Diet Research Is Deeply Flawed. Here’s What You Should Know to Eat Healthy.

Elemental asks nutrition expert Dr. David Ludwig why there’s so much confusion around what’s good for you and what’s not

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
8 min readAug 28, 2019

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ItIt seems like every other week a new study comes out questioning long-held wisdom about food and nutrition. First fat was vilified; now…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a long-time contributor at TIME and other media orgs. I write mostly about health. I grew up in Michigan, but these days I live in southwest Germany.