Some investigators and news sources tout meta-analyses, an attempt to conglomerate multiple studies. It’s the gold standard to prove your point. And meta-analyses can do this well, when the individual studies are independent of industry and are also scientifically sound. But many such analyses are GIGO—“Garbage in garbage out”—as they are only as good as the data they are based on. And when the food industry is in charge, the results are suspect.
