I watched it some last season, but only caught the finale of this season that aired last night. Unbelievable! At least a couple people on the show lost over 50% of their original weight.
The winner, Erik, went from over 400 pounds to under 195. Look at these before and after photos:
www.nbc.com/.../erik_before1.jpgwww.nbc.com/.../erik_finale10.jpg
Hard to even believe this is the same guy!
To make it even more explicit: there are things that have both costs and benefits, and there are things that don't appear to have any significant benefits while having significant costs.
There are huge costs associated with this decision. First, food producers have to change their manufacturing processes. That is a direct cost. Second, it's a further erosion of our ability to choose what we do with our lives.
And, what exactly is the benefit? We think fewer people will die but are we also going to eliminate the other things those people do that contribute to their deaths?
Here are other leading causes of deaths in the same general numbers as those allegedly caused by trans fats - adverse reactions to prescription drugs and sexual behaviors. Who is up for banning sex and prescription drugs?
Interestingly, there were no deaths due to marijuana, making smoking pot safer than swimming and eating a few sticks of margarine. So, ban margarine and swimming and legalize pot? Hmmm....
To make it even more explicit: there are things that have both costs and benefits, and there are things that don't appear to have any significant benefits while having significant costs.
There are huge costs associated with this decision. First, food producers have to change their manufacturing processes. That is a direct cost. Second, it's a further erosion of our ability to choose what we do with our lives.
And, what exactly is the benefit? We think fewer people will die but are we also going to eliminate the other things those people do that contribute to their deaths?
Here are other leading causes of deaths in the same general numbers as those allegedly caused by trans fats - adverse reactions to prescription drugs and sexual behaviors. Who is up for banning sex and prescription drugs?
Interestingly, there were no deaths due to marijuana, making smoking pot safer than swimming and eating a few sticks of margarine. So, ban margarine and swimming and legalize pot? Hmmm....
