[Madmallard]

Yeah there isn’t randomized controlled trials or systematic review on any of this stuff so your company is glorified snake oil and you really should be ashamed. Get the evidence first before trying to take people’s money (AND data!).

[ChildOfChaos]

What? Zoe is co-founded by Tim Spector, who is very well respected epidemiologist, Zoe did a lot of work in the UK on Covid tracking and Tim was awarded an OBE for his work, are you aware of that or just painting it with the same brush as all these snake oil startups?

[DanHulton]

Legit question: What does that have to do with anything?

More specifically: Why does being an epidemiologist qualify you to have an opinion on gut microbiomes?

Even more specifically: DO you have randomized, controlled trials to point to? Otherwise, this is just an argument from authority, and one who's experience is not clear is relevant.

[ChildOfChaos]

I understand, but what I am saying that he is a respected scientist and is doing a lot of work in this area and is using Zoe to further this work, it might be a bit experimental at this point but it’s certainly not ‘snake oil’.

Tim’s papers can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FIK--DEAAAAJ

[edgyquant]

What does Covid tracking have to epidemiology have to do with the gut biome?