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    An interesting article at TIME.com:

[N]ew research suggests that the body is not so easily fooled, and that sugar substitutes are no key to weight loss — perhaps helping to explain why, despite a plethora of low-calorie food and drink, Americans are heavier than ever.

    I’ve seen similar stories linking artificial sweeteners to weight gain; but what struck me about this article is that it involves testing animals. It would be easy to explain why people who use artificial sweeteners can still gain weight — they could simply be rationalize they can eat more (I know I’ve often done it) — but if tests on animals produce the same results, it suggests the problem is physical more than mental. And this intrigues me a great deal.

    Some fat-haters in Mississippi want to see you starve. Raw Story has the unbelievable report that “[a] bill recently introduced in Mississippi’s state legislature would bar restaurants from serving people determined to be obese.”
    The state’s health department can even revoke permits of establishments that do not comply. No word on how the determination of “obesity” would be made. No word on if food establishments have to provide their own scales or have to perform BMI tests on potential customers. No word on how any McDonald’s will stay open. And no word on how punishing people who actually go out to restaurants is going to fix anything.
    You might even file this as another sign of the great American police state we’re turning into, except no one has been wantonly tasered or forcibly strip searched … yet.