In a message dated 22/08/97 17:59:11, you write:
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2. Telling them that if they cut down on what they eat, their metabolisms
will slow down further and they will gain weight.
I believe this is commonly called a PARADOX. Anybody else see the logic
lacking here? >>
I was discussing this with someone else tonight, she said that every
time she has gone on a diet she has had to raise her thyroixine
after a few weeks. The tiredness from going hypothyroid has
slowed her down so much that the diet would never have worked
anyway. The question is did she feel she needed to diet because
her thyroid was on it's way down hill but not bad enough to make
her feel ill? A little puzzle eh?
Carol