Does Coffee Cause Cancer?

Does Coffee Cause Cancer? And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat is a 2023 book by Canadian cardiologist Christopher Labos. It presents information about nine health myth through a series of conversations between fictional characters.

The book uses a fictional story to present and dispel misconceptions around nine topics related to food science.

The book aims to explain why food science is complex and to debunk some of the food myths that permeate society, with an evolving relationship as a narrative. Labos' publisher suggested he emulate the fictional style of The Wealthy Barber. He ended up developing a nine-chapter story arc featuring conversations between fictional characters that mirror exchanges that Labos had with acquaintances in real life.

The chapters tell a continuous romantic story involving conversations between the protagonist and other people with whom he discussed various health topics. Mathematical and methodological discussions are appended to the text, on topics such as demographic selection and p-hacking.

Labos is hoping to write a sequel, for which he wrote a sample chapter.