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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by isaacfrond on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:14AM (#36070317)
You'll love this study. They select 50 common ingredient from cookbooks, and looked studies about them. 40 of them caused cancer, but often times conflicting studies were also found. They conclude:

Associations with cancer risk or benefits have been claimed for most food ingredients. Many single studies highlight implausibly large effects, even though evidence is weak. Effect sizes shrink in meta-analyses.

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review; Jonathan D Schoenfeld 1, John P A Ioannidis. 10.3945/ajcn.112.047142

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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by csours on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:43AM (#36071351)
Yes, because getting older is associated with cancer. If you don't eat, you don't get older (paradoxically calorie restriction is associated with longevity).
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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by arcticbull on Thursday May 25, 2023 @11:05AM (#36071636)
I’m not sure it’s really paradoxical. Consuming and metabolizing food creates oxidative stress, and caloric restriction slows down your metabolism. As much as 21.4% over just two weeks [1], sometimes permanently [2]. Which is also why dieting fails the vast majority of people people, as they experience it as a plateau [3].

Eating less reduces your need for food ('adaptive thermogenesis'), and hence total oxidative stress load. This almost certainly reduces your risk of cancer and also more than likely slows aging. [4]

[1] https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1958.1...

[2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27136388/

[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764193/

[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927356/

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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by csours on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:08PM (#36072558)
Thanks for the links and explanation! I was kind of joking - people generally have to eat to live.
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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by arcticbull on Thursday May 25, 2023 @01:17PM (#36073418)
I appreciated the joke, haha.
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