Oh noes!
Vegans have lower bone densities than omnivores! (which, ignoring the title, is one of the better news articles on this issue).
Or do they?
Well,
if you've read the 70+ news articles covering this story, you would
think vegans were going to fall apart at the seams, their bones
snapping like twigs.
The articles are reporting about
this study in the
American Journal of Nutrition called "
Effect
of vegetarian diets on bone mineral density: a Bayesian meta-analysis".
I am always fond of Bayesian meta-analysis because it sounds fun and
scientificky.
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