Podcast
Unexplainable
The podcast host interviewed Mary Nessl, author of multiple books on industry funding of nutrition research, to understand how much of our understanding of food is influenced by industry-funded studies. Nessl provided many anecdotal examples showing how industry money can shape the science, especially noting that studies frequently find results that benefit their funders.
I've written 12 books and edited three others. Most of them, but not all, deal with industry funding of research because it's an enormous topic.
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The podcast host interviewed Mary Nessl, author of multiple books on industry funding of nutrition research, to understand how much of our understanding of food is influenced by industry-funded studies. Nessl provided many anecdotal examples showing how industry money can shape the science, especially noting that studies frequently find results that benefit their funders.
I've written 12 books and edited three others. Most of them, but not all, deal with industry funding of research because it's an enormous topic.
I'm really just sort of boringly consistent about this, and they're hilarious because I can look at the title of a study and guess who funded it?
A study about the health benefits of fungus-based meat, it has funding from a fungus-based meat organization. A study about the health problems with plant-based meat, it has funding from meat interests. A study suggesting that cheese could prevent dementia has funding from a dairy interest.
So Marion has lots of anecdotal examples that show that industry money can shape science.
She told me about her blog, foodpolitics.com, where she posts a lot about industry funded studies.