Joseph C. Watso, PhD

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@NBTiller That's alarming. Thanks for your efforts on bringing attention to this.

@Joseph_Watso Wrote a letter, but the editor didn't see any ethical concerns. (?)

A quick lesson in research conflicts of interest: This 2024 paper in the Journal of Dietary Supplements showed that an oxygen "nanobubble beverage" improved power output in a 16-km cycling TT by ~4%, and in repeated Wingates by ~7%. 🧵1/7

@NBTiller That seems like grounds for a retraction or at least an article correction, right? I assume you reported this to the journal?

And yet... 🧵7/7 END.

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@braxtonlinder2 et al. (@musclephyslab @DrGregGrosicki @AusRob_PhD @Joseph_Watso @nina_stute @RenoDrew @soolimjeong) #Hypohydration augments the acute increase in #urinarybiomarkers of #kidneyinjury following the 100-mile @wser 🌄🏃‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️ ow.ly/GxO550Xu79s

@jrevkin @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP 3/n That, plus the CVD risk concerns from many organizations on the ketogenic diet (KD) highlighted an opportunity to better understand whether one could maintain CV health despite >10 yrs on a KD.

@jrevkin @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP 2/n In the paper, we cite sources demonstrating that male adults in their 30s with T1D have positive CAC scores 30-70% of the time, suggesting a basis for not anticipating a score of 0 in this age group. That said, I agree the helpful health behaviors likely helped.

🚨OUR NEW PUBLICATION: 🫀Ketogenic Diet >10 Years in a Patient with 10x Elevated Cardiovascular Disease = 0 Calcium Score. @Joseph_Watso 🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41289606/ 📖 Why is this so important? 1/n 👇

@jrevkin @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP 1/n What exactly is disingenuous out of curiosity? LDL: guidelines suggest targets of <70 or <100. Regardless, this value was above normal (60th percentile) for age and sex matched adults with T1D.

@AKoutnik @Joseph_Watso @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP 2/2 on a plant based diet, not a carnivore keto diet in which patients will have LDLs in the 100s. CT calcium scores only detect the end stages of plaque development, calcified plaque, but given his plant based diet, and young age, I would not even expect to see much soft plaque.

@mightymedico @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP There are >2.4 million in the medical research literature, seemingly suggesting they are reasonable important for changing the way we think about and design prospective cohort research.

@AKoutnik @Joseph_Watso @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP N=1, no point in reading anything after that

@philippefroguel @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP The only claim made is the CAC score of 0. This represents a black sheep phenomenon for the traditional LDL and CAD link. This one case report (of over 2.4 million single patient publications) adds nuance to the medical research literature, provoking new thinking.

@AKoutnik @Joseph_Watso @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP N= 1 !!! Is it possible in 2025 to claim such things on a unique case. It is religion not science

@PBasiukiewicz @AKoutnik @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP Thank you for sharing that publication, it was published after we wrote the initial draft of this case report. Good future direction. Carotid artery IMT was not assessed in this patient, thus it remains unknown whether a CTA would have been indicated (e.g., if IMT was >1.5mm).

@AKoutnik @Joseph_Watso @nicknorwitz @BenBikmanPhD @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @bschermd @metcoalition @Metabolic_Mind @DoctorTro @janellison @lowcarbGP pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40767452/