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Why do you say that's pseudoscience? *edit: People are downvoting this without explaining? C'mon. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237616 https://www.nc
by briefcomment 7y ago
Why do you say that's pseudoscience?
*edit: People are downvoting this without explaining? C'mon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237616 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237616
- ufo 7y agoIt is used as an excuse by quack doctors (including naturopaths and "functional medicine" practitioners) to diagnose people with hypothyroidism even if all the blood tests come back normal. Here is a good summary: https://hormonesdemystified.com/basal-body-temperature-and-your-thyroid-why-i-dont-care-and-neither-should-you https://hormonesdemystified.com/basal-body-temperature-and-y... As for the paper you linked, a correlation of -0.013 degrees centigrade is too small to be useful as a diagnostic tool.
- briefcomment 7y agoGood to know