It seems like there really is no "good" way to live. They used to say that drinking tomato juice (and/or products) reduced your risks of getting prostate cancer later on in life. Years later, they say that it actually increases your risk.

They said that masturbating regularly reduced your risk of (whether it was testicular or prostate, I do not recall) cancer. Now they say that if you masturbate frequently, you increase your risk.

I think I've come to just accept the fact that I'm going to die at some point. Can I do things to make myself feel better now? Yes. Am I doing that? More or less. Am I going to immediately stop doing something every time a new study or finding is released? No.

We ALL die. Be content.

Wait, what point what I trying to make? Oh, fuck it. I'm going to go pound back a tomato juice, smoke some weed, and rub one off.

Wow, I did not click on the comments link expecting someone to have already basically made my comment (which is below) for me:

Aww, man. Everything I ingest regularly is going to kill me. I'm not long for this Earth.

@2 - To be fair, growing up my mom would buy us copious amounts of pop--not soda--and we would ingest them without hesitancy. After hating myself for being so fat and lazy after so many years, I finally just got sick of it all, and stopped drinking pop and started working out, etc.

I guess I trained my body to hate certain foods and beverages. I can stomach diet pop once in a while, but then I regret it.

Stick to real Coke, made with Cane Sugar, like you get in Mexico.

I just drink diet soda. Same thing as water, but with fizz and flavor added and still no calories. Problem solved.

Wait, did I read this article all wrong?

The researchers say:
60,524 folks studied for 14 years
140 developed pancreatic cancer
Folks who drink soda have twice the risk of pancreatic cancer

The Industry Shill says:
110 developed pancreatic cancer AND drank no sodas (this doesn't sound right)
12 developed pancreatic cancer AND drank 0<n<2 sodas a week
18 developed pancreatic cancer AND drank 2<=n sodas a week

I'm inclined at this point to agree with the shill - this sample size is bullshit.

The researchers "didn't ask specifically about diet soda consumption." That seems like a pretty big "duh" question to ask.

@8 how many died from driving a Toyota?

Well, I'd say that there are "good" and "bad" ways to live, relative to each other. If you don't mind dealing with the potential health issues that a life of eating processed crap will give you, then go ahead and do it. If you can't bear to eat anything other than an organic vegan diet, then go ahead and do that. And if you're somewhere in between, like the vast majority of us are, and are in a state of being that is acceptable to you, then great. We'll all be dead in the end!

Moderation - that's the way to do it.

Cane sugar is 50/50 fructose/glucose. HFCS is 55/45. Added fructose is a problem, but you're fooling yourself if you think avoiding HFCS but still eating lots of plain old sugar is going to improve your health much. That 50% is still plenty. Incidentally, honey is also 55/45.

@4, you say that since the cause is small and the effect is huge, it can't be true. An 87% percent increase in occurances over the control group does not equal 100% of the population. Start here:
http://symphonyofscience.com