On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:04:39 -0700 (PDT), "
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So, James, you can take these n-1 experiments as far as you want, and
then see what happens to YOU, or you can decide to wait around for the
perfect "study." You took a plunge once and went low-carb. It
apparently produced dividends for YOU. Which "study" was it that gave
you the confidence to try low-carb?

There are studies as you very well know.

The anecdote is the weakest form of scientific evidence but humans have
evolved to consider it to be the strongest form of evidence. Curious, no?

The problems with n=1 anecdotes are placebo effects, confounding factors
that may not have been measured, false attribution, simple errors, etc. A randomized study with
proper controls tends to minimize all of those.- Hide quoted text -

And of course the most relevant study regarding diet and wheat would
be the one that the anecdotal case above is almost certainly NOT on.
That
would be the one where you simply eliminate wheat and replace
it with similar carbs, eg corn, rice, potato, etc. If that study
shows
a weight loss, then I'm cool with the term "wheat belly". If it fails
to
show any significant difference, then I say it's a bogus term because
the effect is not unique to wheat. If you look at what Davis
actually
recommends as a diet, it's actually LC or reduced carb, cutting out
most refined carbs, not just wheat.

If you read through the testimonials, you'd have seen where many
people did *exactly* what you're describing. They eliminated wheat and
replaced it with carb-equivalent amounts of corn, rice, etc. (although
they didn't always control for GI).

Yep, they lost more weight, felt a lot better, and enjoyed many new,
and unexpected health benefits.

Does everyone enjoy these same benefits? No one knows.

PS: No one gives a **** whether you're "cool" with the term "wheat
belly" or not.

--
Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman