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I am very curious how they can come to the conclusion that unhealthy eating (whatever that means) contributes to cancer. There is so much tied up in that statem
by mberning 11y ago
I am very curious how they can come to the conclusion that unhealthy eating (whatever that means) contributes to cancer. There is so much tied up in that statement. Let's put aside the fact that dietary guidelines for a healthy diet are dubious at best. How would they determine that a person that contraced cancer had an unhealthy diet? Did they simply look at the weight or perhaps the perennially maligned BMI? Did they rely on self reporting? Did they account for changes in diet across the entire lifetime? It is just crazy to think about all the ways that the foundation for such a claim could be faulty.
- manmal 11y agoProbably having more than 50g sugar per day etc? While the decade-long saturated-acid-bashing is controversial, there are things that are proven to help longevity, like eating fatty fish regularly or not eating more than you spend.
- alextgordon 11y ago50g sugar is like 2.5 apples.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoFruits have been cultivated and bred towards greater sweetness. They are much sweeter than their natural ancestor.
- saiya-jin 11y agoindeed, not something I like. now apple doesn't feel healthy at all, more like a giant candy (i know it's still probably healthier to eat it rather than not, but I really wish there would be types which would be less sweet)
- domas 11y agoI think "healthy food" is a bit misnomer: only people can be healthy or unhealthy, while food can be nutritious or not. While health of an apple is quite a different thing (apple tree disease?)
- manmal 11y agoJust saw that the WHO reduced the recommended amount to 25g: http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/guidelines/sugars_intake/en/ http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/guidelines/sugars_... This is for "free sugars" though, so whole apples should not count if I got it right. Fruit juice "frees" the sugar though, so sugar in apple juice should count.
- joeyspn 11y agoI was going to post this... it's about time until the WHO classifies added sugars in the same carcinogenic category as cigarettes... what is happening in the food industry is simply bizarre. Artificial sweeteners aren't the solution either...
- nradov 11y agoSome of the conclusions come from the Nurses' Health Study. The researchers have enough long term data to establish correlations between diet and certain diseases. http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/