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The study also found that diet soda consumption was linked to these elevated risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, echoing the findings of a study published
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Sure, let's add Meat in front of that study...
Maybe later we find out they meant Hot Dogs.

Chapter 1 of "Life without Bread" explains the step by step massaging of data to achieve the high carb diet as the default health diet.
In short; it took three attempts, in the last attempt the meat side being loading with chain smokers and heavy drinkers only for the high carb side to closely sneak its first win.