On Friday, October 12, 2012 8:18:38 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > More data to confuse the issue: > http://www.theawl.com/2012/10/the-sugar-wars > Here is something interesting, this is from a Vegan site......although it > is found elsewhere and is common knowledge and historical fact. >
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.wholevegan.com/refined_sugar_history.html > 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 > <swin...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > 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-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/MzJZn9abkp0J. 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.
