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From: stewart@ihlpl.UUCP (R. J. Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet (actually, sugar)
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 10:37:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  6 10:37:18 1985
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>> In my opinion, the major cause of obesity is laziness, not sugar.
>> If people who complained about sugar would spend the same amount of
>> time exercising, they wouldn't have an obesity problem.

> Aaaah.  When one has lost the argument, get down the the tried and true
> ad hominem attack.  Of course we know that fat people are fat because
> they are lazy.  Something to do with Home, Mother, Apple Pie, and
> Rev. Falwell.

This is not an ad hominem attack.  An example of argument ad hominem 
would be "don't listen to so-and-so about weight loss, he's a fatso
anyway."  See net.flame for more examples.

Besides, why should it be any more insulting to say someone is fat
because they're lazy than to say it's because they're a glutton?

> There has been a strong positive correlation between my intake of sugar
> and other carbohydrates and weight change.  There has been no clear
> correlation between my level of physical activity and weight change.

Well, my case is quite different.  For a long time I tried to keep my
weight down by dieting; it was a losing battle.  When I finally took up
regular exercise, I lost my excess weight.  I now eat A LOT more food
than before, including more sugar than is probably good for me, and have
no weight problem.

I guess my case study cancels your case study.  So there, too, also!
I suppose this means that individual cases are not very valuable in
making general conclusions.  Perhaps we should wait before flaming
people for their positions

Bob Stewart
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