Dr.RaviCardio said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
Dr.SportsMedIN said:Genuine plateaus happen too, and the mechanism is metabolic adaptation plus a smaller body.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. I will report back once I have actually tried it.
Dr.RaviCardio said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Pushing back on Dr.RaviCardio here. Pushing back on the anecdote-stacking. Twenty people reporting the same thing is twenty samples from the same self-selected pool, not twenty independent confirmations.
Happy to go further on any of that.
Sigma-Aldrich — Research-Grade Standards
Certified reference materials, analytical reagents, and research-grade standards for peptide verification. Trusted by laboratories worldwide.
Shop Reference StandardsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.
Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.