Thread by @Chrest_brett

BIG FAT COI:
Was looking at this Beef Industry paper on "revising the guidelines", also promoting LC diets...and wait for it...

"Contributions by: Nina Teicholz"!!!
Also says she's willing to come speak for them.
thinkbeef.ca/wp-content/upl…

@kevinnbass ...ahhhh I always get excited and never know who to tag... @CarbSane @EAllen0417 @AlastairMcA30 @YoniFreedhoff @BioLayne @CakeNutrition @DylanMacKayPhD

Of course just to add, shes highly praised by the red meat industry,.
canadiancattlemen.ca/2016/06/15/the…

The link is broken but it looks like she might have also spoken at the 2017 Canadian Meat Council's 97th Annual Conference.

Her videos are even recommended by the North American Meat Institute.
meatpoultrynutrition.org/content/videos…

From the Canadian Minister of Health. Let's keep the conflicts of interest out of our guidelines. 👍

drive.google.com/file/d/0B8jdVs…

"By including cautions against red meat, you are relying on epidemiological, or associational, studies"......BUT YOU JUST CITED EPI DATA TO BENEFIT YOUR NARRATIVE.

****I need to clarify something:
The context of Nina being willing to speak is to the Guidelines Committee. Not speaking to the Beef Industry. Which is worse. (ONPP was not interested.)

But either way, it's not untrue due to the fact that she has spoken with the Beef Industry.

One woman who is "a voice for the nation’s beef producers"..."visited with Nina Teicholz" back in 2014.

While these connections are known, it is important to keep highlighting them.
beefmagazine.com/beef-quality/b…

"Today’s best beef advocates wear a variety of hats...nutrition writers like Nina Teicholz or Gary Taubes who turn against conventional health advice to promote diets rich in animal fats and proteins."
beefmagazine.com/farm-life/cowb…

A Q&A was done with her and Beef Magazine:
beefmagazine.com/beef-quality/q…

They even had a "Sign petition to allow Teicholz to speak at National Food Policy Conference."
beefmagazine.com/blog/sign-peti…

Bingo:
"It’s time for the beef industry to rally together and show support of Teicholz’s efforts to champion for beef. A petition has been started on her behalf with a goal of getting her back on the panel to allow for a healthy debate."

There's another broken link on google, seems like something from a newsletter. It comes up on google titled:
"Nina Teicholz Archives - Canadian Beef
canadabeef.ca/tag/nina-teich…"

Doesn't tell us anything but it's just weird.

We've known about her speaking engagements with industry for a while now. (American Meat Institute Speaker at the AMSA 68th Reciprocal Meat Conference):
- meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d…
- meatscience.org/docs/default-s…
- meatscience.org/docs/default-s…

Just in case we forgot whos all invloved:

American Meat Science Association Partners:
Cargill
Hormel Foods, Inc.
National Pork Board
Tyson Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods
Hillshire Brands Company
Kraft Foods Inc.
Oscar Mayer
Johnsonville Sausage Company
Certified Angus Beef

15/n

Fails to disclose:
"...paycheck dependent on performance in promoting claims about science (paid roles as author, speaker, & paid director of lobbying group) is a serious conflict of interest when writing articles that purport to be scientific."

patreon.com/posts/21676236

16/n

Even edits of her Wikipedia page have conflicts of interest, with multiple not being accepted for various reasons. Some include: Failure to have significant coverage/notability, using peacock terms that promote her, not being neutral & sock puppetry!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nina…

17/n

Multiple accounts were made to edit & influence the Wiki page. The account "BigFatSurprise" even created page titled "The Danger of Vegetable Oils"...which was deleted quickly under section A11 ("invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator.")
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk…

18/n

Stated clearly: "Wikipedia is not for things made up one day"

Why has Nina been so upset about the Wikipedia craziness? Because she herself had issues regarding undisclosed paid editing. Also being untruthful.

Entire discussion can be found here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk…

19/n

Really weird sidenote:
One editor tried to delete the "David L. Katz" page. This apparently was a mistake, though they disclosed their involvement in Nina's page.

Sure this is speculative, but it's weird.

20/n

Regarding Wiki:
Perhaps there was disagreement or misunderstanding but overall, it is fair.
Multiple lines of advice are including such as "If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article." and offers to help are included.

21/n

These types of connections may seem minor however these expand outward to influencing lawmakers and guidelines.
politico.com/story/2015/10/…

The hypocritical spider web this has turned into shocks me.

22/n

Update:
While not responding to serious criticisms in a professional manner, she seems to block those who challenge her or call her out.

https://twitter.com/BioLayne/status/1086021922431950850