Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The 'state nannyism' came up in a discussion of
> > taking
> > a pill vs. actually getting off one's tushie and
> > getting some exercise WRT coronary artery disease -
> > the latter position mine, the former Gautam's. I'm
> > not sure how 'an educational program' morphed into
> > 'state nannyism' as exemplified by the examples
> > above.
>
> No, my position is that people might actually do the
> former, while the evidence suggests that they don't do
> the latter. Lipitor and similar drugs save lots and
> lots of lives, and if more people took it it would
> save many more.
Yes, but Lipitor et al. do more if used in conjunction with regular
exercise and a reasonable diet than by themselves.
Lipitor and similar drugs are great, but there's a limit as to how much
they can do alone. There's a limit as to how much diet can do alone.
There's a limit as to how much exercise can do alone. All three put
together, though, pack a nice punch. So we don't have a miracle pill
yet, but we do have a pill that does something, and does a lot more when
combined with more healthy behavior.
Julia
wondering how much each trip up the stairs carrying a baby counts on the
"exercise" bit, and didn't do that great on the "diet" part this
afternoon, and is cautious about taking drugs due to various side
effects experienced with a variety of different drugs
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