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by verbify 3513 days ago
It would be far more specific - you'd collect all their medical details, their ethnicity, age, etc., and then you end up with:

'Salt consumption can increase the risk of liver consumption for middle-aged males of African descent'

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... liver consumption ...
I meant liver disease. But I'll leave it this way because it's funnier. And pretty tasty.
"Consumption" is an old-fashioned word for classes of tuberculosis, which can affect the liver. So you could still be right :)
its filled with vitamin a.
I think I see these types of click-bait headlines all the time... and come to think of it, they have very small sample sizes.