TMI but the constipation is REAL

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated. Those two sets overlap less than the confident tone of most write-ups suggests, and the second set is where nearly all the disagreement on this board comes from.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

LindaRN_retired said:

The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated.

I read this differently from LindaRN_retired, on substance rather than tone. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.

LindaRN_retired said:

The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated.

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.

LindaRN_retired said:

The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated.

Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. Taking it to my next appointment.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.