High blood pressure, heart attacks linked to common preservatives in food | CNN
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Common “natural” preservatives such as vitamin C may be linked to a greater risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study found.
  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is probably where the science writer derived this from. This is so much clearer though that it’s not the origin of the compound that matters so much as the environment it is in.

    • Photonic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Yes but they still say that:

      food additive ascorbic acid and alpha-tocoperol

      Vs

      their naturally occurring forms

      And that

      their effects can differ

      So it’s not like the part the writer talked about wasn’t almost literally mentioned in the paper.

      They are also just quoting the senior author, since the part of the article the guy you replied to omitted was:

      “said Touvier, who is also director of research at France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Paris.”

      Scientific papers will always be dumbed down a bit and information will be omitted when writing an article for the general public.

      The guy you replied to simply doesn’t know what he is talking about and thinks he knows better than the senior author.