On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:52:28 -0400, George M. Middius
> wrote:

>Bryan wrote:
>
>> > > > > Crisco-type shortenings have killed more people than any other thing
>> > > > > people deliberately consume other than tobacco, or possibly alcohol.
>> >
>> > > > That claim sounds outlandish. Do you believe Crisco gets caught in
>> > > > people's windpipes, causing them to suffocate?
>> >
>> > > No, it gets caught in people's arteries, causing them to die from
>> > > coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and stroke. *Tobacco
>> > > doesn't kill in the short term either.
>> >
>> > So what you actually meant is that coronary artery disease kills all
>> > those people, and some unknown fraction of coronary artery disease
>> > deaths can be traced directly to consuming hydrogenated fats.
>>
>> Yes. That's what I meant, though the word, "directly," isn't what I'd
>> choose.
>
>Without asserting there's a direct causal connection, what was your
>point supposed to be?
>
>

Bryan is an expert in CAD, didn't you know? After all, he has the
Internet!

;-)

John Kuthe...