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JT45242

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21. wonder if there is some sort of wealth/lifestyle link there

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:15 PM

16 hrs ago

Ignoring the correlation is not causality -- a large number of these food studies really are proxies for wealth, lifestyle, and regional stressors for disease.

For example, I could easily have found that eating spaghetti topped with chili that contains Greek and Turkish spices including cinnamon and chocolate and topped with finely shredded cheddar cheese was strongly correlated with higher than average cancer rates since the 1970s. But that is really just a proxy for living in Cincinnati and eating the local cuisine.

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A 25-year study found an unexpected link between cheese and dementia [View all] multigraincracker 18 hrs ago OP

Little did I know EYESORE 9001 18 hrs ago #1

Not to mention BonnieJW 16 hrs ago #26

You had me worried, I eat a lot of cheese dickthegrouch 18 hrs ago #2

Same here PatSeg 17 hrs ago #12

I'm a bit addicted to very sharp aged cheddars - so this is great news. Also like Stiltons, bries, etc., etc., etc. erronis 18 hrs ago #3

Me, too. Bumbles 17 hrs ago #19

It is a retrospective study, not a double blind study, and also doesn't factor in other variables. lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #4

It calls for further study and explains that. multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #6

I wasn't disparaging anything. I was just pointing out that it was a retrospective observation. In addition there are lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #8

Whew!...I live half hour away from Pinconning, Mi. ... MiHale 18 hrs ago #5

I've stopped there many time and multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #7

Looks like I can keep getting my Dubliner Irish cheese & Kerrygold butter from grass-fed Irish cows. NBachers 18 hrs ago #9

That's my favorite! DUgosh 17 hrs ago #10

Best butter on the planet. SergeStorms 16 hrs ago #23

I think this final paragrah mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #11

I believe we've been going through a course correction from the belief that whole milk and associated products are Martin68 17 hrs ago #14

Unfortunately "factory farm" dairy is bad for the natural environment, not to mention the cows. hunter 15 hrs ago #32

I've been fortunate that my family, and my Japanese wife, all love cheese as much as I do. Martin68 15 hrs ago #34

Then I am well-protected. Martin68 17 hrs ago #13

I'm on my way to Hoggy-days as soon as I finish posting this. 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #15

Good! I'm a cheese lover. CaptainTruth 17 hrs ago #16

Yea! Jean Genie 17 hrs ago #17

So, pick your poison! Mtnmama 17 hrs ago #18

Excellent, but like you said--caveats. pandr32 17 hrs ago #20

wonder if there is some sort of wealth/lifestyle link there JT45242 16 hrs ago #21

My husband's been telling me this for years. He just turned 79, by the way and has all his wits about him. Vinca 16 hrs ago #22

I don't want to know the caveats! LymphocyteLover 16 hrs ago #24

I wonder if the same would extend to BUTTER!!! maspaha 16 hrs ago #25

Actually, 80% butterfat PhylliPretzel 15 hrs ago #33

I now live in cheese paradise. GoneOffShore 16 hrs ago #27

"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?" - Charles de Gaulle eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #36

I wonder AncientOfDays 16 hrs ago #28

Old world diets included whole milk dairy, goat's milk and various cheeses bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #29

Negative thinker. I automatically took the topic headline as a bad result. Norrrm 16 hrs ago #30

My initial reaction was "Oh, nooooooo !". Seldom been happier to be wrong ! eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #37

Correlation is not causation dlk 16 hrs ago #31

I guess that Amish cheese online is safe! GreenWave 14 hrs ago #35