Article · Volume 2, Issue 1 · pp. 73–73
Whole Foods Versus Isolated Compounds: Why Nutrition Trials Keep Asking the Wrong Question
Mueen Ahmed KK*1
- 1Manuscript Technomedia LLP, No. 22 (New No. 40), 3rd Cross, Vivekananda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.
Abstract
Large randomized trials of isolated antioxidant compounds have repeatedly returned null or adverse results, even as whole-food dietary patterns rich in the same compounds remain associated with better health. I write to suggest that this is not a paradox but a predictable consequence of a recurring design choice: testing single high-dose nutrients in isolation.
Keywords: Letter to the Editor
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