> Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yeah, I'll want to see another large study, and > > preferably not sponsored by the drug > > company....Besides, if you *really* want to live > > longer, go for the > significantly-restricted-calories > > diet -- that makes rats and earthworms (IIRC) live > > almost twice their normal lifespan! Of course > > they're > > hungry their whole lives, but that's surely a small > > price to pay for longevity, eh? :P > Let me re-emphasize this. PROVE-IT was sponsored by > the drug company _whose drug did poorly in the > study_. > Pfizer did not pay for PROVE-IT. BMS did. I have > helped design drug company clinical trial strategies, > and we don't rig them. Personally, Debbi, I'd > prefer taking a pill every day than the sort of > nanny-stateism that has the government dictating > what I eat every day. As I have written previously, before I start prescribing any pill, especially for 'nearly everyone,' I want very, very good evidence, and one study (unless quite high-powered) is *not* proof. Your faith in drug companies' integrity is only partially justified IMO; having been on the receiving end of marketing and manipulation as a physician, I take what I am told with a grain or fifty of salt. Remember that there are side effects and potential side effects, always, to every medicine you take, and many of the herbals/supplements that Americans so hopefully toss down their gullets. <wry> And the crack about calorie restriction was pure sarcasm! Maybe I should've put a << ;) >> there. <serious> I do not advocate gov't. dictation of what one may eat, but without education, children (and that *is* when eating habits are established) cannot discriminate between what is nutritious and what is pure caloric indulgence which should occur only once or twice a week, not daily. As for 'nannyism,' I have posted on-list a rather aggressive libertarian stance on 'adults reaping the consequences of their choices' WRT food and drugs -- *after* adequate education. Evidence for the multiple benefits - medical, physical and emotional - of exercise is solid and mounting; we don't have a pill that replaces that. Debbi Ambulance At The Foot Of The Cliff Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
