Support Numerous studies have demonstrated a pronounced negative correlation between high-fiber diets and the incidence of colon cancer. ███ ████████ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ███████████ █████████ █████ ██████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████████ ████████████ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ ████ ████████████ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ██ █ █████ █████ ███ █████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ██ ████ █████ ████ ████████████ ███████████ ██ █████ ██████ █████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ █████ ████████ ███
The author concludes that insufficient consumption of fiber causes colon cancer, and sufficient consumption of fiber prevents it. This is based on the fact that numerous studies show a negative correlation between high-fiber diets and colon cancer.
The author assumes that the reason there’s a negative correlation between high-fiber diets and colon cancer is that high-fiber prevents colon cancer. This overlooks alternate explanations for the correlation. For example, there might be something else that is associated with high-fiber diets that helps prevent colon cancer. Or perhaps having colon cancer causes one to reduce one’s fiber intake.
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This possibility doesn’t undermine the argument, because we have no idea whether colon cancer rates are increasing or decreasing in these countries.
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If anything, this might strengthen the argument by establishing a stronger connection between high-fiber diets and cancer reduction.
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The difficulty of including fiber in a diet has no bearing on whether the negative correlation between high-fiber and colon cancer is due to high-fiber preventing colon cancer.
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The author never assumed that fiber in fruits/veggies and fiber in cereals had the exact same level of cancer-fighting properties. There can be differences; this doesn’t undermine the author’s reasoning.
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This possibility, if true, shows that the negative correlation between high-fiber and colon cancer might be explained by the other substances in foods that contain fiber. It could be these other substances that reduce colon cancer, and not the fiber.
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