A group of researchers recently took a look at the relationship between beverage study outcomes compared to who footed the bill, and what they found is a little scary: milk, soda, and juice studies were 4 to 8 times more likely to have favorable results when they were industry funded. And of the studies fully funded by the industry, none found fault with the studied drink.

A representative of the American Beverage Association argues that these researchers looked only at funding sources, and not at the merits and data that back up the individual beverage study results, saying "The science is what matters -- nothing else."

I honestly don't know who to believe, and find the whole thing frustrating. Science should be science -- keep the money and politics out of it.