Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Helms has neglected to show up yet again, so Ep 347 is a solo show in which Dr Trex details a recent saga in which a paper about apple cider vinegar was retracted. The episode covers what the paper reported, how Trex & co pursued clarification, how the paper was eventually retracted, and (most importantly) what this means for "evidence-based" fitness. Even if you don't care about apple cider vinegar, there are important lessons to draw from an evidence-based view of fitness that acknowledges the fallibility of published evidence.

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Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
5:34 The original paper and findings
13:27 Our letter to the editor
17:54 The authors' response
23:59 The retraction
29:06 The statistical investigation
32:13 Why the retraction process doesn't actually work
38:30 How to be "evidence based" when unreliable evidence is routinely published