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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by rsynnott on Saturday February 16, 2019 @08:16AM (#19178425)
There are also people reporting that they have cured cancer with crystals. I mean, always consider the source.
Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by tomhoward on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:43PM (#19182560)
This is such a low-quality comment.

You're talking about people who have suffered for years with painful illnesses that have seemed impossible to treat, connecting online and working together as they experiment to find possible treatments, testing the results and reporting back so others can benefit from the learnings.

It deserves better than this kind of grunting dismissal.

Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by rsynnott on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:31PM (#19182683)
People say that about the crystals, too, though. And alleged non-coeliac gluten intolerance, and fluoride avoidance, and vaccine avoidance, and many, many other things.
Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by tomhoward on Sunday February 17, 2019 @12:46AM (#19182867)
People deserve to be judged on the outcomes they achieve and the evidence they provide.

Sure, much of the evidence around for this stuff is anecdotal or n=1 pathology results, but it's necessarily the case that anecdote and small-sample data is the first step in the chain of events that can lead to scientific findings.

If your point is simply that sometimes people believe things that are untrue, that is obvious to the point of banality.

If it’s that anyone experimenting with carnivore diets and reporting positive results should by-default be treated with distrust or contempt, your point seems to lack both compassion and scientific awareness.

Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by sridca on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:23AM (#19183538)
Good thing these people on the carnivore diet did not have you cynically advising them when they were coming across it, eh? Otherwise they would still be suffering and this conversation may not be taking place.