Useless Pretty Boy said:
Ian's post indicates replies that people recieve are professional and courtious - two things your email wasn't. I'm trying to help here. When trying to convice others of a viewpoint that contradicts their own, insulting them and their position is pretty much the absolute worst thing you can do.
Maybe something to think about?
Trouble is, research is so often devised to prove a point, as it has to be. I speak from a lifetime of R&D. You have to isolate variables, & test how they affect the result being investigated, while being aware of surprising results.
Consider a simple & straightforward experiment:
e.g. cut calories by (i) carbs (ii) fat, (iii) control group, & assess weight loss over 3 months.
Can those results be extrapolated to a range of health conditions?
And can other measurements than weight be included?
e.g. B Sugar; BP; mental performance; time to run 100 m; cholesterol; etc.
then add in existing health conditions -diabetes; heart problems; arthritis, etc.
Do the subjects have subjective experiences?
Soon the problems of organisation & compliance & honesty (!) become apparent.
It seems that the extrapolation of results is often unjustified, yet it is done, & accepted as valid because it is based on research. That is what we are fighting.
I shall be at DUK this Saturday, with Hana, so we will see.... I've had to tell I won't eat the sandwiches they provide for lunch as I am diabetic.
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