Word: stampfer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many popular diets recommend limiting the consumption of eggs, but these recommendations are often based on indirect evidence, according to SPH Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Meir J. Stampfer, another author of the study...
...hoping that [the study] will shift people's attention from focusing too much on eggs," Stampfer said, "and instead focus on other changes in diet which would be more beneficial...
...assessed folate intake over a number of years," said co-author Meir J. Stampfer, associate professor of medicine and of epidemiology and nutrition at the School of Public Health (SPH). "We found that people who had high levels of folate [intake], particularly over long durations, had lower risks of colon cancer...
...complicated, nutrients tend to interact with one another. For example, vitamin C is supposed to act as an antioxidant, preventing damage to the cells. But that same vitamin, in the presence of iron, can act as a pro-oxidant, causing, rather than preventing, cellular damage, according to Dr. Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health...
...Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) says she can comprehend Stampfer's concern but disagrees with...