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Comment by Samuel J. Dicken

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Nutrition researcher
This includes the largely observational evidence base, and with it, unmeasured confounding and determining causality (or ruling out reverse causality).
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Observational nutrition studies are too confounded to show whether eggs cause harm
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AI Verified In context, the article says this uncertainty is not specific to ultra-processed foods but applies "across nutrition science," and it specifically flags observational evidence, unmeasured confounding, and difficulty establishing causality or excluding reverse causality. That is directly on the methodological issue in the statement about whether observational nutrition studies can show if eggs cause harm, so a stance on the complete statement is substantially more likely than not. ([journals.sagepub.com](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08901171261447123)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Against: although the quote acknowledges 'unmeasured confounding' and problems 'determining causality,' the source says observational studies still 'provide value' and examines whether they can provide 'a reliable evidence base,' so it does not support the stronger claim that such studies are too confounded to show harm; the source is also not specifically about eggs. ([journals.sagepub.com](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08901171261447123)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified: the exact sentence appears verbatim in the source URL at line 142. The same SAGE page names Samuel J. Dicken as the author and states "First published online May 25, 2026," so the stored author, date, content, and source URL are correct. ([journals.sagepub.com](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08901171261447123)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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