The realization that all organizations—including the government, as well as industry and activist groups—tend to finance research that is aligned with their interests seems to lead to a straightforward solution. Because nutrition research is important to helping the public make healthy food choices, it only makes sense to find public monies with which to support the independent studies needed to develop the necessary guidelines. People, we think, are likely to deem it worthwhile to pay a bit to find out whatever science can legitimately say about what to eat.

This article was originally published with the title Take Nutrition Claims with a Grain of Salt.

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