He has asked for help numerous times but without giving much detail on what he has tried. For example, he said he had tried “paleo”. But paleo is a very vague term. People suggest things and he advises that he already tried them without giving details on exactly what he did.
He has not published blood tests or other diagnostics etc as far as I can tell, so it is very difficult to know what the problem which he calls “metabolic disprivilege” is. Do his close relatives have particular weight problems? What are the genetic tests showing in terms of genes known to inhibit fat mobilization? Does blood sugar go down when dieting? We do not know this. I would expect rationality would dictate a rapid exploration of this problem but I do not see it.
Lots of things like this were explored, just not in public, for the usual medical-privacy reasons. During the period in which he was posting bounties on Facebook for things like blood tests to try, he was also working with a smaller group of doctors and community members (including myself) with greater information access. There are interesting takeaways about metabolism and diet from that project, which could be written up some day, but I’m not aware of anything which would warrant a retraction.
Lots of things like this were explored, just not in public, for the usual medical-privacy reasons. During the period in which he was posting bounties on Facebook for things like blood tests to try, he was also working with a smaller group of doctors and community members (including myself) with greater information access. There are interesting takeaways about metabolism and diet from that project, which could be written up some day, but I’m not aware of anything which would warrant a retraction.