Comb through enough nutrition research, and you can find a study confirming or rebutting nearly every belief you may hold about how specific nutrients affect your health. "Meat Increases Heart Risks, Latest Study Concludes," reported The New York Times in 2020. A year earlier, the Times ran this headline: "Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice."
Pick a different food group and find a similar contradiction. "Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits, Analysis of Decades of Research Finds," reported the Times in April 2023. Two months later, Forbes declared: "Light And Moderate Drinking Could Improve Long-Term Heart Health Study Finds—Here's Why."
