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So why were the results blown so wildly out of proportion by the media (seriously, this was a pretty meaningless study)? Hard to say. But, could be to do with the funders of the trial...
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Yes, this research was funded by the Hass Avocado Board, the organisation for the most commonly-grown avocado in the world (who the senior study author also works for) In other words, BIG AVOCADOpic.twitter.com/AgfBmsVIxY
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(As a side note, I'm confused how you can be employed by an organisation and then claim that they had no role in your study design - sure, not your primary role, but still...)
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Another ~truly amazing~ thing about this study? The trial registration specifies 4 primary outcomes (total cholesterol, HDL, trigs, AND LDL) They only reported one I WONDER WHY THAT MIGHT BE????pic.twitter.com/TwaDjM733C
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There is some mention of HDL cholesterol, but only in reference to CETP (enzyme changes), nothing on differences between diets and nothing at all on triglycerides or total cholesterol!!!pic.twitter.com/J85nBIjNaJ
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In summary: - industry-funded study - showed pretty much no benefit for avocados - didn't report 3 out of 4 primary outcomes (!) - probably doesn't apply to most people anyway
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