:55

NYT Article: Exercise could increase heart risk for some