That hits close to home.
It makes me sad, because actually there is such vast opportunity for advancement of human knowledge and welfare if we only had a functioning scientific process on this topic.
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Yes… but… It’s true that nutrition as a discipline is utterly corrupt and every bad scientific practice is rife there. OTOH, “knowledge of X would be super valuable” does not imply “we have any current way of gaining knowledge of X.”
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Oh, I'm specifically claiming that reliable and useful knowledge about human nutrition is easy to come by! I know that differs from your take, and indeed from almost everyone's.
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[maybe we should drop Kevin and James if we go further on this…]
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Good idea to untag innocent bystanders. No, by controlled experiments, mechanism theories, and especially — as I alluded to before — by the evidence from pathology. Also rigorous evolutionary arguments (not sloppy ones).
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Ah, that’s promising! What is the #1 thing you’d recommend I read?
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Hm... Even though I've read some of your blog posts, I don't know you well enough to pick which of the starting points would work best for you. Are you more interested in experimental evidence from a specific pathology (say diabetes, epilepsy, or cancer), or in ...
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... recent battles on the biggest battle-front, which is obesity, or something else? Have you watched that Ioannidis lecture I posted up-thread? Do you do video or only text? (I consume almost exclusively text.)
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This is what I recommend as a starting point for most people: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin … Don't think it is what you're looking for, though. I think you're looking for glimmers of hope. I have some! Just deciding which one is best...
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Yes, I loathe video, although it’s sometimes tolerable if run at 2x :) You can assume I’ve read all the standard positions and arguments and know the basic biochemistry and the better-publicized recent results. I’m not sure what you mean by pathology; that might be good start?
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I have not forgotten about this, but I haven't been able to find a good summary of my idea — “Evidence from pathology clearly shows that reliable and useful knowledge about human nutrition is easy to come by.” ...
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Namely, that keto and/or carnivory are effective at preventing or correcting an astonishing range of major problems, as shown by repeated controlled trials, extensive clinical observation, and copious other good evidence.
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