More data to confuse the issue: http://www.theawl.com/2012/10/the-sugar-wars
Note that the report refers to a debate more particularly on sugared sodas, but it does show that the leading scientists are still very uncertain about the fundamental causes of obesity *in our society* (the latter is the context of their debate, as far as I can tell from the report). Food used to be simple, right? I wonder what happened? On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, October 12, 2012 9:38:00 AM UTC-4, charlie wrote: >> >> The scientific board of advisors, the general advisory board and the board >> of directors are all well educated credentialed people from a variety of >> backgrounds. > > > I wish I could see the good in it, Charlie - I really do. but I was taught > to think critically about these things. the Board of Directors has > experience in bringing drugs to market. The Board calls the shots. NUSI > will provide the science/research for the phases of FDA approval. and these > companies, among many others, will make money hand over fist: > > - McKinsey and Company - > http://www.mckinsey.com/client_service/pharmaceuticals_and_medical_products/expertise/research_and_development > - City Hill Ventures, LLC (private equity) > - Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HALO) > - Abbot Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) > - Shasta Ventures (private equity) > - Ziff Brothers Investments > > and the Board of Adviors is comprised of more venture capitalists, risk > scientists, health care insiders, and none other than Mr. FourHourWorkWeek > himself, Tim Ferriss. seriously? > > in any event, whether the drug makes a difference or not remains to be seen. > but there there will be a drug and it will join the ranks of lipitor > ($7.7billion/year for mostly preventable cholesterol/heart disease), plavix > ($6.8billion/year for mostly preventable heart disease), ($6.2 billion/year > for mostly preventable heartburn . .. freakin' heartburn!). The market for > a prescription drug to combat obesity is unfathomable .. .. wait, no its > not. the initial market will soon be 50% of our country (call it > 150,000,000?) multiplied by the cost of Mr. Pirelli's miracle fat-reducing > elixir (call it $100/month) . ... $180,000,000,000/year. Subtract $180 > *billion* if you think i overshot it. > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/b3X9hOxcLecJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Vote early, vote often, vote Rhinoceros! http://tinyurl.com/d7muj2t ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
