response 350 of 378:

Mar 18 02:17 UTC 2006

Re resp:168: On the other hand, some kinds of dieting may make you 
*more* of a burden on society than you would be otherwise: 
 
"Low carbohydrate, high protein diets may help to shed weight quickly 
but researchers warned on Friday that they can be unhealthy. 
 
"The diets can cause constipation, diarrhea, headache, bad breath and 
ketosis, which causes raised levels of ketones, or acids, in the body. 
 
"...In a case report in the journal, doctors at New York University 
School of Medicine said they had treated a 40-year-old obese woman, who 
had followed the Atkins diet, for a life-threatening illness known as 
ketoacidosis." 
(http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2
006-0
3-17T000703Z_01_L1675052_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-DIETS-DC.XML) 

 
Re resp:180: I think it's because it's become part of our national 
belief system that being fat is immoral.  The idea that people who do 
immoral things should be made to feel shame, because then they might 
choose a different path, seems to be part and parcel of living in a 
Christian culture. 
 
 
richard: I know a lot of skinny people who have fat pets.  In my 
experience, MOST people overfeed their pets.  I think you just notice 
it more when the person walking the pet is also fat. 
 
Also, alcohol tends to make you move less in your sleep.  Given all the 
times I've woken up with very sore joints after drinking, due to having 
slept in some awkward position, I don't think I'd recommend your 
"treatment" to someone with arthritis.