rickc@iddic.UUCP (05/02/84)
I am interested in the recent flaming about refined sugar, especially the parts about references. Just because somebody has an M. D. degree (or is a Nobel Laureate) and has written a book DOES NOT make them an expert, OR mean that their 'research' is valid. Nutrition seems to be a 'soft' science (even though it really shouldn't be) - people's opinions are paramount. One factor often neglected is that different races and individuals MAY have significant differences in their metabolisms; for example, I have read of some problems that Southwestern American Indians have with diabetes and obesity. I am not saying refined or raw sugar is good or bad, just be careful of the 'I read it in a book by a doctor, so it must be true' mentality. Rick Coates tektronix!iddic!rickc
sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan) (07/26/85)
> >Sugar is not physically addicting, either, as far as I know. > > Neither are coffee and cigarettes physically addictive. Sugar, like caffene > and nicotene IS habit forming. And all three are unnecessary. > Caffeine and nicotine (note spellings) NOT physically addictive?????? Then why do people go through physical withdrawal when quitting smoking and/or coffee? I think you better check your definition of "physical addiction"! -- Sarah E. Dugan "Thank God It's Friday." ########################################################################### # AT&T Bell Labs IH 1D-408 The Forest (home) # # Naperville-Wheaton Rd. 1353 Crab Apple Court Apt. 101 # # Naperville, Illinois 60566 Naperville, Illinois 60540 # # (312) 979 - 5545 (312) 355 - 0445 # ###########################################################################
sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan) (07/26/85)
To update my own article, please consider the following definitions found in the
Random House College Dictionary. I realize this in not a medical dictionary. I
would like to see some similar definitions from a medical dictionary.
"addicted" - devoted or given up to a practice or habit or to something
habit-forming, as a narcotic, cigarettes, etc.
^^^^^^^^^^
"addiction" - the state of being addicted, esp. to a habit-forming drug, to such
an extent that cessation causes severe trauma.
--
Sarah E. Dugan
"Thank God It's Friday."
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