Russ: Probably a good point about me having some biases. But it's mainly to balance out the reverse bias. People are often quick to attack very low-carb diets without being properly educated on the research that's available. And then if you introduce the research to them, they say it doesn't necessarily mean anything. That could be true--but you could turn the table on any research, so it's a moot point. If we're going to cite research let's cite research. Start showing me research that refutes the research I presented. That would be a fair and good debate. But trying to recalculate the statistics because you don't agree with the results and then literally saying they're wrong because you didn't come to the same conclusions--that's ridiculous. THAT's the mentality that's kept the Food Pyramid the same all these years despite the fact that it sucks.
I mean, when it comes down to it,why would I trust Bryan's statistical analysis? Because you say it's been good in the past. How do you know? Because he said so? How do you or I even know he knows what he's doing? I'm really just making a point and I'm not trying to offend anyone.
Bryan's a very smart guy and I'm not implying otherwise. I'm sure he could run circles around me in statistical analysis (yes, I did stats for an NIH study in grad school). But I'm not going to take what he says at face value when it comes to running stats and allow him to make a point because of it.
I don't know, maybe my logic is screwed up.
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