My mother saw headlines about this and started questioning whether she should be using the grapeseed oil in her pantry. I hadn't heard about it yet (because I screen my news sources) but immediately had my doubts because I follow the commentary like yours on the "alt-health" movement. Even more so when I found who was publishing the fear mongering headlines.
She's science literate enough to understand once I explained what the study was actually about. We had a discussion about why seed oils are a hot topic right now and why is important to pay close attention to who is publishing the headlines that randomly pop up on your phone. I wish she would just turn those off. But it's so easy to see how this misinfo spreads when people don't look much past the headlines or don't have a biologist in the family that they trust and listen to about this stuff.
I agree that claiming seedoils are causing cancer in a headline out strips the data. But why do you claim they do NOT cause cancer in your headline? Surely that out strips the data as well.
" the study didn’t look at any sort of dietary contributors in the context of colorectal cancer". So doctor, where is your study showing it does NOT cause cancer?
My mother saw headlines about this and started questioning whether she should be using the grapeseed oil in her pantry. I hadn't heard about it yet (because I screen my news sources) but immediately had my doubts because I follow the commentary like yours on the "alt-health" movement. Even more so when I found who was publishing the fear mongering headlines.
She's science literate enough to understand once I explained what the study was actually about. We had a discussion about why seed oils are a hot topic right now and why is important to pay close attention to who is publishing the headlines that randomly pop up on your phone. I wish she would just turn those off. But it's so easy to see how this misinfo spreads when people don't look much past the headlines or don't have a biologist in the family that they trust and listen to about this stuff.
I agree that claiming seedoils are causing cancer in a headline out strips the data. But why do you claim they do NOT cause cancer in your headline? Surely that out strips the data as well.
" the study didn’t look at any sort of dietary contributors in the context of colorectal cancer". So doctor, where is your study showing it does NOT cause cancer?