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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by ooyy on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @04:21PM (#28065804)
Nutritionfacts is ideologically driven operation. They only present one side of the argument. Plant based diet first, facts second. Being a nonprofit doesn't make you immune from bias. It's not just money perverting the field, but also ideology. The whole field of nutrition is divided into camps, when they conduct meta-analyses of all the literature, they pick inclusion/exclusion criteria so that the side that they are championing wins.
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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by mping on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @04:28PM (#28065883)
Where should one get the other side? Genuinely interested
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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by Abishek_Muthian on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:13AM (#28071137)
Your comment is valuable, but at least Nutrionfacts seems to present one side of the argument factually.

There are operations like 'Brand Power'[1] which masquerades like consumer fact checking service but in fact they just 3rd party advertisers for brands.

When I first saw their Ads in India, I thought it's disingenuous and then I learnt that they do the same even in developed countries.

https://www.brandpower.com/us/en/

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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by kobayashi on Thursday August 05, 2021 @09:30AM (#28073465)
While you accurately describe Brand Power, it really has nothing to do with the topic at hand —- the biases surrounding nutritional research.
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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by Abishek_Muthian on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:53AM (#28074542)
You're correct, I shared Brand Power because of their representation of what they claim as 'Nutritional Facts'[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7N-ABnVPZk&t=13s (Tamil)

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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by derekperkins on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:06AM (#28087315)
It's even more hypocritical than just cherry picking studies. Points in his books are refuted by the same studies he cites! He ignores similar / better outcomes that don't match his bias.
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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by systemvoltage on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:07PM (#28066312)
Politics in everything, the world feels broken. What happened?
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Re:The humble egg is an example of what’s wrong with nutriti... by beagle3 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:36PM (#28066694)
Politics was always in everything.

The internet happened, and now you can discuss things and get facts and opinions from sides you previously couldn’t, with not much more than a click.

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