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You'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 suffere
by ceedan 5y ago
You'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.