The 6 Keys by Jillian Michaels

Author:Jillian Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2018-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

THE QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

I have no doubt that you have likely felt the frustration of conflicting trends in science. One week, coffee is great for you, and the next it’s the devil. The same goes with alcohol, meat, raw food, supplements, medications, and so on.

So what gives? Why can’t we just come to a consensus on things? Or rather, why can’t scientists? It’s important to know the answers to the following questions:

1. Who funded the study and why? In the United States, many studies are funded by the government (such as the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health). However, many are also funded by private companies (for instance, “big food” or “big pharma” companies).

For example, a few years back, a study came out that measured the effectiveness of chocolate milk as a post-exercise recovery beverage for endurance sports. Who do you think funded the “chocolate milk is the most awesome post-workout drink ever” study? Wait for it… that’s right! The National Dairy Council and the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Shocker.

Similarly, physicians and medical researchers are paid large sums of money or offered stock shares to perform drug studies for pharmaceutical firms and food companies. Even the government can sometimes have its own agenda when it supports researchers with grants and other forms of funding because politicians take campaign contributions from big food and big pharma and then are indebted to those companies.

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