Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!stewart From: stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Diet while you sleep elixirs Message-ID: <2646@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 11:30:24 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2646 Posted: Wed Dec 12 11:30:24 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 02:31:16 EST References: <155@ttidcc.UUCP> <2428@pur-ee.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 14 > Just to look at this from an engineering standpoint, let's consider > conservation of mass. Assuming that these are not diuretics that > cause you to make nlog(n) trips to the bathroom, where does all that > weight go? Maybe they make you sweat profusely...... I was checking out a new health food store recently when the salesperson was explaining this to a curious customer. Her explanation? "It turns your fat into muscle." Needless to say, this store is now on my "quack" list. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart