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Tomorrow: "Nut consumption linked to obesity and depression" Please, just let me live and die without reading another <some food> linked to <some health or dis

Tomorrow: "Nut consumption linked to obesity and depression" Please, just let me live and die without reading another <some food> linked to <some health or disease> article. I don't mind stuff like "tuna shows elevated and unsafe mercury levels", but this constant stream of weakly correlated, never conclusive, always contradictory shit is mind numbing. I don't understand why this is on HN front page...and getting upvotes! [EDIT] ah, pg posted this.

TeMPOraL 13y ago
If you pick a small enough sample from a large enough population, you can link anything to anything. I'm pretty sure I could find that eating veggie foods is linked with mass shootings if I try hard enough.
- Riseed 13y ago
  According to data from five western countries, increased consumption of linoleic acid from vegetable oils is correlated with increased violence.[0] That's a great first step in proving that too many veggies are linked to mass shootings. I think you're likely correct that a carefully crafted study can find any link it seeks. [0]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736917 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736917
kalleboo 13y ago
I think it was when I read that eggs will both kill you and prolong your life in the same day in two different newspapers that I stopped reading any "food health" articles. You can find contradictory articles for each and every claim, often based upon the same study!
- pantalaimon 13y ago
  But did you not take into account that they might prolong your life and then kill you?
capnrefsmmat 13y ago
I bet you'd like this, then: > "Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review" Most ingredients they studied had studies saying they increased the risk of cancer, along with other studies saying they decreased the risk of cancer. Combining studies, the overall evidence was basically zero. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/1/127.abstract http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/1/127.abstract

TeMPOraL 13y ago

If you pick a small enough sample from a large enough population, you can link anything to anything. I'm pretty sure I could find that eating veggie foods is linked with mass shootings if I try hard enough.

Riseed 13y ago
According to data from five western countries, increased consumption of linoleic acid from vegetable oils is correlated with increased violence.[0] That's a great first step in proving that too many veggies are linked to mass shootings. I think you're likely correct that a carefully crafted study can find any link it seeks. [0]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736917 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736917

kalleboo 13y ago

I think it was when I read that eggs will both kill you and prolong your life in the same day in two different newspapers that I stopped reading any "food health" articles. You can find contradictory articles for each and every claim, often based upon the same study!

pantalaimon 13y ago
But did you not take into account that they might prolong your life and then kill you?

capnrefsmmat 13y ago

I bet you'd like this, then: > "Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review" Most ingredients they studied had studies saying they increased the risk of cancer, along with other studies saying they decreased the risk of cancer. Combining studies, the overall evidence was basically zero. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/1/127.abstract http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/1/127.abstract