LindaRN_retired said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.
gary_naperville said:Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
LindaRN_retired said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
Pushing back on LindaRN_retired here. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
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Shop Reference StandardsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.