One thing I hate is when people say, “You can make a scientific study say anything.”

I do admit that sometimes I get suspicious of studies that are funded by interested parties. I was checking up on the old “Milk causes mucus” idea because someone I know insists this is true. Sure enough, the first hit on Google says:

This is a common myth. Research shows that milk definitely does not cause the production of mucus.

There you go, another myth busted! Right there on the webpage of… www.dairygoodness.ca

Okay, cancel that, thought I. And then I thought, “For shame. Something’s true if it’s true, no matter who says it, you left-wing academic.” And then I thought, “Hey, just watching out for bias.”

But there’s a fine line between watching out for bias and insisting that everyone who disagrees with you is biased.

Here’s an objective view:

The following is part four of an interview with Robert Cohen, author of “Milk, the Deadly Poison,” and www.Notmilk.com

Sounds reliable. What’s he got to say?

Mike Adams: What about all the science the dairy industry produces to claim milk is good for you?

Robert Cohen: You know something interesting? The dairy industry sponsors studies, and as a researcher, I could design any study I want to and prove anything I want to based upon the parameters of the study and the species of mammal I use. But the dairy industry has done studies with humans, and they say, “Here’s a glass of milk. Drink the glass of milk.” And the subject does, and ten minutes later — “How do you feel? Do you have mucus? No? Great.” Headline in paper because they’ve got a great press conference: “Drinking milk does not cause mucus.”

I guess if he didn’t believe the study from the milk board, he could try to replicate it, which is, you know, one of the great things about the scientific method.

But hey, maybe he’s got some good ideas about how to do a study. What would it look like?

Now, you say that to any marathon runner or triathelete or opera singer or Broadway star, they know that using dairy products causes mucus. They have to stay away from it or they’re not going to be able to perform. And that’s not a scientific study, that’s just something they just know. It’s a given! Yet, the study, the science shows that drinking milk doesn’t cause mucus.

Here we’ve been wasting our time doing scientific studies, and we could have just asked four people what they think! That’s better than some dumb double-blind ‘peer-reviewed’ study.

We should all rely more on the wisdom of the common people. Because everybody… just knows.