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WillowTheWhisp · 06-09-2006, 15:17

Just saw the version of the report on TV and there was no mention of the vitamins reaching the eyeballs.

You see Tealeaf you were commenting on what you'd heard on Radio4 not on what I'd posted which was in response to what I'd heard this morning.

My point is still the same that if fat in the diet stops certain vitamins from being absorbed it does not follow that fat people are short of those vitamins because fat people do not all consume fats and not all people who consume fats are fat. That's the fallacy.

This woman on TV mentioned obesity leading to diabetes but I know more slim diabetics than overweight ones. Maybe the facts there are that the fat ones wouldn't be diabetic if they weren't fat but on the other hand what about all the fat people who aren't diabetic?

Sometimes it isn't cause and effect. Sometimes it's just coincidence.

06-09-2006, 15:17	#16
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Logic or fallacy? Just saw the version of the report on TV and there was no mention of the vitamins reaching the eyeballs. You see Tealeaf you were commenting on what you'd heard on Radio4 not on what I'd posted which was in response to what I'd heard this morning. My point is still the same that if fat in the diet stops certain vitamins from being absorbed it does not follow that fat people are short of those vitamins because fat people do not all consume fats and not all people who consume fats are fat. That's the fallacy. This woman on TV mentioned obesity leading to diabetes but I know more slim diabetics than overweight ones. Maybe the facts there are that the fat ones wouldn't be diabetic if they weren't fat but on the other hand what about all the fat people who aren't diabetic? Sometimes it isn't cause and effect. Sometimes it's just coincidence. __________________