Conflicting reports such as these often generate confusion within nutritional science. One study will show a benefit and another study will show the exact opposite. Generally, the deciding factor is who paid for the study. Researchers looked at seventeen different reviews of sugar-sweetened drinks and weight gain.21 A full 83.3 percent of studies sponsored by food companies did not show a relationship between sugar-sweetened drinks and weight gain. But independently funded studies showed the exact opposite—83.3 percent showed a strong relationship between sugar-sweetened drinks and weight
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