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Self isolated and self reported improvements. Where did these studies come from? Relying on self reported anecdotes seems pretty far from science. Maybe it’s no
by harles 5y ago
Self isolated and self reported improvements. Where did these studies come from? Relying on self reported anecdotes seems pretty far from science. Maybe it’s normal as a starting point - but it strikes me as the sort of bias science aims to weed out.
Compelling well written anecdotes are still anecdotes.
- ceedan 5y agoYou're being overly critical of a scientific article that is very aware of its statistical limitations. I would also venture to guess that you've never suffered from or attempted to self diagnose a chronic health issue. The people in this article had been suffering for years (case 1 was possible 10+ years) and each went through a pretty scientific process of food elimination. To suggest that this might be a placebo effect is ridiculous. Cases 1, 2 and 3 all mention a reocurrence of symptoms after consuming MCA - unlikely that these people are dealing with repeated placebo effect that happens to occur after eating MCA.
- harles 5y agoAgain self reported. There are no statistical limits on a story which may or may not be true and has no control over outside factors. This simply isn’t science - it’s a reasonable place to start for a hypothesis, but it’s not science. This is how we end up with chiropractors and acupuncture.