Anecdotes are not data.

Your doctor is not my doctor.

Your body is not my body.

I am not a scientist or a nutritionist.

A ‘paleo’ type diet works much better for me than ‘conventional wisdom’ so that is how I eat! I am not the only person who has found that or been recommended it by a health professional (my previous GP recommended this) and my gym coach. Although I was almost eating that way anyway because of coeliac disease and allergies and intolerances.

An interesting recent study: Paleolithic nutrition improves plasma lipid concentrations of hypercholesterolemic adults to a greater extent than traditional heart-healthy dietary recommendations.(Nutr Res. 2015 Jun;35(6):474-9. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2015.05.002. Epub 2015 May 14.) – search in pubmed if you are interested.

This is getting tiresome! How about you have the last word and we be done with it!

“I enjoy reading this blog and will consequently continue to do that.”

Read it all you want. What you don’t get is that the rest of us are here for *Bill’s* opinion and links, and the actual science. No one wants to read your repetitious (and factually dodgy) anecdotes about your paleo evangelism, your ‘unique’ medical history, or anyone elses. Anecdotes are not data. Reading your comments is like sitting next to some bloke in a pub with an opinion on everything, and knowledge on nothing.

Oh, one thing you never post about is your actual field of research. You know, the one you are a scientist in. I presume it’s funded by the highschool who employs you.

“I will comment if I want to and post links to studies if I think them helpful”

And I will comment and critique your ‘research’ and, as I have in this post, most likely find that the studies you cite do not support the statements you have made, or have been superseded by much more recent studies.

The thing is, Bill’s made it clear you annoy him. You have Sarah saying the same thing above, as have I. When I went back over your comments, I found other people taking issue with your comments, and I saw you dismiss them and insult their intelligence, or simply refuse to respond to them. You call me rude, but your behaviour is just as rude. Since your agenda is to push the paleo diet, which makes a number of flat out false claims, and even more unsupported scientific assertions, and has been condemned as a potentially dangerous and unbalanced diet by the Dietitians Association of Australia, it’s not surprising that when you come onto the blog of a properly qualified nutritionist and spout your silly ideas, that you upset people.

Well I’ve had enough. I’m not going to read your comments and shake my head as I have in the past. I’m going to poke and challenge and hopefully make you stop posting nonsense. No one’s going to stop you reading. Bill may have to stop you commenting if you don’t grow up. But if he doesn’t, and you keep on, you’ll find people are going to complain. Loudly.

And since he’s asked you before to stop using anecdotes as data, and you’ve ignored him (some scientist, huh), mocking you is all that’s left. If you don’t like it, then leave !!! XOXOXOXO

Oh no, that won’t work. I’ll read them and comment on their stupidity and inconsistencies, until you get the message that tripe doesn’t fly here.