The Most Important Study of the Mediterranean Diet Has Been Retracted - Slashdot

The Most Important Study of the Mediterranean Diet Has Been Retracted - Slashdot:
"Zorro shares a report from Quartz:
In 2013, the New England Journal of Medicine published a landmark study that found that people put on a Mediterranean diet had a 30% lower chance of heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular disease than people on a low-fat diet. 
It received massive media and public attention when released, and since has been cited by 3,268 other scientific papers. 
The study had tremendous impact on the field of nutrition and health science.
Yesterday (June 13), however, the journal retracted the study -- providing a new reason for skepticism about how effective the now-popular Mediterranean diet really is.
The reasons for the withdrawal are complicated, having to do with the methodology of the study..."
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