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To: GraceZ who wrote (260000)	9/11/2003 2:03:06 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

" 80% of those people who are hospitalized are there for complications of treatment". Grace, you better check your facts.Not even close. Iatrogenic illness is a big problem, yes. As for dietary factors: sure, they are tremendously important especially when looked at across large groups of people. As is smoking, wearing a seatbelt, and wearing a condom.

To: GraceZ who wrote (260000)	9/11/2003 2:25:26 PM
From: Jane4IceCream	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Nice post grub Grace.... J ne

To: GraceZ who wrote (260000)	9/11/2003 2:57:47 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Grace, I don't buy it. Other cultures smoke more than we do and that is worse that overeating junk food as far as heart and cancer goes, and they are the two leading causes of death. It may be some of the stress for success bit Americans have that some cultures do not. But while that might help explain the French Paradox, it doesn't work for the Japanese, who are the most stressed people I've ever seen. It could be that there is no grounding of tradition here, though that is also the reason why we are the most innovative nation in history.