• Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    I agree with you, but using a relative that does something unhealthy that got old to prove a point is not really scientific nor right.

    We absolutely know that smoking causes cancer is a really unhealthy habit, yet we see people that smoke reach very high age. However the average smoker lives a shorter life.

    • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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      4 hours ago

      You’re right, its a suboptimal example.

      But I can conclude that its not so dangerous as to lead to imminent death / disability within 30 years. So how “unsafe” is eating processed meat anyway?

      The article makes like you’re doomed to develop colon cancer if you mom ever fed you a single bite of hamburger helper as a kid. Obviously, that’s a ridiculous conclusion.