An absolute blind test of is God telling me it.

To be fair in a study, it might be doing what it is supposed to while a placebo effect also works

That’s why placebos are interesting

The body believes in something that isn’t anything

You never know if it’s a placebo an actual effect or both

The organizer of the study should know what’s happening in the study

Yes. But this was impossible. I did not tell her till she asked after three meals a day for two weeks. Every one she liked without exception. Sometimes she could not eat much but she liked what she ate.

Also that’s the point of the placebo the organizer knows which is which

Yes but, even if they are taking the pill which helps, a placebo effect may be placed on top of that

No that’s not how an experiment works

So it would feel as intended for both placebo and real pills

That’s why placebos are introduced

And double blind tests

Neither the proctor or patient would know which is which

Yes if done properly no one knows what pill is what.

Ah, see I didn’t factor in the double blind

The point is to make sure no one knows and no external forces are at work

So yeah

Only the administrator and that is hidden from the one taking it and the one given it. Even the administrator may not know till after the test is done and then it is studied.

Well steve, what do you mean by “fixing” her food

As in removing/adding ingredients?

Cooking or warming up some food. Several possibilities.

And so “god” told you stuff like warm up her food?

Sometimes a dozen or more. Hashbrowns, eggs with cheese or not rice on and on.

Hmm, interesting

Have you cycled through various plates over time

You could have struck a lucky chord

I did what I could to try to help her eat. I in no way complained when she did not like it and I had to fix another. I knew she needed to eat to survive. It was a lot of work. Usually the fourth would mean she would not eat.

Was it picky or a serious eating disorder

It was coming out of an eating disorder but she was always a picky eater. I had to be very careful with spices and such.

Are you sure you aren’t an absolute culinary master

Mostly just pepper, salt and garlic. Onions cooked.

But spicy foods she sometimes liked.

Chinese food she liked. Chilli on occasion.

Seems like she finally broke her eating disorder

Did you guys get professional help

Yes it only lasted for two months. Then she went back to the norm and could eat what she had 8 months prior to her heart attack and stroke.

Seems like her condition resolved naturally but may have been an antecedent to the heart attack and stroke

Yes mostly the stroke. She never got fully out of it. Nerve damage was permanent in a hand and in her mouth. Very little feeling.

Yeah strokes are devastating I’m sorry she went through that

For two months she could not lift herself out of bed. I had to move her to the bathroom. It was six months before she was walking hardly at all.