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How do you know any of that worked? You can't do all that stuff to yourself - and - go through COVID (and other things) which has caused widespread depression,

How do you know any of that worked? You can't do all that stuff to yourself - and - go through COVID (and other things) which has caused widespread depression, and assume any of that had an affect one wary or another without a fairly big randomized trial isolating all of those elements. Even just the notion of 'regime' will change people's psyches via placebo. I mean, I would certainly 'feel' healthy if I did such a list of 'ostensibly healthy things'. That said, I wouldn't doubt some of it did, and that we are just barely beginning to understand gut health.

DoreenMichele 4y ago
Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible for an individual to somewhat confidently conclude that X helps them as an individual without checking it against large randomized trials. It's handwavy about some things but it doesn't assert anything beyond "I did this list of things and I, as an individual, am better now."
- jollybean 4y ago
  Sure, but 'I did these 10 things at the same time'? ... 'this is how they worked, to varying degree'? One thing I can understand. Was sick -> did this -> was better. But a 'regime', it feels like infomercial logic though I doubt doubt the author's motivations.
  - DoreenMichele 4y ago
    It's a single comment covering an unspecified time frame with no explanation of how much research, tracking, etc was involved. It's the TLDR of their experience in hopes of nudging people in the right direction and saying, in essence, "anecdotally, fixing my own gut issues has correlated with fewer mood issues. Here is some food for thought if you want to try to do the same." The OP isn't selling anything, so it's not infomercial logic which is designed to get you to buy a product. The gut is complex. I wouldn't expect one single thing to fix it.
    - jollybean 4y ago
      It's a very thorough comment, iterating very specifically a dozen 'medical solutions' down to a 'weighted rating out of 10' (!) of the value each one of them. Again - I'm not doubting anyone's intentions, but I'm fully doubting the veracity of all of this. 'Self Medicating N = 1 Belief' - is extremely common among people. Even among diligent, intelligent people who actually can and do 'research'. But with a single 'blind spot' in self awareness, it goes awry with these kinds of 'beliefs'. Everyone who works out at the gym consistently has a 'belief' about a lot of things. There are dozens of magazines and quasi health magazine's offering these kinds of solutions. It's frankly as old as time and probably more common than not.
      - DoreenMichele 4y ago
        The comment itself states upfront that it's very much a TLDR, not a thorough explanation of everything or even anything they did: Without getting too far into it, here's the stuff that finally worked
  - divbzero 4y ago
    It’s not as rigorous as a controlled double-blind clinical trial, but you can definitely experiment as an individual by trying different combinations on different days and looking for patterns. One example is the common recommendation to introduce new foods to babies one by one so any food allergies are more apparent.

DoreenMichele 4y ago

Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible for an individual to somewhat confidently conclude that X helps them as an individual without checking it against large randomized trials. It's handwavy about some things but it doesn't assert anything beyond "I did this list of things and I, as an individual, am better now."

jollybean 4y ago
Sure, but 'I did these 10 things at the same time'? ... 'this is how they worked, to varying degree'? One thing I can understand. Was sick -> did this -> was better. But a 'regime', it feels like infomercial logic though I doubt doubt the author's motivations.
- DoreenMichele 4y ago
  It's a single comment covering an unspecified time frame with no explanation of how much research, tracking, etc was involved. It's the TLDR of their experience in hopes of nudging people in the right direction and saying, in essence, "anecdotally, fixing my own gut issues has correlated with fewer mood issues. Here is some food for thought if you want to try to do the same." The OP isn't selling anything, so it's not infomercial logic which is designed to get you to buy a product. The gut is complex. I wouldn't expect one single thing to fix it.
  - jollybean 4y ago
    It's a very thorough comment, iterating very specifically a dozen 'medical solutions' down to a 'weighted rating out of 10' (!) of the value each one of them. Again - I'm not doubting anyone's intentions, but I'm fully doubting the veracity of all of this. 'Self Medicating N = 1 Belief' - is extremely common among people. Even among diligent, intelligent people who actually can and do 'research'. But with a single 'blind spot' in self awareness, it goes awry with these kinds of 'beliefs'. Everyone who works out at the gym consistently has a 'belief' about a lot of things. There are dozens of magazines and quasi health magazine's offering these kinds of solutions. It's frankly as old as time and probably more common than not.
    - DoreenMichele 4y ago
      The comment itself states upfront that it's very much a TLDR, not a thorough explanation of everything or even anything they did: Without getting too far into it, here's the stuff that finally worked
- divbzero 4y ago
  It’s not as rigorous as a controlled double-blind clinical trial, but you can definitely experiment as an individual by trying different combinations on different days and looking for patterns. One example is the common recommendation to introduce new foods to babies one by one so any food allergies are more apparent.