Monday, September 5, 2011

Bloggo Science ~ A Hypothetical Post ~ III: Fasting Insulin & Weight Loss

I started this series a while back and had intended this post to come right on the heels of the other two.  The best laid plans ...

If you haven't read them already, I suggest reading the first two posts now before proceeding:  A Hypothetical Post, and II: Plots thicken.  As I've related elsewhere, recent events have me cleaning out the draft bin here on the blog.  Many of these draft bin posts have been collecting dust for quite some time and this one is no exception.  It was started after the whole tiff I apparently set off with Peter of Hyperlipid with a post entitled  Insulin Caused Cerebral Stress.  The title was not intended to mock anyone, it was to point out just how untenable TWICHOO is.   In light of recent events and discussions on the merits of TWICHOO and Food Reward, it may not be the wisest thing I've ever done to complete this series at this time, but I think this sheds light on two important components in this whole debate.  Credibility and debate tactics.  Because the punchline of this series is that the data and the analyses were not published on some science blogger version of The Onion.  They came from a post of Peter's in support, apparently, of his contention that fasting insulin is the determinant of weight loss.
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