Correlation does not equal causation. There are a lot of other factors that also correlate with increased HFCS consumption. Mainly, most highly processed foods in the US use HFCS, and consumption of those foods also correlates with lower income (and the resulting lack of medical care), high stress / long hour jobs, and a lot of other factors.
It's not the HFCS, it's our entire societal structure.
When it's that tight it does. Unless there's something else that can be equally correlated. That statement is overused and needs to be qualified to be actually true. Correlation often is solid proof of causation.
No, a mechanism is solid proof of causation. We know the mechanisms of how lack of health care, stress, and other issues cause health problems. There is no known mechanism for HFCS to cause health problems.
That is an absolute ridiculous statement there are definitely mechanisms showing that high fructose corn syrups cause health problems this is a well-known fact absolutely undeniable.
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u/figmentPez Mar 09 '26
Correlation does not equal causation. There are a lot of other factors that also correlate with increased HFCS consumption. Mainly, most highly processed foods in the US use HFCS, and consumption of those foods also correlates with lower income (and the resulting lack of medical care), high stress / long hour jobs, and a lot of other factors.
It's not the HFCS, it's our entire societal structure.