Vol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2026 · pp. 73-73
    Whole Foods Versus Isolated Compounds: Why Nutrition Trials Keep Asking the Wrong Question
    Life Science Research Communications
    Letter to Editor
    Life Science Research Communications
    Vol. 2
    Issue 1
    2026
    pp. 73-73
    Open Access

    Whole Foods Versus Isolated Compounds: Why Nutrition Trials Keep Asking the Wrong Question

    Mueen Ahmed KK1
    1Manuscript Technomedia LLP, No. 22 (New No. 40), 3rd Cross, Vivekananda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.
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    *Mueen Ahmed KK

    Manuscript Technomedia LLP, No. 22 (New No. 40), 3rd Cross, Vivekananda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.

    mueen.ahmed@gmail.com

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    Large randomized trials of isolated antioxidant compounds have repeatedly returned null or adverse results, even as whole-food dietary patterns rich in the same compounds remain associated with better health. I write to suggest that this is not a paradox but a predictable consequence of a recurring design choice: testing single high-dose nutrients in isolation.

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