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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by kolpa on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @02:09PM (#16700203)
1.5% chance of a 5-20years cancer-induced loss is an expected gain of at most 4months of life, in exchange for giving up not just bacon but all "processed meat" for an entire lifetime, while also taking care not to replace that meat with any other carcinogens such as sugar.

It's not a "single disrupted morning"

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by whatyoucantsay on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:39PM (#16701121)
> carcinogens such as sugar.

Has any major medical body ever classified sugar as a carcinogen, or is this bro-science?

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by kragen on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:36PM (#16701667)
Yes. The World Cancer Research Fund commissioned a comprehensive review of cancer risk factors, signed off on by dozens of prominent scientists. They came up with ten key recommendations. One of them is, "Limit red meat and avoid processed meat." Another is, "Avoid high-calorie foods and sugary drinks." A third is, "Keep [body] weight low within the healthy range." Sugary drinks and obesity as risks for cancer are definitely well within mainstream science.

https://www.wcrf.org/int/research-we-fund/our-cancer-prevent... (currently "down for maintenance", but available in gcache)

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by mehrdadn on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:49PM (#16701785)
Doesn't "carcinogen" mean something a little stronger than "may increase risk of cancer"? Like I wouldn't call walking on the street a deadly activity just because it may increase your chance of death.
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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by mixmastamyk on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @05:02PM (#16701908)
Believe it feeds cancer growth, not that it is a cause in itself.
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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (2016) by whatyoucantsay on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:50PM (#16709230)
I didn't mention obesity, which is definitely a risk factor.

Sugar is only partially correlated with obesity, and I have never seen anything implicating sugar itself with cancer outside of paleo / bro-science circles. Plenty of people drink multiple sugary drinks daily for decades without getting obese. Warren Buffet is a good example. So is most the population of Japan.

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