It seems that in light
of today's fabricated studies, that in years gone by, studies were
also fabricated by researchers to gain a reputation and a little
fame. These people may be the cause of the research fabrications by
many companies and government today as they learn how easily
researchers can be coerced. Researchers in general seem to have no
ethics and even less interest in research that could be of clinical
value. It is all about the money
Like researchers of
three or more decades ago, it was about agendas and the amount of
research money that fabrication of research could bring into their
pockets. Researchers today have the Big Four plus Big Government to
provide money and direction for research – Big Pharma, Big Food,
Big Chemical, Big Agriculture, and Big Government. And the direction
is of even less clinical value. My blog on junk science is big business helps explain this.
Now
like the fat fiasco by 1956 of the “Seven Countries Study” led by
Ancel Keys, another study has been disproved. A supposedly landmark
study from 1970 by two Danish researchers, Bang and Dyerberg has been
finally shown to be false and exactly the opposite is the case.
Their research has been the basis for heart healthy guidelines for
years and recommended oily fish to be heart healthy.
Guess what? A new
review of information has determined that Bang and Dyerberg failed
actually to investigate the cardiovascular health of the Eskimo
population, meaning that the cardioprotective effects of their diet
are unsubstantiated. Their research focused on the dietary habits of
Eskimos and offered only speculation that the high intake of marine
fats exerted a protective effect on coronary arteries.
Now, researchers have
found that Eskimos actually suffered from CAD (coronary artery
disease) at the same rate as their Caucasian counterparts. Bang and
Dyerberg relied mainly on annual reports produced by the Chief
Medical Officer of Greenland to ascertain CAD deaths in the region.
“In fact,
researchers have now found that concerns about the validity of
Greenland’s death certificates have been raised by a number of
different reports and that at the time, more than 30% of the
population lived in remote outposts where no medical officer was
stationed. This meant that 20% of the death certificates were
completed without a doctor having examined the body.”
“The 2014 study
has identified a number of reasons that those records were likely
insufficient, mainly that the rural and inaccessible nature of
Greenland made it difficult for accurate records to be kept and that
many people had inadequate access to medical personnel to report
cardiovascular problems or heart attacks.”
“Overall, their
life expectancy is approximately 10 years less than the typical
Danish population and their overall mortality is twice as high as
that of non-Eskimo populations.”
Yet, this study is
still widely cited today when recommending the dietary addition of
fish oil supplements (like omega-3 fatty acids) or oily fish to help
avoid cardiovascular problems. Even with this evidence, our doctors
continue to believe these old studies and still trot them out as fact
when patients are resistant to their advice.
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