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To: Lane3 who wrote (17006)	7/8/2002 7:44:17 PM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 21057

Well, if I wanted to lose weight and thought the diet might work, I would choose trying the diet instead of weighting 20 years to read the findings of someone's study.

To: Lane3 who wrote (17006)	7/8/2002 7:58:05 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Oh, yes, another thing interesting in that article is the information that the well known "fact" that 95% of those who lose weight regain it is based on a single study, by one doctor, of 100 obese patients. (I'm not looking it up but that's about right.) I've heard that "statistic" many times, and thought it was odd, as I know a number of people who've lost weight and not regained it, or not regained most of it. The most interesting thing about the article is the reminder that there isn't any proof of a lot of things we take as, er, gospel. Low fat = health and thinness = a notion only