Originally Posted by
FXjohn
why hasn't anyone addressed the fact that these studies were sponsored by junk food companies?
Most food science is junk science. All around the world, it started in the 50's with the link between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease, which was a fraud, after that there was the link between eggs and cholesterol, which was just very bad science. And these days almost all research is somehow tied to the industry and the accepted methodology allows to get the desired results and call them scientific.
Watched a documentary last week, the makers decided they wanted to sell chocolate as good for weight loss, and just 'organized' the science to back that. No problem, they pulled it off, they didn't need any other fraud than the common methodology, it made headlines everywhere, because media won't check such a lovely story.