Mothers need diary - can one spot the logic error here?

[9nines]

Can anyone spot the logic flaw here:

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2150229,00.html

Edited May 3, 2006 by 9nines

[_raVen_]

tragic flaws! It's sad how the Dairy Industry (and those beholden to them) takes a (fairly new) finding -- that Vit D should be taken/absorbed in a higher dose than previously recommended -- and uses it to promote milk

[9nines]

No that is not it. Take this as a puzzle and see if you can find it. Hint: think nutrition.

 

I will give you a another hint: a premise here is incorrect:

 

“Although most nutrients in milk may be replaced from other foods or with supplements, vitamin D is found in few commonly consumed foods except for milk,” the report said.

Edited May 3, 2006 by 9nines

[_raVen_]

Well, I wasn't looking at it as a puzzle, sorry. The whole thing is full of flaws!

 

Vitamin D is added to milk, I think it says that on the labels, if I remember correctly??

[Tarz]

I can spot the spelling mistake.

[9nines]

Correct. Dairy does not contain Vitamin D (it is added), yet the article bases the whole recommendation on dairy being a rare food that contains Vitamin D.

 

If the article were really meant to be helpful, it would state: vitamin D is warranted but you can easily get it from the sun, with just 10 minutes a day exposure a few times a week. Or if you live in a far northern region during the winter, you can take supplements. Also you can consume dairy because most dairy has vitamin D added but it is not naturally in dairy, so you would do just as well taking a supplement. Also, most plant-based milks have vitamin D added (mostly D2 also and that is what your body produces, versus D3 that is more foreign.)

 

But instead it states you need to consume dairy.

Edited May 3, 2006 by 9nines

[_raVen_]

That is the flaw you meant? A misspelled word?

 

How about in this one: "So the article is saying mother's need diary to get Vitamin D because it is in few foods except diary but in fact, it is added to diary."

(Barring the "diary" misspelling, of course)

[9nines]

Sorry, I corrected the "dairy" in my "diary"(post.) I had originally put milk but changed it to diary then corrected it to dairy.

[_raVen_]

No, 9nines! I'm teasing you .

 

You used, "mother's" instead of "mothers" .

[offense74]

The milk babies are heavier?

Of course they're heavier! Milk protein is supposed to make stuff grow fast.

Is it a good thing that infants pop out already obese??

[finbarrio]

Dairy does not contain Vitamin D (it is added), yet the article bases the whole recommendation on dairy being a rare food that contains Vitamin D.

 

That's funny. So much for their research department.