*Geek Box: Short-Chain Fatty Acids SCFA are fatty acids of between 1 – 6 carbons in length, that are produced …

*Geek Box: Measuring Gastric Emptying in Humans Perhaps you may have read that sentence above and thought, “how do you …

*Geek Box: Atherogenic Dyslipidemia The ‘atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype’ is the technical term describing a particular pattern of blood cholesterol levels …

*Geek Box: Sphingolipids & Ceramides Lipids – fats – are one of the most complex groups of compounds in the …

*Geek Box: Isoflavones & Equol While soy is generally recognised for the phytoestrogen activity of its main isoflavones, it is …

*Geek Box: Synbiotic You have no doubt come across the terms ‘probiotic’ and ‘prebiotic’ before. To recap, probiotics are defined …

*Geek Box: Standardised Mean Difference Measure of Effect The standardised mean difference [SMD] of effect size is also known as …

*Geek Box: Measuring Intuitive Eating It is important to note that intuitive eating [lowercase] may refer to a measure of …

*Geek Box: Nested Case-Control & Case-Cohort Studies Prospective cohort studies take a cohort of people from the population, and follow …

*Geek Box: Cox Regression In cohort studies, you will commonly see what is known as a “survival analysis”, which is …