The bias shown in this article is pretty stunning. These "scientists" have fairly clear evidence that ice cream may have a health benefit, and yet they complete

The bias shown in this article is pretty stunning. These "scientists" have fairly clear evidence that ice cream may have a health benefit, and yet they completely refuse to accept it because it runs counter to their intuition. Anyone who has followed a bit of scientific history knows that counter-intuitive data has often led to breakthroughs. Given how shoddy much of "nutrition science" is, it seems like scientists ought to be looking for such breakthroughs, not denying them. I also thought this was quite a tell: > His 2002 study found that overweight and obese people reported eating fewer dairy-based desserts than other people. “I don’t believe that the heavier people consume less desserts,” he said. “I believe they underreport more.” Or maybe, overweight and obese people eat fewer desserts because they know (or think they know) that desserts make you fat? It's like that old trope that you never see thin people drinking diet soda. And especially if they're switching from desserts to things that are counter-intuitively less healthy (skipping dessert, but eating more of an unhealthy main, for example), it could even comport with the data these "scientists" are choosing to ignore.