On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll still stick to my own opinion, that anything in moderation is OK. The > human body is prone to illness caused by many things, and we live out a kind > of precarious chemical balance in our intakes. Most of us have had sugar in > moderate-to-excess doses, and we've survived the experience with our health > intact. I will dispute strongly your contention about "moderate-to-excess", *as defined by the article* - which is between 40 to 70 pounds of sugar per capita. Are you claiming that most of us have a) consumed this level of sugar; b) had no health consequences as a result? > If people can eat fugu, why not sugar? or nicotine, or alcohol? > I do not agree with the implication, above, that having X no. of viewers on > YouTube validates a point of view. (This seems to be a very common > implication.) I read the article as implying that there is a great interest in this topic, and presenting the youtube datum as supporting evidence, which certainly seems reasonable. > And..thread drift.... > > http://deponti.livejournal.com/804850.html tl;dr -- Udhay ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
