Re: Does too much protein in the diet increase cancer risk?


coonskin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
"Actually it looks at small samples of people who are given very rough
dietary guidelines to follow and then measures levels of plasma growth
factors and certain hormones that *may* (or may not) indicate some risk
of cancers. That is about as small a study looking at as indirect
markers as I've seen in a long time. Hardly definitive. Very poor
science at best."

What, as experts in statistics say, would be the threshold for such
research? Actually they were not given food guidelines, people who met
guidelines were found based on the food choices, exercise and calorie
intakes they were following for their own reasons. As per usual you
don't pay attention to content except for headlines and not much more.

More than a couple of dozen.


Note, "hypothesis-generating paper" was the main author's view of the
study, he, Fontana, was the principle author not the person you did the
"are you still beating your wife" hachet job on. Here as all good
journals do these days is the funding information:

Let's see, a "hypothesis-generating paper" with tiny numbers of
subjects using inferences from other "hypothesis-generated" data on two
hypothesized possible markers for cancer risk. Sound like smoke based
on mirrors. Or mirrors based on smoke. Either way it is smoke and
mirrors.


"Funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases and the National Center for Research Resources of the
National Institutes of Health supported this research."

Yep, the NIH's have a sparkling reputation for scientific independence.
Wait, no that is the FDA. No wait that is universities. No wait, hang
on there, they are all industry funded and industry inspired
organisations. Oh well. Nice try.



As for your view about "good science" is, I fear even to mention it
gives far far more credence then this and past performance supports on
your part.

You can be well assured that when I present scientific studies here, I
will have vetted the authors and their organisations for industry
connections. Which is infinitely more than we can gather from your
cherry picking.

TC

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