Epidemiological studies reporting correlations between protein and disease outcomes are unreliable as evidence of causation because people reporting precise protein amounts ('I ate 6 ounces of steak') are inherently different from people reporting vague carbohydrate amounts ('a bowl of pasta'), introducing measurement error bias that masks carbohydrate effects
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Speaker
Dr. Don LaymanEvidence Quote
“protein is something we can get a hard statistic on... if I asked somebody how many carbs they ate yesterday well I had a bag I had a box”
Source
The ultimate protein episode: Nutrition scientist Don Layman, Ph.D. | mbg Podcast— the mindbodygreen podcastCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:22:02 PM
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