Dr. Laine said if Dr. Johnston had chosen to disclose a financial relationship with the food industry group, it would not have changed the journal’s decision to publish the research. “I don’t think we would have made a different decision about publishing the manuscript if he had that on his conflicts disclosure,” said Dr. Laine. “We certainly know that in the past he did nutrition research that was funded by industry. Now I only have two reasons for not eating meat.”Critics of the meat study say that it has similarities to the industry-funded sugar study and uses the same standard to evaluate evidence. “You can’t do a double-blinded placebo-controlled trial of red meat and other foods on heart attacks or cancer,” Dr. Hu said.

Source: International New York Times October 04, 2019 17:15 UTC