The debate over some of the most recent findings in the world of nutrition science continues to rage.
At a time when the Locker Room, North Carolina’s statewide issues website, points to a legitimacy crisis in the world of psychology as a whole, the number of questions in the field of nutrition science rank near the top.
“The loudest critics argue that the methodologies relied on by researchers give bad data that are meaningless at best,” the website said. “Others worry that funding gives undue influence to the federal government, big business, or influential nonprofit associations. And some critics think nutrition science focuses on the wrong questions entirely about nutrition.”
The other side of the debate goes along the lines that, through trial and error, research methods are constantly growing more reliable and that those funding much of the research don’t wield nearly the level of power over the projects that some give the impression they do.
In the end, both sides agree that the collection of reliable data in the field is a challenge on the level of few other fields.
“It’s more like a social science than a hard science in that respect,” the Locker Room said. “Billions of dollars in taxpayer money go to colleges for research purposes, but the information that’s produced might not be socially useful.”
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