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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Modern fruit plants are quite high fructose compared to their ancient ancestors.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And thanks to soil depletion, also less nutritious in regards to minerals. Still great for fiber, though.

[–] Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago

Kale is a lot better for fiber.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As an old, I never heard of anyone getting pancreatic cancer when I was young.

Then all of a sudden pancreatic cancer is something that everyone gets.

Correlation is not causation, but there is correlation.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago

Well, part of that is also because we know more about pancreatic cancer now, enough to call it that. Just because diagnoses goes up does not necessarily mean that rate is going up.

[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and the world around you and the food that is consumed and human knowledge and medicine have all changed as much as you have, probably even more.

Your take on this is ignoring all of that.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: HFCS is identical to honey, to the point that many honey manufacturers will add some because it is cheaper and impossible to detect.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ewwww. You’re saying I’ve been having honey coke all these years? Yuck!!!