Egg consumption inversely correlated with Alzheimer's

Post by port11 » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC

phlakaton wrote: post #35

fooqux wrote: post #34

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> 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…

Post by cogman10 » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC

fooqux wrote: post #34

Jimmc414 wrote: post #33

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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.

Post by cogman10 » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

ChiMan wrote: post #20

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…