Yep. Was a fascinating case series, but with a very self-selected population making it hard to interpret in the context of populations
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Replying to @GidMK @RossWollen
So should we encourage people to join Facebook groups that encourage the cutting of carbs? Why does the populations part matter?
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Replying to @Travis_Statham @RossWollen
Because self-selected populations make biased studies. If you're only looking at the people who a) join a FB group, b) see the post, c) respond to the post, and d) respond to the follow-up you're almost guaranteed to ignore anyone the intervention hasn't worked for
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It's like if you asked car enthusiasts whether driving was a good idea. The answer you get might be interesting, but hard to generalize to anyone else
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Replying to @GidMK @RossWollen
So can we ever ask how to fix a car by asking a car enthusiast?
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Replying to @Travis_Statham @RossWollen
Not what I'm saying. It's more like if you based your assessment on how many cars people own by surveying a car enthusiasts group on FB
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Could've had 100 or 0 people fail on the LCHF diet for every 1 who responded to the question on the FB group, we just don't know
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Replying to @GidMK @RossWollen
Okay but is the goal to have stable blood sugars and to use less insulin? If so, then they nailed it. That should be the goal then. The main thing stopping them was stupid healthcare professionals saying they couldn’t do it.
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Replying to @Travis_Statham @RossWollen
Did they? Or did most people have worse blood sugars and significant complications but didn't respond to the survey?
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Replying to @GidMK @RossWollen
Can’t we see what normal T1’s do? They have terrible control and very irregular measures.
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Do they? Compared to the people in this study? How do we know that? Do we have an appropriate comparison group that doesn't involve massive, problematic assumptions here?
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