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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 8 months ago

   Eggs are good. Eggs are bad. Eggs are good. Eggs are bad. Meat is good. Meat is bad. Meat is good. etc. etc. Studies done with an axe to grind really don’t qualify as science.
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   Shirttail Slim said, 8 months ago

   That makes a great deal of sense to me. Who’s telling the truth. Brand X is 90 per cent more likely than….. What?
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   capnLaz said, 8 months ago

   @Nabuquduriuzhur

   They’re presented as ‘studies’, not as science.
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   ASPI KATRAK said, 8 months ago

   It is the same with salt. Salt is bad salt is good. Who pays for these studies?
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   Jo Clear said, 8 months ago

   Now that is a story I believe….I’ve heard drink coffee, or wine it’s good for you…no dont drink it, it’s bad for you…makes me want to mix my coffee with my wine and forget it…
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   Not Gonnatellu said, 8 months ago

   “I read so much about the hazards of drinking that I gave up reading!” (I think that is attributable to W.C. Fields)
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   poppy1313 said, 8 months ago

   I was in a medical study testing which placebo was best
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   gmartin997 said, 8 months ago

   If we listened to all these medical studies, we might as well just commit suicide because everything kills us anyway.
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   Bdaysuit said, 8 months ago

   @Jo Clear

   Probably the best idea yet.
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 8 months ago

    Studies show you can’t trust every claim that begins with “Studies show…”
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    kea said, 8 months ago

    They’re more likely to be harmful to your bank account.
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    david_42 said, 8 months ago

    But all of the studies done in the last decade say chocolate is good for you!
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    whmIII said, 8 months ago

    More taxpayer money wasted…
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    rshive said, 8 months ago

    Problem is that if the conclusion of a study is obvious, it’s already been found. If the conclusion isn’t obvious, there are a boatload of qualifiers. But those with axes to grind tend to forget the qualifiers—don’t make good sales phrases.
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    dahawk said, 8 months ago

    @gmartin997

    Paul Harvey, commenting on these type studies, observed that it seemed to him that too much of ANYTHING could kill you or give you cancer, even water!
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