Episode 300: Dr. Andrew Mente

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD
Podcast. Dr. Andrew Mente received his doctoral degree in
Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He completed
post-doctoral training in cardiovascular epidemiology at McMaster
University in Hamilton, Canada, and is currently an Associate
Professor in Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at the
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University. Dr.
Mente has studied the role of dietary sodium and cardiovascular
diseases in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE)
study—a study whose findings call into question the dietary
guidelines around fat, carbohydrates and salt.


In this conversation, Drs. Tro and Andrew talk about the impact
of dietary salt intake and mortality, the methods used to study
how much sodium people are consuming, the history of research on
sodium intake and its relation to mortality, the optimal sodium
intake range for humans, the history, methods, and findings of
the PURE study, the risk to human health that arises from eating
processed carbohydrates, the interesting issue of ‘healthy user
bias’ in epidemiological studies, dairy intakes and health
outcomes, and red meat and health outcomes.


For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for
listening!


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