tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post6989038139339536356..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: When good cholesterol isn'tAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-57519159213983685432014-01-28T11:36:59.205-05:002014-01-28T11:36:59.205-05:00The deeper problem is that everyone still seems to...The deeper problem is that everyone still seems to believe what the experts tell us with so much confidence, and that the experts don't come clean and acknowledge that, while their studies may be well-designed, history shows that we simply do not get clear answers. Yet we keep the same studies going, and keep funding newer, even larger ones, often just exhaustive data collection, when what we need is less of that, to close down some of the studies that have entrenched the ever-changing views, and to focus on more cogently designed studies.<br /><br />Or perhaps there are no answers of the kind we yearn for, in terms of risk and behavior. We know that something's rotten in the state of Denmark, but we don't want to acknowledge the smell.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.com