Re: Evidence/faith based nutrition/medicine

markd_at_toad-net.com
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: 16 Dec 2004 19:41:45 GMT

It's value is not to spot bias, it's value is to evaluate the quality of
conclusions reached based on the quality of the evidence offered in
support of it. The approach or philosophy by which that conclusion was
made is irrelevant. We want to know that it is as high on the list as
possible and that our confidence in it is in proportion to the rank on the
list. Anyone in the "alternative" world view of things would be treated
equally to established approaches. If some homeopathic conclusion can be
shown to be an example of the top rank, then we are getting somewhere.
Sadly, it rarely leaves the bottom ranks and is often off the bottom,ie.
it is in the faith region of quality of conclusions. It also gets us away
from the "my opinion is as good as your opinion" nihilism that describes
so much medical/nutrition info these days, the higher on the list the less
opinion is taken into account and the less personality, guruism, and
medical/nutritional theology matters.

>While it is somewhat interesting, it still means depending some group
>that is fundamentally hostile to your position to make an unbiased
>review of the data. That is simply not likely to happen.
>
>Seems to me, that the fundamental problem is the idiots doing the
>stupid research in the first place and NOT EBN. There is a need for a
>Task Force to actually figure out what nutrition research needs to be
>done. To fund research studies that should be done, and to in effect
>put themselves out of business.
>
>But it does bring up the possiblity of using practice guidelines as
>evidence in addition to citing research studies. But since medicine
>defines prevention differently from the way I do, it seems like just
>another academic waste of time to try to do anything with it anymore
>than I could actually use EBM for evidence.
>
>The only thing that natural health can do with EBM is use it to knock
>medicine in general and to promote patient empowerment. :)
>--
>john gohde
>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Natural-Health

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