John Ioannidis Aims His Bazooka at Nutrition Science (2018)

Re:John Ioannidis Aims His Bazooka at Nutrition Science (2018) by SilasX on Friday March 08, 2019 @07:03AM (#19336819)

>Genuinely curious, where did you see the "0.074% decrease in death risk?"

I was generously assuming that if I follow their advice, I eliminate bowel cancer risk entirely. Since only .074% of the population has it (74 per 100k), that’s the max change in risk of death.

But you’re right, I really only decreased my risk by 13% of that .074% by eliminating red meat. Still don’t see the enormous upside.

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Re:John Ioannidis Aims His Bazooka at Nutrition Science (2018) by totalBeginner on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:05PM (#19348156)

That makes sense, I should have caught that the harm reduction was not in total mortality but just of the bowel cancer subset.

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Re:John Ioannidis Aims His Bazooka at Nutrition Science (2018) by SilasX on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:02PM (#19372367)

But they only appeal to the bowel cancer risk and don't list any other death risks that are associated with red meat, so I'm assuming that's the only (or the far-dominant) one.

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