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Beginning to feel like a conspiracy theorist

I see myself, and is often described by others, as a logical person and high in the openness trait. I am in university and have the last 2 years done some various amateur litterature review reasearch on different topics, especially on health and nutrition. On many topics i find my...

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Beginning to feel like a conspiracy theorist

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I see myself, and is often described by others, as a logical person and high in the openness trait. I am in university and have the last 2 years done some various amateur litterature review reasearch on different topics, especially on health and nutrition.

On many topics i find my research agreeing with conventional wisdom, such as for:

Sleeping hygiene
Alcohol consumption
Drugs like heroin and methamphetamine
Benefits of training
Dangers of obesity

But on a worrying fast increasing list i find my reasearch contradict common wisdom in huge ways:

Carbhydrates are probably what should be limited, and not fats
Following the WHO recommendations for salt intake is maybe way to little and potentially deadly
Facemasks don't limit the spread of COVID-19

... (read more)

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