[powera]

Could all the people without medical knowledge please stop saying that their lack-of-medical-knowledge make them smarter than the guy that actually did this? Your requests for various random chemical levels are stupid. We have done science for thousands of years before blood tests were invented.

[ygjb-dupe]

Yeah, we did science for thousands of years, but medical science has had (and still has) to contend with pseudo science and snake oil continuously (for a modern take, see homeopathy).

An anecdote about a personal experience in relation to an exercise and diet regime doesn't make a person smart, and asking questions about the experience doesn't denigrate the author of the anecdote.

Weight loss and nutrition are the bogey man of the health industry, and anyone claiming a new, better way of doing things is inviting harsh criticism - as long as the idea is under attack and not the person, there is no harm done.

[dang]

> Weight loss and nutrition are the bogey man of the health industry

They've become a bogeyman of internet forums too. Throw in weight lifting for the trifecta.