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by DanHulton 1216 days ago
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.

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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