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by mendicantB 4420 days ago
In the same aggressive tone you're holding towards the article, you probably should have read the publication before criticizing the experiment.

Quick lesson on pharmaceutical studies: they are extremely expensive and often can only have a limited sample size.

Quick lesson on statistics: it was developed to deal with small sample sizes and allow you to generalize to larger populations.

As such, pharmacy has very strict statistical standards with how to setup, design, and analyze experimental results. I'm a statistician, and I was impressed by how well designed this experiment was.

More so, the study only aimed to find a more precise cause of the issues. And, even with the solid analysis they had, are simply saying, "Hey, we should question this anti-gluten thing, it might not be as big an issue as we think".

Raise more questions, that's good science.