Trust the Science
The image presented is a screenshot from a social media platform, seemingly Twitter, showing a post from a user with the handle "Seed Oil Disrespector™." Above the screenshots of two news articles, a statement reads "TRUST THE SCIENCE." Below this statement, the caption "the science:" introduces the conflicting messages from the news articles.
The first news article on the left, with a date showing it was published and updated in January 2019, has the headline "One egg a day 'LOWERS' your risk of type 2 diabetes: Controversial study says it promotes fatty acids that protect you from the disease." Accompanying the headline is an image of a sliced open toasted sandwich with a fried egg oozing yolk—implying that eating such a food item could be beneficial to one's health, according to the mentioned study.
The second news article on the right, dated from November 2020, appears to blatantly contradict the first. Its headline reads, "Eating just ONE egg a day increases your risk of diabetes by 60 per cent, study warns." The image with this article shows a hard-boiled egg cut in half to reveal the yolk, which, in this context, suggests that even such a simple preparation of an egg could lead to negative health outcomes.
The humor in this image arises from the contradiction of the scientific findings reported by the same news outlet, the "Daily Mail," on the impact of consuming eggs on the risk Seed Oil Disrespector SeedOilDisrspectr Subscribe TRUST THE SCIENCE the science Daily Mail MORE STORIES One egg a day LOWERS your risk of type 2 diabetes Controversial study says it promotes fatty acids that protect you from the disease By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail com 21 39 03 Jan 2019 updated 22 23 03 Jan 2019 Daily Mail MORE STORIES Eating just ONE egg a day increases your risk of diabetes by 60 per cent study warns By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline 17 47 16 Nov 2020 updated 08 44 17 Nov 2020
