SleepDoc_PDX said:There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.
mike_mod said:Genuine plateaus happen too, and the mechanism is metabolic adaptation plus a smaller body.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
SleepDoc_PDX said:There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.
I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.
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