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There’s an old joke about the Daily Mail that is timeless: The tabloid likes to categorize every substance known to humankind as either a cause or cure of cancer. There was even a song put out by the BBC 15 years ago making fun of this trend.

The problem is that it’s not just the Daily Mail. In reality, we all love stories about causing or preventing cancer, so much so that most media sources are guilty of misrepresenting the evidence that appears in the many cancer-related studies published each year.

The latest series of articles is a wonderful example. A recent scientific publication has come out noting that there is a relationship between the intake of

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