Why You Will Never Know What ‘Healthy Eating’ Is by Fred P. Abramson

The concept of "healthy eating" remains elusive due to the lack of long-term, randomized controlled trials proving the benefits of any specific diet. While short-term studies exist, they cannot establish definitive cause-effect relationships between diet and disease, making dietary recommendations largely observational rather than scientific certainties. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/02/why-you-will-never-know-what-healthy-eating-is/ About the Author: Fred P. Abramson, PhD, retired as emeritus professor of pharmacology at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., after thirty-one years on the faculty. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/ Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is a production of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry.