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I would like to see alongside the results of all corresponding "Higher X Consumption Associated with Lower Cancer" metastudies, where X is every other healthy f
by nologic01 3y ago
I would like to see alongside the results of all corresponding "Higher X Consumption Associated with Lower Cancer" metastudies, where X is every other healthy food infatuation over the ages (Vitamic C, Mediterranean diet, Spinach, Broccoli etc).
For sure there might be some benefit for some types of cancer or other diseases, but the constant barrage of marginal results about different food categories does not help create confidence.
Somewhere in the background there is a hugely profitable supplements industry with dubious impact.
- tlb 3y agoIt's self-reinforcing. Because there is a subset of the population that reads health news and acts on it, they both: A: exercise, sleep 8 hours, avoid ultra-processed foods B: take whatever the latest anti-cancer fad supplement is Behavior A actually helps, while B is probably neutral. But studies will show that all the B behaviors will be associated with lower cancer risk, because they're also associated with A behaviors. So this entire class of studies (looking for associations between foods and health) is complete crap.
- adammarples 3y agoUnless you control for other variables which isn't outlandishly unlikely in a scientific study
- magicalhippo 3y agoThere's also the look-elsewhere effect[1][2] to contend with. [1]: https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/ [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-elsewhere_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-elsewhere_effect