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[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Did any of the studies find it delicious?

[–] p3n@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There is no such thing as an impartial sponsor; some are more obviously biased than others, but the belief in a fictitious impartiality is part of the problem. It shouldn't take a meta-study for people to see am obvious conflict of interest.

I'm biased. You are biased. Everyone is biased.

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[–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

no shit? hmmm

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

More than a quarter of the independent studies still found neutral outcomes though.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

They also define independent as any study not associated with the meat industry.

There are biases in the other direction which were not weighted. How many of these studies are associated with vegans. Let's see that break down because I'm guessing their bias is worse than the meat industry's bias.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

Most of the neutral ones compare to other animal proteins though, where the unfavorable ones compare to plant proteins.

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

No shit sherlock.

It also depends on the tone of the social media site discussing it.

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 5 points 3 days ago (13 children)

Just ask the carnivore diet lemmy.

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[–] StereoCode@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

I'm gonna eat it no matter the results because it's delicious.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In other news, it has been found that water, is indeed, wet.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This just in: sell-out fuckers suck.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

Rule of thumb: if the presented findings are not in the (commercial, political) interest of the sponsor, they are probably correct. If they do agree though, they are probably false or at least misleading.

[–] bblkargonaut@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My father gave up red meat and soda around 2002. My dad's clone, my uncle didn't give up anything. Yes they are clones, I sequenced them myself. Since then my dad has always been at least 20lbs heavier than my uncle despite having almost identical activity levels since they had similar jobs and shared hobbies for most of the time. Now 23 years later my dad has heart congestive heart failure and a torn meniscus in his knee while my uncle has a perfect heart but has needed both knees replaced. I think the biggest difference is definitely the sugar because my uncle tends to drink diet soda and my dad fruit juice, tea and coffee.

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does "bad for your health" mean "if we hadn't been doing this, life expectancy would be about 200 years"?

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