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by xg15 2886 days ago
Sometimes my impression is that, after the fact that studies were compromised got somewhat widely known, the next strategy is now "muddy the waters":

Suddenly all studies are compromised so we can't possibly know anything anyway and might just go on to eat our burgers...

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Alternatively, when I hear about food information that might affect me, I try to investigate the mentioned studies (at least read the abstract and the results), and also other studies about the issue, to see if there's any reasonable consensus about the results.