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Old 07-16-2009, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Edman85 View Post
Burden of proof isn't on my end. You're the one who claimed that the system was to blame for America's life expectancy without citing the life expectancy data and separating other possible causes.
You established the positive claim that the reason we live sicker and die younger is because of our diet. It's up to you to deliver proof that's the reason, and that our eating habits are substantially different from that of other industrialized nations, leading to these outcomes.

All I did was ask who would want to preserve our current health care system that produces those outcomes.
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