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The journal Nature Medicine published a major study about a cohort of over 105,000 people followed for 30 years. This is that researchers found.

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Correlation isn't causation. But that's still interesting.

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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The data for the participants relies on mailed questionnaires for lifestyle and medical status

Wtf. We already know this isn't good nutrition science. It's all too easy for people to misrepresent what they're eating in surveys

This sounds like an epidemiological study. What are the listed Relative Risk Increases for mortality they're trying to claim? Are any above 100%, which is the minimum threshold required to establish causality for epidemiological studies?

Not only that, the only sources of refined sugars they show here are all listed as healthier than red meat. Really? Refined sugar, the leading cause of diabetes and atherosclerosis isn't at the bottom of the list?

This study reeks of bullshit. Which is unfortunately not all that weird in nutrition science ever since the Harvard School of Nutrition got bought out by Coca Cola and sugar lobbies back in the 50's

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