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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1805443" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>I think that so long as nobody tells anyone else what they should do, and instead says "this is my experience," all is good.</p><p></p><p>I never assume my own personal experience will be true for others, and I see the findings of scientific studies as being an effort to tell us what is <em>common, </em>nothing more.</p><p></p><p>In some way's that's a great failing of scientific studies. They focus on trying to produce an 'average' so that they can spot patterns and make sense of the world. But they ignore individuals. There are a few studies I've seen in which one or two individuals get such atypical results that I'm thinking "forget the average results, I'd like to see a further investigation to work out what was so special about the atypical individuals - that could lead to a major breakthrough in our understanding". It's easy to see why that isn't possible after a study, but it's frustrating.</p><p></p><p>But in matters where I don't have personal data / experience, the best I can do is turn to studies and use them as a guide in the hope I may have a similar experience to the average person. I also think it's helpful on a forum like this that if we spot an interesting study, we post about it. Not to say to other people "this is what you should be doing", but to say "you may be interested in this".</p><p></p><p>In my position, I find the vlck diet study to be very exciting, I find the thought of having a horribly low RMR after weight loss to be troubling, and so I'll certainly be making every effort to keep carbs very low, and to keep muscle mass up while losing weight. Since I can do resistance training to increase my chances, I might as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1805443, member: 459333"] I think that so long as nobody tells anyone else what they should do, and instead says "this is my experience," all is good. I never assume my own personal experience will be true for others, and I see the findings of scientific studies as being an effort to tell us what is [I]common, [/I]nothing more. In some way's that's a great failing of scientific studies. They focus on trying to produce an 'average' so that they can spot patterns and make sense of the world. But they ignore individuals. There are a few studies I've seen in which one or two individuals get such atypical results that I'm thinking "forget the average results, I'd like to see a further investigation to work out what was so special about the atypical individuals - that could lead to a major breakthrough in our understanding". It's easy to see why that isn't possible after a study, but it's frustrating. But in matters where I don't have personal data / experience, the best I can do is turn to studies and use them as a guide in the hope I may have a similar experience to the average person. I also think it's helpful on a forum like this that if we spot an interesting study, we post about it. Not to say to other people "this is what you should be doing", but to say "you may be interested in this". In my position, I find the vlck diet study to be very exciting, I find the thought of having a horribly low RMR after weight loss to be troubling, and so I'll certainly be making every effort to keep carbs very low, and to keep muscle mass up while losing weight. Since I can do resistance training to increase my chances, I might as well. [/QUOTE]
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