The steps of a failed pet intervention: 1. Interesting theory 2. Promising rodent results 3. Encouraging small trials 4. Discouraging large trials 5. Depressing systematic review(s) 6. Theory dead 7. No 8. IT WORKED IN RATS 9. YOU WON'T CRUSH MY HOPE 10. THEORY WILL NEVER DIE
The guy who, today, linked to ~30 in vitro/rodent studies on green tea/weightloss to prove that it really DOES work despite there being a number of systematic reviews of RCTs on the subject
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The endless array of people who throw rodent studies on brown fat or kidney function at me when I question whether intermittent fasting is more effective than other dieting interventions
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The point is not that in vitro or in vivo studies are useless. The point is that they aren't useful as evidence ONCE WE'VE ACTUALLY TESTED THE THEORY IN PEOPLE
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If there's been a systematic review that found 10 high-quality RCTs which included 10,000 participants that found no benefit from your intervention, to me that is MUCH stronger evidence than a study in 40 rats
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@cochranecollab has reviewed the question and found that there is likely no benefit, that's a whole lot better than a study in MCF-7 cancer cellsShow this thread
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