High refined sugar intake linked to a 23% higher risk of mental disorders

Re:High refined sugar intake linked to a 23% higher risk of ... by QuercusMax on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:08PM (#14870085)

Mental disorders are also correlated with sleep problems; sleep-deprived brains often crave sugar. This might also be another avenue for causation.

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Re:High refined sugar intake linked to a 23% higher risk of ... by boombip on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:14PM (#14870122)

> This might also be another avenue for causation.

If people with mental disorders were more sleep-deprived and then consumed more sugar, wouldn't that also show up in the data?

> Although the study looked for this link, it was not seen in the data: men and women with mental disorders were not more likely to consume more sugar.

A causal A > B > C link would look similar (data-wise) to a A > C link.

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Re:High refined sugar intake linked to a 23% higher risk of ... by tylerhou on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:27AM (#14873437)

Not if A => B for only a small population of A. But in that case, you still might see a C => A link.

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