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Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by vanderZwan on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:59AM (#15282363)
I would like to know why someone would downvote me for linking what is basically a vlog/podcast where each episode cites at least a dozen scientific papers.

If the guy turns out to be a quack after all, I'd like to know why, not just be passive-aggressively told I'm wrong.

Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by grzm on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:17AM (#15282427)
People often have strong opinions regarding diet and nutrition claims. For the shade of gray of your comment, I can't imagine you received more than a couple of downvotes. While I sympathize with your desire for responses, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

From the Wikipedia article on Greger, it looks like he may be cherry-picking his evidence or overstating his claims in some cases. Speculation, but that might be a reason people would disagree that nutritionfacts.org is a good source:

> Retired physician Harriet A. Hall, who is known for applying critical thinking to health claims, has written that, while it is well accepted that it is more healthy to eat a plant-based diet than a western pattern diet, Greger often overstates the known benefits of such a diet as well as the harm caused by eating animal products (for example, in a talk he claimed that a single meal rich in animal products can "cripple" one's arteries), and he sometimes does not discuss evidence that contradicts his strong claims.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Greger

Re:Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis by vanderZwan on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:30AM (#15282487)
> People often have strong opinions regarding diet and nutrition claims.

Well, I suppose. Ariely has a good video on that people getting irrational as the topic moves closer to the body[0].

It's still pretty ridiculous given that just about everyone else is replying with their unsourced opinions.

And that's basically one guy whose critique is "he's a bit too enthusiastic about the plant-based diet." Given how attached people are to meat, that's hardly a strong counter-argument.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwOmNm9hk6w