Not too long ago, I had a post (link here) about the fact that much of what is published in the medical literature are very poor quality studies, and the symbiotic relationship between academia and the media that hypes these studies up, thus sewing fear and confusion into the average person.
I really can’t stress this point enough. It’s not that most medical studies are good, with a few poor ones thrown in. It’s that a large percentage of what is published and reported on in the news sheds absolutely no light at all on how you can live a healthier life, and is often frankly misleading. So it’s a point worth revisiting over and over.
