[Foundation-l] Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing, was Re: Ban and...

[Fred Bauder]

> On 01/11/2010 18:40, Fred Bauder wrote:
>>> Precisely my feeling on this. I just recently read that out of over 40
>>> studies on something, only ~7 claimed they had no ill side effects (6
>>> of
>>> those being FDA tests). I don't remember where I saw it, but that is
>>> basically how it was, I think. It is common knowledge that manufacture
>>> funded research is much less critical, and sometimes the results are
>>> totally
>>> different from what the recipients experience. That is probably why
>>> people
>>> thought it would be bad-mouthing to say that the manufacture funded
>>> the
>>> research.
>>
>>> From PLoS Medicine:
>>
>> "Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among
>> Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles"
>>
>> http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040005
>>
>> A slight change in emphasis but making the point.
>>
>
> Question what is your concerned about bullshit company PR and
> advertising?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVV3QQ3wjC8&feature=related
>
> Why should that stuff be allowed to get into the articles in the first
> place?
>

With respect to certain products such as pomegranate juice, health claims
are notable. I working on a new article, "health-related claims" which
will explore this topic generally.

Fred Bauder