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by noondip 3906 days ago
Many of the studies referenced on that site are funded or carried out by egg lobbying groups. One study literally compares eggs' effects on cholesterol levels compared to a diet of sausage and cheese. It's important to be critical of biased research! This is not good science.
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And a tiny glimpse at your post history shows that you are a rabid advocate of a vegan diet. Not exactly unbiased yourself.
Please reply to my comment based on its scientific merit without resorting to an ad hominem attack.
There was no scientific merit in your comment. You mentioned that some studies out of a list of many that disagreed with your opinion had potential for bias in their conclusions due to external motives. I merely pointed out the same potential for bias in your conclusions.
I don't have a financial incentive to promote healthy food, whereas the studies I've criticized do have a serious conflict of interest. It isn't difficult to see the difference.
You're right...there is a substantial difference. Financial motives generally tend to be much weaker than religious or philosophical motives because financial stakes are much easier to trade, liquidate, or abandon. If the evidence ever becomes overwhelming that eggs are bad for you, proponents of egg consumption can easily become a proponents of kale consumption. Veganism, being a fundamentalist philosophical extension of more pragmatic vegetarian diets, does not share the same strength of motive; evidence to the contrary is a refutation of the validity of the entire belief system. It will always be much harder to move away from a belief system than it is to move away from money.
I'm sorry, but I really think you are just trolling and I won't have any of it. You see, veganism is based on scientific fact and nutritional research, not conjured beliefs. If you have reason to think there is significant scientific research to dispute my claims, please cite those as I've asked, rather than appealing to another attack on my character. By the way, the evidence is already overwhelming to implicate eggs as damaging to your health. One just has to be reasonable and willing to seek out the information to make own unbiased conclusions.