At 07:40 AM 3/17/01 -0500, Norm Skrzypinski wrote:
>On March 16, 2001 9:59 PM, S.B. Feldman, MD wrote:
>
>> <A HREF="http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7287/643">Click here:The
>study, and the accompanying editorial seem to ask the
>> questions that they asked and readily admit to this as a starting point
>for
>> additional data and studies. I do not see a bias for or against anything..
>> bmj.com Leeson et al. 322 (7287): 643       </A>
>
>Could this mean that exposure to SAD food during early development prepares
>an individual for a lifetime supply of it?

A friend of mine adopted a baby in Peru years ago.  The girl had been
abandoned on the hospital steps and was starving...  the hospital insisted
on about 6 weeks of fattening up--primarily with sugar water--before they'd
release her to her new parents.  That kid has had a *major* problem with
sweets all her life...

Their other daughter, who's about 4 years older, didn't get any sugar or
refined foods until she started school.  While she did develop a
refined-flour preference, she's always been one to take or leave sweets...

This very small sampling <g>, has always made me think twice about how
quickly we seem to get programmed in our eating habits from early on--which
would line up with your thought.  It also makes me wonder if that's part of
our adaptability?  Could it be that the more adaptable of our ancestors was
able to get ramped up for the local food supply nearly from day one?

Dianne
inquiring minds *always* want to know :)