The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. 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.
One thing that is still open after Dr.LipidDallas’s answer:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
Dr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Pushing back on Dr.GutHealth here. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
True, and it depends on a baseline nobody has stated. Without knowing where someone started, the same number can be an excellent result or a disappointing one.
Happy to go further on any of that.
Dr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
That reframing is the part I needed. I will report back once I have actually tried it.