Hot dogs, bacon and other processed meats cause cancer, WHO declares

[LurkerJ]

JRPGfan said:

LurkerJ said:

Before everyone starts posting studies they found online and label them as "Facts", I advise you to watch this video to know how messy these studies you are quoting are.

http://coffeeandhealth.org/topic-overview/references-8/

All the stuff I posted about "coffee reduceing cancer risk", is from this page, that has references to case studies.

Theres "source criticism" (not sure of the english word), but they arnt just makeing sh*t up or pulling random numbers out of thin air.

I am sorry if you felt personally targeted by my post. That was NOT my intention, we are all learners here. I used to blindly trust these studies and take what they say as unquestionable facts. I found out later that it isn't black and white. You can make any claim support it with medical evidence if you selectively publish studies that support those claims and skip publishing the ones that don't.

I've been reading more about biostatistics lately and try to learn how to dissect these studies and criticize them. ALL studies are prone to bias and errors. Learning how to do that is actually a big part of studying medicine nowadays, one of my friends is a physician and he was the one to open my eyes to the fact that "studies and research" doesn't automatically mean "facts". 

I hope everyone watches the videos and read the articles in my previous post to grasp the importance of not believing every article you read online, and I am not talking about just coffee and meat here.