I wondered about that for quite a while. That and the fact that for a long time when someone over 70 died, cause of death was, "They were over 70, duh!" Now we have to know the cause for everything.

But that might not be the case.

Diet probably accounts for 20-50 percent of cancer deaths:
http://www.straightd...eporting-of-cases

Sure, that range is pretty wide. But even the low end shows that our diet leads to a huge number of deaths.

Latest theory on how diet (and other factors) causes cancer:
http://www.thetech.o...cs/ask.php?id=136