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Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

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Re: Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

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Wow, that was quite a read. What does seem to stand out is the danger of negative results not being published. 99 studies look at an ingredient, find nothing, don't publish. Through pure chance, the hundredth study finds a correlation, and everyone is immediately convinced that yet another ingredient is unhealthy.

Re: Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

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There are scientists who argue that what the mitochondria does is fundamentally cancerigenic on a long enough timeline, so in a sense, yes, everything we eat is associated with cancer. https://www.nature.com/articles/cr2017155

Wow this is pretty fascinating.

Re: Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

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See also Kill or Cure , a comprehensive index of every Daily Mail article claiming that something causes or prevents cancer. https://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/

Looks like it does subject/verb plurality agreement based on the presence of an 's' at the end of the subject. Thus: "Asbestos prevent cancer". Heh. Software.

Re: Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

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Wow, that was quite a read. What does seem to stand out is the danger of negative results not being published. 99 studies look at an ingredient, find nothing, don't publish. Through pure chance, the hundredth study finds a correlation, and everyone is immediately convinced that yet another ingredient is unhealthy.

The study will fail to replicate.
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