Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
Baseline first. Without a baseline the after picture is decoration.
Underdosing and tolerance are indistinguishable from the inside, and everyone picks the flattering explanation.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
Narrow conclusion.
Most of what is called evidence here is one person, one vial, one month.
Same here.
Read the methods section. It is the only part that says whether the conclusion is allowed to exist.
Narrow conclusion, briefly right. Broad conclusion, interestingly wrong. I know which I keep choosing.
Baseline first.
Same here.
Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything.
Loose evidence is not nothing, but a washout either side is the only reason to trust your own take.
Read the methods section. It is the only part that says whether the conclusion is allowed to exist.
This is the kind of post the forum exists for.