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A small glass of juice or soda a day linked to increased risk of cancer; study

7 pointsby Ultramanoidalmost 6 years ago

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cr0shalmost 6 years ago
I made a different comment in the other article about this study that was in the Guardian (I think it&#x27;s the same study?); essentially I thought it was fear mongering, and the likely increase in risk, while mathematically probable, was likely so low as to be virtually the same to priors. I mentioned Bayes theorem, but I am not certain or not if it applies.<p>But anyhow - reading this article - that last part (my summarization):<p>&quot;While this study doesn&#x27;t offer a definitive causative answer about sugar and cancer...the message from the totality of evidence on excess sugar consumption and various health outcomes is clear -- reducing the amount of sugar in our diet is extremely important,&quot; Lake told the Science Media Centre in the UK. She was not involved in the current study.<p>So just grab some rando &quot;reader in public health nutrition at Teesside University&quot; (is a &quot;reader&quot; just someone who reads things? Is this an actual job position?) and have them give you an opinion - one that basically says &quot;yeah...this whole study may mean almost nothing...I really don&#x27;t know...but limit your sugar intake people!&quot;<p>Again - this article, and the Guardian one, both seem like your standard &quot;omgweregonnadie!&quot; fear article to sell papers and advertising, via the use of out-of-context numbers and percentages, and the fact that people don&#x27;t understand probabilities.<p>Sigh.
troydavisalmost 6 years ago
Study: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;bmj&#x2F;366&#x2F;bmj.l2408.full.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;bmj&#x2F;366&#x2F;bmj.l2408.full.pdf</a> (via <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;366&#x2F;bmj.l2408" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;366&#x2F;bmj.l2408</a>).
emroxalmost 6 years ago
Getting older each day is probably also linked to increase the risk of getting cancer
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