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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.
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