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I know, my point was mostly that it draws false corollaries which is done far too often when discussing scientific studies.

But I agree with many above who've noted that this doesn't prove anything, but just gives us more data to base other studies on.

All that gained weight is 'water weight' it seems.

No it doesn't.

You're assuming that scientist conducting an experiment wouldn't have thought about overall water/food quantities. They're conducting an experiment on diet, you can be pretty sure that they specifically measured out not only the amount of food given per day to the rats but also the amount of water. That's simple due diligence that should be expected from a scientific study.

I won't say it always happens, there are plenty of flawed studies, but you can't dismiss this one out of hand without first seeing the research.

Your second example is flawed because you're assuming that the solutions involved wouldn't have been the same overall volume. Again, we don't know that until we see the actual study data. Plus, the example of stew (and I realize it's just an example) supposes a single nutrient source which was not the case in this study. The only difference (at least in the first experiment) between the control and experiment group was in what they were drinking, not what they were eating.

The scientist are asserting that their experiments show a link between high-fructose ingestion and weight gain, I can't say for sure that it does because I haven't gotten to read the actual study. However, I wouldn't doubt that it could because I have quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that points in that direction.