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I'm sure you know correlation does not equal causation. It would be absurd to say playing baseball is linked to oral cancer, because we know chewing tobacco is
by rhinoceraptor 11y ago
I'm sure you know correlation does not equal causation. It would be absurd to say playing baseball is linked to oral cancer, because we know chewing tobacco is popular among players.
Saturated fat is categorically the same as cigarettes in the popular conscious, therefore it is not surprising that (in general) people who eat more of the stuff are unhealthy.
- atomical 11y agoThey are risk factors. That is all. What does the popular conscious have to do with it? Are you suggesting that if saturated fat was considered healthy people who ate more of the stuff would be healthier?
- rhinoceraptor 11y agoI'm saying by virtue of it being "bad", the people likely to partake in it are (by my speculation) more likely to make other unhealthy choices, and the people who avoid it are more likely to make other healthy choices. There is a double blind study regarding this, The Minnesota Coronary Study, it found no effect to heart health or mortality by reducing saturated fat.