On: Hard Science About Diet

[clumsysmurf]

"Gardner's study stems from his previous research, which suggests a diet's effectiveness may be due to how insulin-resistant the dieter is at the outset."

What if it also depends on the subject's microbiota, which would be impacted by a number of things including the (unwanted) consumption of residual antibiotics in meats.

Seems like the more we find out, the more questions there are.

[zt → clumsysmurf]

I'm actually a participant in the Gardner study -- they're testing for a ton of other factors, including microbiota.

[dangerlibrary → clumsysmurf]

The article mentions that they are collecting stool samples to monitor / control for this.