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I’m copying this comment from discussion two months ago > Caveat: > > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
So one of those egg council creeps got to you too huh?
Quality of this study aside, and n of 1 here, my own state of mind, clarity of thought, and sleep are all noticeably better when I'm eating 2 or 3 eggs a day, 3 to 5 days a week. (I might go 7 days, but an independent value placed on dietary variety prevents that--perhaps foolishly when I notice what I'm eating on off days instead of the eggs.) Regardless, this whole eggs-are-evil thing has probably done more to harm…
Given that a great number of Westerns are overweight, it's probably appropriate for them to act as though "fat is evil" due to calorie density. Plus: saturated fat should be avoided; this is another thing Westerners are likely to be getting too much of.
I’m copying this comment from discussion two months ago > Caveat: > > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
I’m copying this comment from discussion two months ago > Caveat: > > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
Agreed that seems like a potential conflict that should be scrutinized, but it highlights a real problem in health research. Who else would fund a 40,000 participant 15 year study about egg consumption and Alzheimer’s? How many studies are not conducted because no one is interested in funding them?
Your government. Health insurances. A university. Any of the thousands of billionaires on this planet.
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Agreed that seems like a potential conflict that should be scrutinized, but it highlights a real problem in health research. Who else would fund a 40,000 participant 15 year study about egg consumption and Alzheimer’s? How many studies are not conducted because no one is interested in funding them?
> Who else would fund a 40,000 participant 15 year study about egg consumption and Alzheimer’s? Your government. Health insurances. A university. Any of the thousands of billionaires on this planet.
Insurance companies don't fund medical research AFAIK? But if they did, it would be coming out of your premiums.
The US Government is not a reliable source of research or funding these days.
Universities are generally looking for subjects that will further their prestige and expand the frontiers as they understand them. This isn't that. And they, too, have funding issues, tracing in many ways right back to the government.
I’m copying this comment from discussion two months ago > Caveat: > > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
Agreed that seems like a potential conflict that should be scrutinized, but it highlights a real problem in health research. Who else would fund a 40,000 participant 15 year study about egg consumption and Alzheimer’s? How many studies are not conducted because no one is interested in funding them?
This particular study (AHS-2) was initially funded by the NIH (and has continued with NIH and mixed funding): https://publichealth.llu.edu/adventist-health-studies/videos...
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Given that a great number of Westerns are overweight, it's probably appropriate for them to act as though "fat is evil" due to calorie density. Plus: saturated fat should be avoided; this is another thing Westerners are likely to be getting too much of.
Except that three saturated-fat-laden strips of bacon for breakfast prevents the need for lunch, leaving my daily caloric intake lower than if I had eaten a bagel for breakfast and been hungry at lunch. The longer period between meals--snack-free--afforded by the bacon also means that post-meal insulin (the energy-storing hormone) has a chance to drop off, leaving glucagon (the energy-burning hormone) a path for libe…
Said no overweight American ever.
I’m copying this comment from discussion two months ago > Caveat: > > Funding [...] The analyses in this study were supported by an investigator-initiated grant from the American Egg Board. [...]
So one of those egg council creeps got to you too huh?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given that a great number of Westerns are overweight, it's probably appropriate for them to act as though "fat is evil" due to calorie density. Plus: saturated fat should be avoided; this is another thing Westerners are likely to be getting too much of.
Except that three saturated-fat-laden strips of bacon for breakfast prevents the need for lunch, leaving my daily caloric intake lower than if I had eaten a bagel for breakfast and been hungry at lunch. The longer period between meals--snack-free--afforded by the bacon also means that post-meal insulin (the energy-storing hormone) has a chance to drop off, leaving glucagon (the energy-burning hormone) a path for libe…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Who else would fund a 40,000 participant 15 year study about egg consumption and Alzheimer’s? Your government. Health insurances. A university. Any of the thousands of billionaires on this planet.
None of the billionaires got that way by throwing money at egg studies. Bold to think they'd just start doing it now. Insurance companies don't fund medical research AFAIK? But if they did, it would be coming out of your premiums. The US Government is not a reliable source of research or funding these days. Universities are generally looking for subjects that will further their prestige and expand the frontiers as th…