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mn9driver

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56. Correlation is not Causation.

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:37 AM

Apr 2017

The authors of this study have no inkling of the possible mechanism that might link these two things. They speculate, but none of their speculations have been studied at all.

At this point, this is nothing but an interesting and probably meaningless correlation. Like this one:

This graph shows that pirates prevent global warming.

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Another great reason to smoke weed BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #1

Whoa. I hadn't read that. Don't enjoy smoking weed anymore. But that is amazing. KittyWampus Apr 2017 #2

Whoopee! I'm gonna be SO freakin smart! flying_wahini Apr 2017 #6

I think that why the chump administration wants to go after pot kimbutgar Apr 2017 #19

but then i get hungry!.... samnsara Apr 2017 #53

There's a lot of chemical crap in corporate food and drink Achilleaze Apr 2017 #3

Hmm the article doesn't mention beer or my favorite; Topo Chico... flying_wahini Apr 2017 #4

I have been drinking an insane amount of Diet Coke for more than two decades FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #5

Well an anecdote of one is absolutely proof positive mythology Apr 2017 #25

All of us diet coke addicts are in denial. mountain grammy Apr 2017 #31

Well, Sit Yourself Down RobinA Apr 2017 #46

If you're talking cannabis, I'm on board.. mountain grammy Apr 2017 #49

Or simply that anecdotal evidence of one example is irrelevant to science. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #55

It seems very strange that they keep referring to the "full-fat" drink alternative. pnwmom Apr 2017 #7

I noticed that too. It's annoying and ignorant. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #33

Drink more water. If you drink enough before eating you'll also lose weight. brush Apr 2017 #39

Exactly. People frequently mistake thirst for hunger NickB79 Apr 2017 #65

YES! Sugary foods were advertised as "fat free" in the early days of the anti-fat hysteria anneboleyn Apr 2017 #54

Link to study: sl8 Apr 2017 #8

Thank you. NT Ilsa Apr 2017 #11

Study was longterm, going far back so Aspartame would be the most prevalent sweetener wishstar Apr 2017 #17

Artificial sweeteners are known MontanaMama Apr 2017 #9

"...cannot prove a causality." But this is science? Alrighty, then. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #10

The "full-fat equivalent" of fizzy drinks? Silent3 Apr 2017 #12

I know. Makes zero sense. NT Ilsa Apr 2017 #14

It doesn't make sense if you still buy into the "fat makes you fat" crap we were sold for decades. GoCubsGo Apr 2017 #21

there are good and bad carbs and good and bad fats, etc. ginnyinWI Apr 2017 #47

Yes, but there was a pervasive "all fat is bad" mentality for decades. GoCubsGo Apr 2017 #58

like isolated soy protein-- ginnyinWI Apr 2017 #59

whats wrong with soy protein? Mosby Apr 2017 #64

well my understanding is ginnyinWI Apr 2017 #66

ABC reported this study, as well. But... GoCubsGo Apr 2017 #13

+1...I wonder if they took out the predesposed uponit7771 Apr 2017 #18

Yeah, I don't know. GoCubsGo Apr 2017 #20

OTOH, they know that Aspartame can have neurological effects. pnwmom Apr 2017 #34

If I remember my old research...it interferes with brain synapse firing Lucinda Apr 2017 #15

let's send trump cases and cases and cases of diet coke spanone Apr 2017 #16

I'm sure big pharma will come up with an expensive solution to the problem. Vinca Apr 2017 #22

I think the general lesson of all those is that artificial is not as good as natural... Rollo Apr 2017 #29

Well, I'm fucked AnnieBW Apr 2017 #23

I've said from the time I was 9 you had to have dementia... Shandris Apr 2017 #24

Oh great. I drink Diet Mountain Dew by the gallons. democratisphere Apr 2017 #26

What's a website? (gulp, gulp, gulp.) InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2017 #41

Just got a soda stream. I can use veggie smoothie to flavour instead applegrove Apr 2017 #27

I don't drink soda because of other reasons. ginnyinWI Apr 2017 #28

Not to mention brominated vegetable oils... Rollo Apr 2017 #30

What about the decaf version of regular Coke? Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #32

Caffeine is just an additive Cal Carpenter Apr 2017 #50

I keep on being stunned at the large amounts PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #35

yeah and it's hard to get anything to drink in a restaurant that's healthy ginnyinWI Apr 2017 #48

There's almost always beer or wine PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #61

9 out of 10 convicts in jail smoke. Therefore, smoking causes crime! X_Digger Apr 2017 #36

Have you checked out Volstagg Apr 2017 #40

What about fizzy lifting drinks? Orrex Apr 2017 #37

I guess I will have to go back to Madd Dog nt doc03 Apr 2017 #38

Don't forget. You are what you drink. democratisphere Apr 2017 #42

"The nature of the study means they cannot prove a causal link between diet drinks and dementia" oberliner Apr 2017 #43

I tasted diet pepsi once and never tried any diet drink again malaise Apr 2017 #44

You can live to be a hundred mac56 Apr 2017 #45

Well then I'm a bad person and going to hell get the red out Apr 2017 #51

The fact they give me a headache may have saved me. kcr Apr 2017 #52

Correlation is not Causation. mn9driver Apr 2017 #56

Yeah, I know. NT Ilsa Apr 2017 #57

You cannot trust what the mainstream media says about studies like this. alarimer Apr 2017 #60

Within the last year or so default Diet Pepsi is now sweetened with Splenda Tom Rinaldo Apr 2017 #62

A few snips from the Guardian's take on this FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #63