What do you eat when NOTHING sounds good — looking for input

VendorMark said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.

TrialNerd_Beth said:

True, and anyone with reduced kidney function needs that target set by a clinician rather than a forum.

Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

VendorMark said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. The boring version of this is the one that works, and the boring version is: measure a baseline, change one variable, wait, measure again under the same conditions. Nobody wants that answer and it is still the answer.

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.