Those statements of his were both at the end, when he gives his opinion on the general situation. That doesn't mean the main bullet points aren't supported by science

If a doctor says to you ' you have hypertension because you've been eating pizza for dinner last 5 years' .

Do you ask them to provide you with proof directly linking your pizza eating to hypertension? Would you just ignore their advice for lack of proof?

No one will be able to provide you direct link between 'lifestyle choices' and chronic disease at an individual level.

> No one will be able to provide you direct link between 'lifestyle choices' and chronic disease at an individual level.

I wasn't implying I require that for anything. I was just pointing out that someone made broad, speculative claims about the general medical consensus of things like read meat and sugar, and then used an anecdote to support their own claims about those things. Take from that what you will! I just find it funny and worth mentioning.

Are you trying to make the counter point that sugar and highly processed foods are healthy?

There's lots of good science and history (! I guess that's just a bunch of anecdotes though) which demonstrates their ill effects.

Sometimes, a fact has been asserted widely enough that we stop requiring sources, even at HN

> Are you trying to make the counter point that sugar and highly processed foods are healthy?

Nope, I said absolutely nothing to that effect.

More that he's critical of the thought process you've applied. You're conclusions are correct, so no one should be critical of that :)

Wasn't me, but sure