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I like the idea of scientifically vetting foods, but as you said it might be hard coming up with a balanced viewpoint if you are not considering all the researc

by imranq 10y ago

I like the idea of scientifically vetting foods, but as you said it might be hard coming up with a balanced viewpoint if you are not considering all the research. Also might be helpful to consider the impact factor of each paper you are citing.

matt4077 10y ago
Let me get my smart-ass instinct out of the way first: journals have impact factors, not papers :) But it doesn't really matter because it's a somewhat-empty vanity-metric anyway. For assessing clinical trials (and aggregating their results) the Cochrane collaboration is probably the gold standard. Here's something I found on their method to evaluate trial quality: http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5928 http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5928