Originally Posted by
bblair
As usual, the discussion eventually descends into the Conspiracy Zone.
People don't eat junk because they were brainwashed by the Big Burger Cabal. People eat junk because it taste good, it's easy to find and relatively cheap. Stores sell it because people buy it. Period.
Both in Pharma and Nutrition research… the only people funding this stuff are industry.. so it’s not even that it’s some big conspiracy or the scientists are corrupt and on the take.. it basically just comes down to business.. economics.. there is only money to study the things that businesses want studied… and that makes sense.. it’s a business.. why WOULD they fund stuff that they can’t make money on or threatens their business?? That wouldn’t make any sense.. no ROI!!
But what about other stuff that has merit or promise but their is no profit to be made.. or would end in upheaval or retooling of industries.. it doesn’t get funded unless businesses see a way to make some money out of it.. again… this makes total sense.. they are a business!!
But this is a huge problem.. because we end up leaving a lot of questions unanswered.. solutions untested.. then people say… well where is the study to prove that? Well it never got funded! Even when people do their own n=1 and have success.. lost weight, lip panels improve.. get off their meds… well that can’t work because there is no study showing that!
There is a recent research study for keto.. it had to be crowd funded.. they basically had to beg people for money so they could do research.. essentially to shut people up when they say.. where is your study? And they are continuing to do that for a follow up.. that is just sad!!
so it’s not about a cabal.. conspiracy.. it’s a screwed, unhelpful incentive structure based on on profit.. because businesses provide the money for research so OF COURSE they will only fund stuff with potential ROI.. because that’s what businesses ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.. but that doesn’t mean this set up is good to move science and human health forward.. it CLEARLY does not.. chronic disease is RAMPANT.. CLEARLY lifestyle changes can prevent a lot of it.. but there is a lot of money in treatments rather than prevention so that’s the research that gets funded.. again.. not conspiracy.. it makes sense.. but it’s not helping us to prevent disease!