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New Blogger Worth Reading; Read Michael Eades' Tweets Here

Sebastian Rushworth, MD has been reading studies so you don't have to. He's a Swedish junior doctor whose blog was recommended by Malcolm Kendrick, MD and is the author of COVID: Why Most of What you Know is Wrong. The book covers long COVID, masks, Sweden's handling of the pandemic, and includes a basic primer on scientific studies. It's a short book crammed with information. 

Sebastian Rushworth MD. 

His latest post is called "Is COVID a Danger to Children?" His conclusion based on statistics from Sweden and the US is that "Children do many things every day that are more likely to kill them, and we don’t bat an eyelid" and therefore "Since it is at present far from clear that vaccination is less risky to children than infection, it is deeply unethical to vaccinate them."

Not all of his conclusions are popular with his entire readership. In a post on Vitamin C, Rushworth concludes, "The best available evidence at this point in time suggests that Vitamin C does not have any beneficial effect on heart disease, or on overall longevity for that matter." Is a ketogenic diet effective against dementia? He thinks so, but admits the available evidence doesn't prove it. 

If you miss the Protein Power blog, you can now find Dr. Eades' tweets and retweets here in the sidebar. (Click the three horizontal lines at the top of the page if you don't see it.) Dr. Michael Eades wrote  Protein Power and one of the best low-carb blogs around. He tweets articles and other links I'd have never discovered. 

Michael Eades MD. Photo from Crossfithealth.com.
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