3 ms·

I did notice the "the California Walnuts Commission" funded the study.

• hombre_fatal 4y ago
  Well, it's also sponsored by various government bodies, not that it matters. If there's a problem with the methodology, why not focus on that? Private sponsorship being an automatic conflict of interest that compromises research is a tired trope. All you can do is evaluate the methodology. For all you know, the researchers themselves are motivated reasoners with zero funding.
  • qclibre22 4y ago
    Good point. Good science should independent of funding and politics. Methodology is not that bad for a nutrition study. I am concerned with compliance verification. A "keep doing whatever" group would have been a great control.