50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016)

Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by scottlocklin on Saturday January 19, 2019 @09:32AM (#18947220)

Lots of "science" and "research" is obviously and gratuitously corrupt. People who ignore politicized research results (like, for example, the "food pyramid" or pretty much anything out of psychology or nutrition "research") are the sane ones.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by DontGiveTwoFlux on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:58AM (#18947613)

This is wrong. Is there nothing to know or learn about nutrition? Yes, it’s hard and there is a lot of bad stuff out there, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by scottlocklin on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:02PM (#18947899)

I didn't say we should not try to get better at knowing things about nutrition. I said we shouldn't trust most of the "results" in this topic. This is trivially correct unless you believe eggs both cause and cure heart attacks.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by stevenhuang on Sunday January 20, 2019 @01:22AM (#18951496)

> This is trivially correct unless you believe eggs both cause and cure heart attacks.

Sure, but like often the case, it could be more complicated than that; different people can react differently to foods.

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