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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      One of the things I really love about all the blueberry studies is that, unlike much research, the conflicts of interest are just so beautifully obvious. The WBA funds at least 2 studies a year that show blueberries are magical, they're usually terrible researchpic.twitter.com/U9GBkrWjhF

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    2. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      Have you looked at conflicts of interest in most pharma research??Oh boy!

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      Here's a challenge - find me a positive blueberry study that was not funded by the blueberry industry

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      Don’t have time to review the entire blueberry literature right now but here’s the thing. Someone has to fund research and if its not the authorities or charities (rarely) it will be private industry. That is how the current system is. I hope CO-19 will lead to more independent

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @GidMK and

      research. On all compounds that can help people in different situations. But I see no special reason to single out natural compounds/supplements when the BS going on in pharma is so much worse/conflicted/damaging.

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      I mean, to an extent, but while medications are researched by lots of different groups for many reasons, the only people who research blueberries are the Wild Blueberry Association and the North American Blueberry Council. They also both tend to publish awful research

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    7. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      Julia B. Retweeted Julia B.

      Yeah and most published research these days is pretty awful across the board IMO. But it’s very hard to disassociate economic incentives unfortunately. And «curative incentives» & necessary personalized treatments (very costly) are/will be broadly lacking.https://mobile.twitter.com/JuliaB_fitness/status/1332862339293589505 …

      Julia B. added,

      Julia B. @JuliaB_fitness
      Replying to @SMEMediaNews @biogerontology
      But there is no real «curative incentive» in pharma/biotech. «Because any medication that can resolve a medical condition all at once is a medication that does not need to be purchased over and over again» -Donald R. Kirsch, The Drug Hunters pic.twitter.com/WOgWYArGuI
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    8. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @GidMK and

      Good article from 2015 IMO:https://www.nature.com/news/personalized-medicine-time-for-one-person-trials-1.17411 …

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      I agree, it is hard to disassociate the direct financial incentives of the blueberry companies from the awful trials that they publish

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    10. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      You are obsessing about something very trivial. Doesn’t make you look very good. Blueberries are good for everyone.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

      I'm simply pointing out the fact that most blueberry research is a) shockingly bad b) sponsored by the companies that sell blueberries

      2:42 PM - 7 Dec 2020
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        2. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @JuliaB_fitness and

          Violet Beauregarde, LLC.

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        3. Dr. Nina L. Shapiro‏Verified account @drninashapiro 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @amyalkon @GidMK and

          pic.twitter.com/0OOww6UR5i

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        2. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

          My point is that the same is true for most sponsered research across the board. But not a single person has ever been damaged by blueberries in any delivery form. But untold people die and are damaged every years because of prescription drugs used as intented.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

          It's not tho. Drug research sponsored by pharmaceutical companies is, on average, better quality, and medications are researched by more than just pharma

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        2. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @NatwaMD @YoniFreedhoff

          My point is that the same is true for most sponsered research across the board. But not a single person has ever been damaged by blueberries in any delivery form. But untold people die and are damaged every years because of prescription drugs used as intented.

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        3. Julia B.‏ @JuliaB_fitness 7 Dec 2020
          Replying to @JuliaB_fitness @GidMK and

          Based on awful sponsored research. WHY don’t you spend time on that instead of attacking blueberries??

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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