Protein shake recommendations that do not taste like chalk — need advice

LipidDoc_ATL said:

Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.

That is correct as far as it goes, and here is where it stops going. Yes, and the corollary is less popular: if the reasoning holds, it also holds where it produces an answer we do not like.

TrialTracker_MD said:

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

Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

LipidDoc_ATL said:

Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.

I read this differently from LipidDoc_ATL, on substance rather than tone. 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.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.

Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source.