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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

First of all, medical science isn't math. It's not exact. It's "what is the more accurate data we have, and what is our most accurate interpretation of that data to date, using the most accurate technology we have available?"

Next: we know that many foods can increase your risk of cancer. That doesn't mean it will absolutely give you cancer if you have it. However, if you have been overindulging in something, your likelihood of developing some sort of illness is going to increase.

Third: correlation does not equal causation. That's one of the basic rules of science that all these "medical blogs" and internet "doctors" ignore. Usually on purpose, to scare people into buying their supplements or their book.

From Medical News Today - February, 2023:


"links to" = correlation. There is no evidence that being overweight/obese, physically inactive, and eating a poor diet "will" cause cancer. Or even "can" cause cancer. There are millions of people who live, and who have died, who have eaten a poor diet, or lived their lives disabled and physically unfit due to sickness/injury/birth defect, and who are or were overweight - who did NOT ever get cancer.

And, conversely, there are lots of people who have or had cancer, who were physically active, not overweight, ate organic foods and either restricted or eliminated red meats.

If you re-read that quote from the article again, insert what they are not saying: that 58% of cancer cases and 55% of cancer deaths were NOT linked to any risk factors that people may be able to change. That means - the majority of cancer cases were NOT linked to being physically inactive, overweight/obese, or poor diet.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The Latin term in the medical field is "post hoc ergo propter hoc"---which loosely translates to "after this therefore because of this" it is the sine qua non of faulty cause-effect reason and the battle cry of all that subscribe to it.