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Jim Krieger of Healthy Food America forwarded this email announcement sent to members of the American Society for Nutrition (I am a member, but somehow missed this).  It’s an example of how industry-funded research gets started. This is a sponsored message from the American Pistachio Growers,

I learned about this one from Bill Marler’s blog: This is Nuts – California and Washington E. coli Outbreak linked to Gibson Farms Walnuts  This refers to the CDC announcement: E. coli outbreak linked to organic walnuts The CDC issued a warning: CDC warns of E. coli outbreak linked to organic

I’m often saying that industry-funded studies tend to produce results that favor the funder’s commercial interests.  This is true, but there are occasional exceptions. Here, for example, are two studies based on grants from the American Pistachio Growers to the same group of investigators.  Both

I always enjoy the Headline vs Study section of the newsletter, Obesity and Energetics Offerings. Headline: Healthy New Brain Food for Stressed University Students. RCT: No Significant Walnut-Versus-Control Effects Reported for the Primary 16-Week Outcomes of Profile of Mood States (POMS),

So many people send me these things that I can hardly keep up.  Let’s take a look at two this time.  Thanks to Hugh Joseph and Matthew Kirby for these: I.  The impact of almonds and almond processing on gastrointestinal physiology, luminal microbiology, and gastrointestinal symptoms: a randomized