I guess my point is that modern research often cause more problems than it solves. For instance, the cholesterol myth. They promoted for years that cholesterol in the diet was horrible, horrible, horrible! What they failed to do was inform people of the other factors for heart disease, as well as clarifying that cholesterol is not a bad thing! Not only is it not a bad thing, it's an essential substance that our body produces for a specific purpose. I guess we are all too stupid to be given ALL the information so we can decide for ourselves what is best for us.
Another good example of research run amok is the skin cancer scare. They have gotten people afraid to go out in the sun for five minutes without globbing a bunch of chemicals on your skin that are worse for you than a moderate amount of sun exposure. So, now we have people developing vitamin D deficiencies because of their great "advice."
Then, there is the opposite side of the coin, where a little of something is deemed to be good for you, and people consume massive amounts of it thinking a lot is even better! Case in point: dietary fiber. A certain amount is very good, but once you pass a certain level, the nutrients in your food get bound up in the fiber and excreted, instead of being absorbed as they are supposed to be.
Generally speaking, if you are consuming a lot of one thing, on a daily basis, chances are you are going to end up being deficient in something else. A balanced diet, with a variety of foods is the healthiest way to go. and what works for you might not work for someone else!
Sadly, one of these days, there is going to be a legitimate "study" done that might save lives, and people won't pay any attention to it because they are tired of seeing one "scare" after another debunked by subsequent studies!
