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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Hopa@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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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[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 weeks ago

I have a hard time believing this because it is at odds with my own diet and prejudices.

[-] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The image from the study

This is the full chart from the study

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

this is telling me that time spent cooking is time taken away from your life (check fast and fried row)

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 weeks ago

I'm having a hard time believing this list.

Nuts, legumes, fruit juice, coffee, tea, fruit/berries, vegetables are all listed multiple times.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 weeks ago

The original is in a better format. The thing from OP was extracted... somehow.

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well that makes a lot more sense, thanks.

[-] 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

[-] jxk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Dark-yellow vegetables? What an odd category

[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

"Low-energy beverages" sounds like a dumb Trump insult for caffeine-free diet soda.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fun fact, as someone who suffers from FODMAP related IBS.. Almost very "green" item in this list triggers FODMAP reactions, and about half of the red ones are on the safe to eat category.

TL;DR - damned if I do, damned if I dont.

[-] starman2112@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

We don't need another study explaining that people who eat foods that rich people eat tend to live longer. Do one of these studies but only interviewing people with an income under $20,000 and I'll take it seriously

[-] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A combination of beer and fast food is neutral. Gotcha!

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

My booze is plant based. That has to count for something. Fat free, ultra low sodium and frequently served with frozen crushed whole fruit.

It's medicinal.

[-] Sbergon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting to see beer that close to foods like fish, soy and tea

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago

Conversely, it’s surprising to see fruit so high up, while fish and poultry are in the middle. Does this mean only vegetarian people eat healthy? Hardly believable for an omnivorous animal like humans.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Being an omnivore allows us to get calories from multiple sources, which allows us to live long enough to breed. That's an evolutionary advantage.

After the point of breeding and raising children, evolution taps out.

So something being an evolutionary trait does not mean those traits lead to longevity. But it guarantees we're good fuckers.

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

But it guarantees we're good fuckers.

It seems I need to file a complaint then!

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not bad in bed. I'm efficient from an evolutionary perspective.

Now give me five minutes and we'll go again.

[-] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's debate on if humans are actually omnivores.

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Very big caveat: while our primate cousins manage to eat some meat from time to time, it was our domestication of fire more than a million year ago that allowed us to access plenty of calories and nutrients from almost any food, everything was suddenly on the table, and was made easy to chew and digest. We are more omnivorous than the naturally omnivorous animals.

[-] starman2112@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's really neat but my god is it ugly

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

First off, this chart seems to be rather cherry-picked, with some information just outright wrong. When corrected for body size, the human digestive tract is significantly shorter than herbivores and longer than carnivores. That suggests that we're omnivores.

Second, explain how humans have binocular vision, a trait common to every land-based carnivore and omnivore.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No way for seafood considering the heavy metal traces.

Whatever. At least pizza is on the safer side ;)

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh good. I like wine and beer.

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