Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbncc5.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!bbnccv!harvard!bbncc5!sdyer From: sdyer@bbncc5.UUCP (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet (actually, sugar) Message-ID: <227@bbncc5.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 10:44:34 EDT Article-I.D.: bbncc5.227 Posted: Mon Jul 22 10:44:34 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:30:24 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <394@petrus.UUCP> <192@omen.UUCP> <780@inuxd.UUCP> <2991@nsc.UUCP> <273@bbnccv.UUCP> <198@omen.UUCP> Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 19 > In article <273@bbnccv.UUCP> sdyer@bbnccv.UUCP (Steve Dyer) writes: > >Hoo, boy, more "science". Like it or not, there is no evidence that > >eating "sugar-filled junk" has any deleterious effects other than dental > >caries (and in people who have a calorie excess, obesity.) > > > >Let's move this to net.religion, huh? > > ... Just like there's no positive proof concerning the evils and causes of > acid rain, lung cancer (cigarettes), mouth cancer (snuff), etc. This is a silly debating tactic. It is worth noting that the medical profession has firmly supported the findings against tobacco for more than 20 years. The same is NOT true for sugar, and the reason is simple: the extravagant claims made against sugar simply don't materialize when subjected to scientific scrutiny. -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA