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So the research was pointless because we can't tell the difference without a control group. Further research needed.
That doesn’t make it pointless.
There is something to be learned from this. Using a control would answer a different question.
Using a control group would tell us if there's any gain from the supplements whatsoever, was basically my point. For the average person using supplements doesn't do much for weight gain as far as I hear, so that's why I was asking what kind of people these subjects were, if they were athletes or regular people doing weight training. So, it does matter.
And, my point is that calling this research pointless is just wrong because it answers à different question.
I’m not disagreeing that the question that you want answered should be studied. It should. But, the fact that this research doesn’t answer your question doesn’t make it pointless.
It’s perfectly valid research to study whether the results are different between animal-based and plant-based supplements. I didn’t go through the citations but they say:
which sounds like the research you’re asking for has already been done.
Alright, valid points from both sides. 🤝