We support scientific research initiatives bringing honest and curious inquiry to topics related to animal-based nutrition, metabolic health, and human vitality.
Scientific Research: The Pursuit of Truth
THE PROBLEM
Modern Nutrition Has Made Everyone Less Healthy
Much of the “settled science” used in public health to demonize red meat, cholesterol, saturated fats, and sun exposure is treated as the natural outcome of objective inquiry. In reality, many of these conclusions originate from early assumptions, limited observational data, and models poorly suited to establish cause and effect.
Nutrition research often relies on population studies that cannot fully control for lifestyle, dietary substitution, or metabolic context. Over time, correlations were interpreted as causation, and provisional hypotheses became formal recommendations.
When nutrition science draws the wrong conclusions, everyone suffers. It's time to question and revist assumptions.
CIRCULAR REASONING FALLACY
When Assumptions Reinforce Themselves
Once guidelines are established, they begin to shape future research. Studies are designed within existing frameworks, reinforcing prior conclusions rather than re-examining their foundations. Evidence that contradicts the prevailing narrative is frequently minimized or dismissed as irresponsible, despite biological plausibility or interventional support.
Cholesterol? Bad. Food that is full of nutrients but increases cholesterol? Must be bad...
The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. Not because science is inherently flawed, but because scientific systems struggle to revisit first assumptions once they become institutionalized.
OUR APPROACH
How We Organize and Support Scientific Research
Within the Knowledge Base™, we surface scientific research, clinical observations, and informed analysis that has long existed but failed to shape mainstream guidance. Not because it lacked merit, but because it didn’t reinforce prevailing narratives. We bring this work together, contextualize it, and make it easier to examine as a whole.
We organize evidence in service to a return to human vitality driven by ancient wisdom and animal-based nutrition, driven by a clear model of human health grounded in real-world outcomes.
This context informs both the the Knowledge Base™, the standards behind the marketplace, and the scientific research foundations that we choose to support with proceeds from the marketplace.
JOIN THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH
Proceeds from every purchase support independent scientific research
A portion of every purchase on Animal Base is directed toward research organizations courageously dedicated to the pursuit of truth. These organizations conduct interventional studies designed honestly and with methodological rigor, examining areas related animal-based nutrition, metabolic health, and human vitality.
Our first research partner is the Animal-Based Nutrition Research Foundation (ABNRF), founded by Paul Saladino and led by his sister Mary Katherine Bilowus. ABNRF is conducting several exciting studies on topics like seed oils, meat quality, salt, drinking water, soil health, raw milk, and more.
Supporting research is a part of our DNA as a company. It informs how we think, what we embrace, and ultimately what belongs on the platform.
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From the study: "Consuming Sucrose- or HFCS-sweetened Beverages Increases Hepatic Lipid and Decreases Insulin Sensitivity in Adults"