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Questioning the Reliability of Nutritional Studies
Ansel Keys, a prominent figure in nutrition in the forties, fifties, sixties, and seventies, had significant influence on American food supply but was compromised by industry funding. Studies, including those on sugar, tied to him have been questioned for integrity, as some researchers involved were allegedly bribed. The speaker suggests that many nutritional studies are more akin to marketing than science, relying heavily on observational rather than clinical double-blind gold standard studies to establish causal relationships.