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[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study

Study title... CNN title is only about meat.

A meta-analysis of observational epidemiology

All of the issues with epidemiology apply

  • association is not causation
  • hypothesis generating only
  • healthy user confounders
  • people eating meat are often eating high carbohydrate diets
  • metabolic context of the participants
  • food frequency questionnaires filled out yearly or every 4 years.

I don't have access to the paper, it hasn't made it to the Free Academic circles yet, so I haven't been able to read it.

[โ€“] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Per the article, they're still not certain if it's the added nitrites in the meat that are the problem, but if you're looking to avoid them, I know Aldi sells nitrite-free hot dogs and bacon.