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Originally Posted by TheNewGirl
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It's an interesting report, no doubt. But in essence it really proves my point: there's simply no way that ALL these organizations have had their research funded by industries that might benefit. Especially in this particular field, where there are very few corporations or entities that stand to "win" by disseminating false info.
A large amount nutrition-based research is government-funded, and they have no vested interest at all in generating biased or false research. That's in addition to the fact that for every drug company or health food company that could benefit from these claims, there's another one that could suffer. That alone is sufficient to consider this conspiracy theory completely illogical.
Most reputable universities also have code of conduct/conflict of interest policies. Even if you don't believe they actually abide by those rules, then you're suggesting that every single researcher agreeing with the mainstream perspective is risking his career in order to do so. How ridiculous is that?