How To Read and Understand Nutrition Research

During my first year as a masters student, I believed that all things written in the name of science were trustworthy, full of integrity and truth. As long as the research I was reading was from a research study, published in a scientific journal, I assumed it was reliable. But then I took a course in my second year called “Evaluating the Literature” which was dedicated to helping science students interpret and evaluate research studies to determine their validity. This training opened my eyes up to how many poorly conducted research studies are out there in circulation, and is training that has guided me well for the last decade or so, through my masters in Nutrition and beyond. As I’ve paid closer attention, I’ve discovered that many nutrition studies are highly corrupted by the food and pharmaceutical industries. So, today I want to share with you some tips to help you recognize good research, and weed out bad research, and determine the validity behind some of those “scientific” claims you see in the news and online. Join us for a rousing discussion of the hidden corruption in the nutritional science industry and learn how you can separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to interpreting scientific articles.