Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!ihlpl!stewart From: stewart@ihlpl.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet (actually, sugar) Message-ID: <266@ihlpl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 10:37:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpl.266 Posted: Tue Aug 6 10:37:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 06:50:12 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <394@petrus.UUCP> <192@omen.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 >> 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 ihlpl!stewart