Hey, remember that recent "HFCS makes you stupid" study?
Last edited Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:16 AM - Edit history (2)
Well, I finally got around to reading the actual study and what do you know--that isn't at all what the study says.
http://jp.physoc.org/content/590/10/2485.long
Turns out that the study was about the effects of metabolic dysfunction and whether Omega 3 fatty acids can counteract its effects.
You had two groups of rats with metabolic dysfunction: one which was fed n-3 fatty acids and one which wasn't. The n-3 group didn't experience the same cognitive and physical problems as the control group.
Where does HFCS enter into the picture? The rats were provided with a 15% fructose solution to drink.
So while the results of the study were that n-3 fatty acids can help return the body to metabolic homeostasis, we're all told by shrieking morons that the study proved that HFCS makes you stupid.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Silent3
(15,909 posts)...that makes you dyslexic.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)It's better than the name suggests.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)that there's an inverse correlation between the hysteria with which someone repeats the findings of a study and their actual understanding of that study. That same inverse correlation exists between the hysteria and willingness to be told what the study is actually about by people that bothered to go and read it.
I'm not even sure where people keep getting these articles with such a crap understanding of science. Probably somewhere like Infowars.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)Wonder if anyone there will make the connection?
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)It's funny how people don't recognize a study they've already seen when it's actual methods and results are posted.
It's almost like science reporting is done by people with less understanding of what they're writing than your average creationist.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)spouting conspiracy theories about HFCS that makes you stupid.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Well. it's certainly done a number on me and... Oh no, hang on, I was stupid to begin with.
As you were...