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Favorite case study to support your Bias View
tennisdude2004
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I'm looking for the most outlandish case study you have come across, which someone has posted to support there view.
I personally am a self confessed carnivore and have recently found this little study which concludes:
A mainly vegetarian diet (in western culture) increases the risk of Mental Health Issues - WTF
I thought this might be interesting off the back of the case studies showing too much protein causes cancer.
Please be as Bias as you can.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466124/#!po=0.270270
I personally am a self confessed carnivore and have recently found this little study which concludes:
A mainly vegetarian diet (in western culture) increases the risk of Mental Health Issues - WTF
I thought this might be interesting off the back of the case studies showing too much protein causes cancer.
Please be as Bias as you can.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466124/#!po=0.270270
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Where has this thread been all my life?!
I don't have any crazy case studies to share, but I know they're out there and I want to see them!
To quote Mark Twain, "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."0 -
the results of the vegetarian study suggest more strongly (though doesn't prove) that people with anxiety and depressive disorders are more likely to become vegetarian, than that the vegetarian diet is the cause of the disorders) as it stated that the onset of mental health issues preceded the adoption of a vegetarian diet. (there's not enough evidence to prove cause and effect in any direction, but it does beg further questions)
I'd be concerned that people with these disorders (and anxiety in particular) are more likely to be affected by the scaremongering of those who claim all these bad health problems caused my meat. My next research question (if it was me doing the studies) is whether the same is true of other diets where there's a lot of health scaremongering and demonising of foods, e.g. paleo diet, low carb, low fat, etc. It's not hard to imagine how someone who already has an anxiety disorder is more likely to be swayed by such scaremongering. If that's is what's going on (It would take further research to determine if it is), then IMO it's something that people should be aware about.0 -
the results of the vegetarian study suggest more strongly (though doesn't prove) that people with anxiety and depressive disorders are more likely to become vegetarian, than that the vegetarian diet is the cause of the disorders) as it stated that the onset of mental health issues preceded the adoption of a vegetarian diet. (there's not enough evidence to prove cause and effect in any direction, but it does beg further questions)
I'd be concerned that people with these disorders (and anxiety in particular) are more likely to be affected by the scaremongering of those who claim all these bad health problems caused my meat. My next research question (if it was me doing the studies) is whether the same is true of other diets where there's a lot of health scaremongering and demonising of foods, e.g. paleo diet, low carb, low fat, etc. It's not hard to imagine how someone who already has an anxiety disorder is more likely to be swayed by such scaremongering. If that's is what's going on (It would take further research to determine if it is), then IMO it's something that people should be aware about.
^ A study on that would be interesting to see.0 -
I was hoping this would be a kinda got one drop one.
I'm not that interested in the validity of the studies just how bias the study is to the claim it is making.0 -
This guy:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512755/Pensioner-smokes-50-day-lives-junk-food-eaten-single-piece-fruit-decade-insists-hes-fit-fiddle.html
(The best part is his explanation for his two heart attacks: "I had a blockage in my artery that was hereditary. It was nothing to do with my diet or the cigarettes.")0
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