Just two cans of soda a day may double your risk of death from heart disease
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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
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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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?
Obligatory link: Spurious Correlations[^]
TTFN - Kent
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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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And now you owe me a can of soda. And a new keyboard. :laugh:
TTFN - Kent
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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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Obligatory link: Spurious Correlations[^]
TTFN - Kent
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And now you owe me a can of soda. And a new keyboard. :laugh:
TTFN - Kent
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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.
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.
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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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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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.
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!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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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$
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software