The main problem of nutritional research is that it’s hard to get people to eat controlled diets. I don’t think the key problem is about sourcing ingredients.
I would agree for a year to only eat food that is given to me by researchers, as long as I can choose what the food is (and the give me e.g. the high-purity version of it). Especially if they would bring it to my home and I wouldn’t have to pay.
But yeah, for more social people it would be inconvenient.
It’s not just a question of whether people agree but whether they actually comply with it. People agree to all sorts of things but then do something else.
Ah, yes. Recently I volunteered for a medical research along with 3 other people I know. Two of them dropped out in the middle. I can’t imagine how any medical research can be methodologically valid this way. On the other hand, me and the other person stayed there, and it’s almost over, so the success rate is 50%.
I won’t think that’s true. Or rather, it’s only true in the specific case of studies that involve calorie restriction. In practice that’s a large (excessive) fraction of studies, but testing variations of the contamination hypothesis does not require it.
The main problem of nutritional research is that it’s hard to get people to eat controlled diets. I don’t think the key problem is about sourcing ingredients.
I would agree for a year to only eat food that is given to me by researchers, as long as I can choose what the food is (and the give me e.g. the high-purity version of it). Especially if they would bring it to my home and I wouldn’t have to pay.
But yeah, for more social people it would be inconvenient.
It’s not just a question of whether people agree but whether they actually comply with it. People agree to all sorts of things but then do something else.
Ah, yes. Recently I volunteered for a medical research along with 3 other people I know. Two of them dropped out in the middle. I can’t imagine how any medical research can be methodologically valid this way. On the other hand, me and the other person stayed there, and it’s almost over, so the success rate is 50%.
I won’t think that’s true. Or rather, it’s only true in the specific case of studies that involve calorie restriction. In practice that’s a large (excessive) fraction of studies, but testing variations of the contamination hypothesis does not require it.
If it would be only true in the case of calorie restriction, why don’t we have better studies about the effects of salt?
People like to eat together with other people. They go together to restaurants to eat shared meals. They have family dinners.