[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by pooh

I do beg to differ with you on some of the information being the most accurate....ah, that's not always true. Many times studies are released prematurely or without controls used to help veryify that results are indeed accurate....and then time passes and results shown aren't always as shown initially.

So you're making a case not to believe any studies because some are later proved to be inacurate. With that attitude you can take these sweetener drugs forever with the hope that someday they will be judged harmless.

Again, I will state that it isn't necessarily the newspapers' responsibility to act as medical literature....stories that are presented are currently in the news in some manner and again, there may be conflicting views and/or studies.

I still think it's worthwhile to point out the conflicting information, especially when the conflict is between a Harvard obesity expert and people who have no health credentials.

You assume that people don't know what's right for them...well, most people do take exception when told how they should live their lives. There are many reasons for people being overweight, some are indeed heavy from overeating, lack of exercise, others have medical situations that impact their life, preventing them from keeping their figure more on the lean side.
People eat for various reasons....we aren't always privy to why.

In my opinion, they may take exception if they are seriously addicted to a poor lifestyle. All the reasons you just gave usually come under the heading of self inflicted.

Food doesn't cure everything, VPL, I know you realize that. A good diet, and for some that includes animal products, can help maintain homeostasis.

The more one studies nutrition & health it should become clear that there are different levels of precaution. It all depends on how safe you want to play it. And at some point of aging some people may develop conditions that are irreversible so that they no longer have much choice of what they can eat.

Please don't think I'm preaching against health....I'm more concerned with sources of information. Again, I will state, that not all studies may not be as accurate as they first appear.

You shouldn't be too concerned because many of these studies have been done over and over and are double blind studies. But I notice you never expressed any doubt that the Daily Sun reporter might be wrong. And you never expressed any doubt that the Villages woman who was interviewed might be wrong. You only doubt the doctors. So it seems you are highly biased in favor of artificial sweetener drugs.

We must meet one day VPL, I'll buy you a drink. Stay well.

I was thinking the same thing that it would be interesting to meet some day. Although I kind of doubt that will happen as we don't seem to have anything in common. The only thing I ever drink is water.

Be well.