I don't know what the "smarties" thing is all about, nor is the issue of the placebo response rate either "easy" or "glib." In controlled studies it matters equally that the patient group would be "blind" as to whether they are receiving an experimental treatment or a placebo.
There could well be alternate explanations for why a diet might have benefit that do not have anything to do with any proposed theoretical basis relating to the molecular mimicry theory..
Edited by Evelyn on 04/25/02 10:27 AM (server time).
