how to eat a chicken wing

[eugmac]

studies suggest smokers die of lung cancer more often than non-smokers.
studies suggest people who are chronic drinkers or have hep c are at risk of developing liver cancer.
studies suggest people who were exposed to radiation from the chernobyl disaster had a high rate of cancer death.

of course we don't know the hows and whys, but i'd say there are enough observable patterns being made by intelligent people?

my educated guess on the way colon cancer being tied to diet is that your poo gets hard from a meat-heavy diet and causes constipation, leading to toxins staying in that area for longer than people who have regular poos.

[a500lbgorilla]

my educated guess on the way colon cancer being tied to diet is that your poo gets hard from a meat-heavy diet and causes constipation, leading to toxins staying in that area for longer than people who have regular poos.

And this is snake-oil-salesman-eqsue. It's an understanding with no reason why it should be the understanding.

A lot of people understand why lowering cholesterol in your blood lowers your risk for a heart attack. The mechanisms that underlie the process are understood.

But cancer isn't as easily understood as "that buildup in your bloodstrem breaks off a piece and cuts off blood flow to the muscles of your heart."

It's more of, "as your cells rebuild themselves, they don't do it right and become cancer instead."

You could say that it's because of a high redmeat low fruit diet, when it could really be because of a lower fiber diet, or because of a high exposure to preservatives, or something else.

I'm not discounting the studies, I'm just discounting the claim that "studies show a diet high in red meat and low in fruit runs a markedly higher risk of getting cancer is reason enough to say eating steak/chicken on a 2 night cycle will probably get you colon cancer."

[eugmac]

And this is snake-oil-salesman-eqsue. It's an understanding with no reason why it should be the understanding.

A lot of people understand why lowering cholesterol in your blood lowers your risk for a heart attack. The mechanisms that underlie the process are understood.

But cancer isn't as easily understood as "that buildup in your bloodstrem breaks off a piece and cuts off blood flow to the muscles of your heart."

It's more of, "as your cells rebuild themselves, they don't do it right and become cancer instead."

You could say that it's because of a high redmeat low fruit diet, when it could really be because of a lower fiber diet, or because of a high exposure to preservatives, or something else.

I'm not discounting the studies, I'm just discounting the claim that "studies show a diet high in red meat and low in fruit runs a markedly higher risk of getting cancer is reason enough to say eating steak/chicken on a 2 night cycle will probably get you colon cancer."

i did say ymmv.