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moominmolly) wrote2008-02-07 01:49 pm
moominmolly) wrote2008-02-07 01:49 pm
fat thursday
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the_xtina, an article on the Minnesota Starvation Study (about the effects of dieting on healthy adults) that I found quite interesting.
EDIT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: What I found interesting was: the mental effects of this deprivation on the healthy, normal-weight patients; the idea of patriotic conscientious objectors in a medical study; and the attitudes surrounding the study in general. The whole article was chock full of interesting attitudes toward the world. The general tone of the article and the obvious bias of the author are not my own.
the_xtina, an article on the Minnesota Starvation Study (about the effects of dieting on healthy adults) that I found quite interesting.EDIT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: What I found interesting was: the mental effects of this deprivation on the healthy, normal-weight patients; the idea of patriotic conscientious objectors in a medical study; and the attitudes surrounding the study in general. The whole article was chock full of interesting attitudes toward the world. The general tone of the article and the obvious bias of the author are not my own.
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I seriously wonder about some of those mental effects; cutting off three fingers due to dieting stress?? Keep in mind that these guys were cooped up in a lab for months walking 3 miles and day and being tested over and over. I'm guessing your average dieter isn't dealing that that.
I can see effects from dieting; being hungry makes me cranky. But that study seemed a bit over the top.