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every scientist who tries to do dietary interventions knows this happens all the time and it's basically impossible to prevent (which is also a big piece of why
by Palomides 2y ago
every scientist who tries to do dietary interventions knows this happens all the time and it's basically impossible to prevent (which is also a big piece of why the 'science' in this area is not so great)
nothing will change as long as researchers get to keep publishing as they are
source: did some of this myself
- yreg 2y agoWe don't need to prevent it, it's enough to convince (almost all of) the test subjects to honestly admit if they have done something like this. Is that largely impossible as well?
- atombender 2y agoSome trials are run in an isolated environment in which the participants are sequestered for the duration of the trial, including making sure subjects are chaperoned when going outside. For example, this study reported on by The NY Times [1] seems to try very hard to prevent cheating. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/well/eat/ultraprocessed-foods-diet-study.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/well/eat/ultraprocessed-f...