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T. Paine's avatar

A meta analysis is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄....

https://t.co/P6kfJPcBuK

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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

I agree with you. Meta analyses should be ignored in favor of trusting the government, which cares about you, which is why mRNA shots were developed and why these foods are a staple of the American diet.

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T. Paine's avatar

Well bless your heart hun, you got the “don’t trust the government” part down but let’s work on your understanding of medical and nutrition research and statistics. Meta analysis show only correlation, they cannot show causation. Humans are complex and there is more than one variable. Also, you will only find what you measure. So a meta analysis can show whatever you want it to show- there will be meta analysis that show the clot shot is safe and that seed oils are healthy. Meta analysis is a waste of taxpayer money and research resources.

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Gordon Groves's avatar

Beagles on a Treadmill tend toward obesity

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T. Paine's avatar

This beagle intends to run a hundred miles and has a BMI of 19. Why is everyone fat now? Trusting that government food pyramid? 😅

Scammers gonna scam, grifters gonna grift, and liars gonna lie.

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Loraine's avatar

When you list bacon, do you mean the Soy/lab bacon substitute!? What about bacon from (local farms) from a small town butcher that has no nitrates or nitrates in it? Is fresh bacon like this harmful?....Thanks for clarifying this for me!

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Nicolas Hulscher, MPH's avatar

Fresh, uncured bacon from a local butcher without chemical preservatives is not classified the same way in these studies and is probably not harmful.

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SaHiB's avatar

That's belly slices. Bacon is cured.

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Loraine's avatar

Thanks so much for your reply!......one less worry/concern in a world environment that is hell bent to kill as many people as possible.... God help us all!......Actually the tendrils run so deep it will likely take a miracle to stop it all🎯💜🙏

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LW's avatar

Except for all the mRNA vaccines they’ve been giving pigs since at least 2018!!!????!!!!!

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EGS's avatar

Totally agree! It did say "processed" which usually means adding preservatives- oh sure, your dead body underground wont break down/preserved for years!

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SteelJ's avatar

I'm always a bit irritated by the term "processed meat". Obviously, a steak is not, a can of Vienna sausages is. But it seems there are degrees. Even supermarket bacon seems less tainted than a slim-jim by processing. A gram of sugar or HFCS is clear, same with trans-fats (although they can vary). Processed meat seems more difficult to assess. Not so much defining whether processed or not, but the degree of processing, and how much that matters. If you take a roast and run it through the grinder, that's processing. But it's the same pure meat. More clarity needed IMO.

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EGS's avatar

Sometimes there's just too much to say in one article... if you're reading these articles and in this headspace (most are NOT) you are already hopefully aware of these differences.

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SteelJ's avatar

Not only that, the information at the granular level I'd like is either not available, or sketchy. I'm skeptical of studies, seems you can find one that says anything. Still, they aren't all worthless, and they indicate it's better to eat a steak than a hot dog. That's something. It's best to eat food that doesn't even have a label stating the ingredients IMO.

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Stephen Thompson's avatar

Rubbish!! Bacon and nitrates do not cause cancer these studies are flawed.

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Kurt's avatar

Nick, you have to put these measures in non technical terms, like one bite of a burger or half a can of soda. Your readers don’t want scientific measurements. Once I hit your tech terms, my eyes glaze over and I archive the post anf go on to something else. You can do better. You are not writing for your teachers any more. Your audience is largely nontechnical. Treat them with respect. Please.

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jimmmy's avatar

Ya I call BS on the "processed meat"

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

Correlate with almost 50% higher diabetes than soda? C9me on, man.

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rmk's avatar
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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄....

https://t.co/P6kfJPcBuK

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LW's avatar
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OK, I think we know a lot of this.

Are we deflecting from Cancer caused by vaccine immune dysregulation?

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Gort@ControlGroup.Science's avatar

Who didn't know this?

But let's keep our eye on the ball.

It's the shots!

Stick to the shots!

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Linda Bonvie's avatar

As for "sugar-sweetened" beverages -- was the study referring to high fructose corn syrup or cane sugar or GMO beet sugar? Most bottled beverages are sweetened with HFCS, which, according to numerous studies, greatly increases the risk of diabetes and other conditions. Not saying sugar is a health food, but HFCS is a dangerous additive and belongs in a different category.

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SaHiB's avatar

It's the fructose, I tell you!

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Barbara Charis's avatar

In 1988, I wound up with a nasty bulbous growth with spikes coming out of it on my chest above my right breast...from honey. I learned that excess carbs created it from all the herb teas i was drinking daily...putting honey in them. I checked to see what I had done to cause it and noted that I was using quite a bit of honey. I stopped the honey and in less than 3 months the tumor disappeared; and only a small pink spot was left...and eventually it disappeared. Twelve years earlier, I developed a rapidly growing vaginal tumor which two doctors told me needed to be removed immediately, or I would be given 'no guarantees.' I opted to pray and a book came into my hands, which gave me an answer. I t was on raw fruit and vegetables by Dr. Norman W. Walker. I stopped using the dairy a nutritionist had recommended a few months earlier...and it disappeared in just over two months. So, when I got the second tumor, I simply checked to see what I was eating that caused it

The second was excess carb in the honey... and the first was caused by excess protein & fat in the dairy. I learned from personal experiences NOTHING GROWS WITHOUT A FUEL. Remove the fuel and food-created tumors will vanish. There are other tumors that are being caused by radiation from cell phones right in the spot, where the phone is held next to the ear. Children are very vulnerable to radiation... and parents should not let them play with cellphones. This cellphone generation is being exposed to massive radiation and it is not safe.

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franco nocentini's avatar

I think these methods are the end of all scientific literature, now to "produce work" millions of articles are published on scientific sites, no one is able to analyze in detail the errors or wrong hypotheses and unmask any camouflage manipulations of data incorrect methods and no one presents us for each work a sufficient self-criticism or the sensitivity of the methods used with respect to any errors or alternative methods that could be more correct if then someone really has something to say that is very different from the dominant trend you are censored. The studies do not have a sufficiently public critical review in which all science is laid bare every method every hypothesis and every conclusion, there is no discussion as if we were explaining what was wrong, but we tend to a self-referential specialist language.

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Paving the Way's avatar

I have avoided pork altogether because of the MRNA contamination unless I know the producer, and even then I am a little concerned.

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Michael's avatar

Thank you Nicolas. I do not drink SSB’s and rarely consume Trans fats but I get my share of sugar in other things and I do enjoy processed meats if given a chance.

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working rich's avatar

Let’s ignore the fact that millions owe their lives to processed foods. People used to die from acute food poisoning- gastroenteritis and hunger. Now, in the USA obesity is the problem. We are lucky to live in prosperous times in the land of milk and honey.

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SaHiB's avatar

Trans (sic - "cis" and "trans" are never capitalized) Fats? Even 0.25% of daily energy sounds like an incredible amount of chrysanthemum salad! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemic_acid Those terms refer to out-of-plane ring substitution. The olefinic oils to which they are wrongly applied lack such rings. The correct terms are 'E' (entgegen - opposite) and 'Z' (zusammen - together).

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working rich's avatar

What about Trannies and I don't mean immigrants from Transylvania.

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