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Just two cans of soda a day may double your risk of death from heart disease

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    Kent Sharkey
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    Mental Floss[^]:

    The American Heart Association has released results of research that demonstrate a link between consumption of sugary drinks—including soda, fruit juices, and other sweetened beverages—and an increased risk of dying from heart disease.

    I guess I'm already dead

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      Mental Floss[^]:

      The American Heart Association has released results of research that demonstrate a link between consumption of sugary drinks—including soda, fruit juices, and other sweetened beverages—and an increased risk of dying from heart disease.

      I guess I'm already dead

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      Joe Woodbury
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      Use "may" and you can say anything. I'm skeptical. Correlation does not equal causation. I suspect soda consumption is correlated with other behaviors which cause problems.

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        Use "may" and you can say anything. I'm skeptical. Correlation does not equal causation. I suspect soda consumption is correlated with other behaviors which cause problems.

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        Rick York
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        Correlation does not equal causation

        This is so true and it is astonishing how often this fact is lost. I once saw someone demonstrate the fallacy of equating the two by writing that there is a correlation between the amount of organic food consumed and incidence rate of autism in children. Sure enough, the graphs of the two are quite similar but does anyone really think there is a causal relationship between the two?

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          Correlation does not equal causation

          This is so true and it is astonishing how often this fact is lost. I once saw someone demonstrate the fallacy of equating the two by writing that there is a correlation between the amount of organic food consumed and incidence rate of autism in children. Sure enough, the graphs of the two are quite similar but does anyone really think there is a causal relationship between the two?

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          Kent Sharkey
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          Obligatory link: Spurious Correlations[^]

          TTFN - Kent

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            Mental Floss[^]:

            The American Heart Association has released results of research that demonstrate a link between consumption of sugary drinks—including soda, fruit juices, and other sweetened beverages—and an increased risk of dying from heart disease.

            I guess I'm already dead

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            j snooze
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            A can of soda per day is cheaper than having to save up for retirement.

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              A can of soda per day is cheaper than having to save up for retirement.

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              Kent Sharkey
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              And now you owe me a can of soda. And a new keyboard. :laugh:

              TTFN - Kent

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                Mental Floss[^]:

                The American Heart Association has released results of research that demonstrate a link between consumption of sugary drinks—including soda, fruit juices, and other sweetened beverages—and an increased risk of dying from heart disease.

                I guess I'm already dead

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                jgakenhe
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                Some cities, including Seattle, have introduced controversial "soda tax" plans that raise the sales tax on the drinks in an effort to discourage consumption.

                This explains the problems of Windows 10.

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                  Obligatory link: Spurious Correlations[^]

                  TTFN - Kent

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                  Jon McKee
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                  EDIT: Responded to wrong post.

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                    And now you owe me a can of soda. And a new keyboard. :laugh:

                    TTFN - Kent

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                    Jon McKee
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                    A new high-quality keyboard is only $110-150-ish, check out DAS keyboards[^]. I've been using their 4-Ultimate for awhile and it hasn't caused me any issues :thumbsup:

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                      Use "may" and you can say anything. I'm skeptical. Correlation does not equal causation. I suspect soda consumption is correlated with other behaviors which cause problems.

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                      Chris Losinger
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                      professional researchers are aware that correlation does not equal causation Drinking sugary drinks may be associated with greater risk of death | American Heart Association[^]

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                      The researchers observed this effect when they statistically made the participants equal with respect to income, race, education, smoking history and physical activity. When they controlled for known heart disease risk factors such as total calorie consumption, high blood pressure, abnormalities in blood lipids or body weight, the effect remained.

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                        professional researchers are aware that correlation does not equal causation Drinking sugary drinks may be associated with greater risk of death | American Heart Association[^]

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                        The researchers observed this effect when they statistically made the participants equal with respect to income, race, education, smoking history and physical activity. When they controlled for known heart disease risk factors such as total calorie consumption, high blood pressure, abnormalities in blood lipids or body weight, the effect remained.

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                        Joe Woodbury
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                        The notion that you can retroactively control for risk factors is absurd, especially when using studies designed to look at something entirely different. It's quite obvious that they manipulated the numbers until they got the result they wanted.

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                          The notion that you can retroactively control for risk factors is absurd, especially when using studies designed to look at something entirely different. It's quite obvious that they manipulated the numbers until they got the result they wanted.

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                          Chris Losinger
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                          :laugh:

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                            EDIT: Responded to wrong post.

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                            greyseal96
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                            It's OK. That's just a link to a joke/satire site. No need for shame, discontent or anything like that.

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                              It's OK. That's just a link to a joke/satire site. No need for shame, discontent or anything like that.

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                              Jon McKee
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                              Yea, that was actually meant for another post, hah :^)

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                                Use "may" and you can say anything. I'm skeptical. Correlation does not equal causation. I suspect soda consumption is correlated with other behaviors which cause problems.

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                                Dr Walt Fair PE
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                                gOOD NEWS i HAVEN'T HAD 2 CANS OF SODA IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, i DID HAVE A STROKE, THOUGH, SO MUCH FOR ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE!

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                                Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                                  A can of soda per day is cheaper than having to save up for retirement.

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                                  Dr Walt Fair PE
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                                  If you think that{s cheap, you should try havig a stroke. In all it cost the insurance about 0.5MM$

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                                  Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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