Diet fizz linked to heart attacks

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Me, too. Then I'd also like to know who funded it, how, and why.

That is nice to know too, but often much more difficult to find out.

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Nope, the press are doing them no favor.

Example: Some research shows that people who eat peanuts daily are on average more healthy than people who do not. Generally some big news agency changes this into: "Eat more peanuts for your health". Next another research shows that people who eat peanuts have a higher probability to get cancer in their right thumb. And again the press distorts this into: "Peanuts cause cancer in your thumb, don't eat them!" That's all there is to it actually.
And that's why I can completely understand NeonSamurai when he says he'd rather read the study itself instead of these news stories.

Precisely... It is always better to go directly to the source (preferably in the original language) for pretty much any kind of knowledge, otherwise you cannot be sure what kind of distortion(s) is going on (but can guarantee there is one).