▲ 128 ▼ What's Behind the Rise in Colon Cancer in Young Guys? (www.menshealth.com) submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (1 child) I'm curious if as kids they loved the sour candy stuff popular during their youth, could there be a connection or correlation? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (2 children) Is there a reason you're jumping on sour candy specifically here? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Ok fine. What about a link to red potato chip flavours? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* Ok, not op, but hear me out. Sour candy is typically flavored with various acids citric, malic, tartaric, etc. to achieve the sour taste. If the bacteria is normally in the mouth, but not typically able to survive the acidic environment of the gut, maybe that additional acid from sour candy was able to add selective pressure, and the surviving bacteria were then less affected by stomach acid. MAYBE permalink fedilink source parent
[–] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (2 children) Is there a reason you're jumping on sour candy specifically here? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Ok fine. What about a link to red potato chip flavours? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* Ok, not op, but hear me out. Sour candy is typically flavored with various acids citric, malic, tartaric, etc. to achieve the sour taste. If the bacteria is normally in the mouth, but not typically able to survive the acidic environment of the gut, maybe that additional acid from sour candy was able to add selective pressure, and the surviving bacteria were then less affected by stomach acid. MAYBE permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Ok fine. What about a link to red potato chip flavours? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* Ok, not op, but hear me out. Sour candy is typically flavored with various acids citric, malic, tartaric, etc. to achieve the sour taste. If the bacteria is normally in the mouth, but not typically able to survive the acidic environment of the gut, maybe that additional acid from sour candy was able to add selective pressure, and the surviving bacteria were then less affected by stomach acid. MAYBE permalink fedilink source parent