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There's lots of claims on the websites article beyond that made in the study.

There's lots of negative press about the journal it's published in.

> Open-access journal editors resign after alleged pressure to publish mediocre papers

> Nutrients editors quit en masse from MDPI journal

> https://www.science.org/content/article/open-access-editors-...

Further, the paper is published by employees of Abbot Nutrition who financially benefit from the conclusions of the paper. "Conflicts of Interest - The authors S.R.H. and M.W. are employed by Abbott Nutrition. "

That's not to say it's right or wrong, but i didn't know any of the above until i googled to respond to your comment.




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