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"At over 40%, the mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China is amongst the highest in the world¹ and has been rightly described as an epidemic
by trowawee 11y ago
"At over 40%, the mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China is amongst the highest in the world¹ and has been rightly described as an epidemic."[1]
But hey, whatever makes you feel better.
[1]: http://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/Last-5-years/Increasing-cardiovascular-disease-in-China-Urgent-need-for-prevention http://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/...
- the_economist 11y agoThere is plenty of evidence that shows that eating a plant based diet wildly lowers rates of heart disease. You can also look at the reverse: Diets high in sugar lead to increased heart disease. By western diet I meant a diet of modern civilization.
- trowawee 11y agoBy "carrot", I meant "wombat". And literally the topic of this thread is an article discussing how small sample sizes, bad methodology, and statistical massaging/manipulation (depending on where you want to situate people on the stupid/evil continuum) mean that nutritional studies can't actually be trusted. The evidence that we have is all over the map.
- the_economist 11y agoThere is a huge difference between looking at nutritional studies with small sample sizes and huge populations, their diets, and the diseases they get.