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Re:Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List by DanielStraight on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @12:46PM (#867055)
Also important, the number of people affected by unhealthy diet will be substantially higher. This is why they say there are three types of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. Risky foods, to me, are ones that are likely to give you a heart attack when you're 35. Ones that give you a 1:45000 chance of illness (to say nothing of serious complications) are quite safe.

Not to mention, we aren't exactly comparing apples to apples here. Leafy greens covers a heck of a lot more individual food items than oysters.

It just goes to show that you should never, ever take statistics at face value.

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