{"id":4767,"date":"2022-08-16T13:17:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2024-10-28T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T05:55:31","slug":"are-all-research-papers-reliable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/are-all-research-papers-reliable\/","title":{"rendered":"Are all research papers reliable?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of evidence based nutrition is underpinned by research. But this doesn\u2019t mean that all research is created equal. There are many factors that influence the reliability and authenticity of a research paper. In this article we expel some of the key myths.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>It\u2019s published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ); therefore it must be reliable.\u00a0<\/em><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is a myth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Generally speaking, respected journals (e.g. BMJ) publish better quality research papers than smaller, more obscure ones. However, mistakes can occur in top quality research papers, so it\u2019s important to still critically appraise a research paper to see if it\u2019s reliable.<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The author is well renowned in the industry; therefore it must be reliable.\u00a0<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Another myth.<\/li>\n\n<li>Even if someone has a good reputation, it\u2019s no guarantee that the results of the study can be trusted or used. Often research papers will be created across a team, each bringing their own skillset.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The study is funded by a food company; therefore it can\u2019t be reliable.<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is another myth.<\/li>\n\n<li>Although food companies often have a vested interest in sponsoring research, it doesn\u2019t mean that the research isn\u2019t trustworthy. A company will most likely want high quality research to prove that their product is as good as it says it is.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><p>Before interpreting or following any research from a paper be sure to check the reliability.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of evidence based nutrition is underpinned by research. But this doesn\u2019t mean that all research is created equal. There are many factors that influence the reliability and authenticity of a research paper. In this article we expel some of the key myths. It\u2019s published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ); therefore it must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5414,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions\/5414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenutritiousway.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}