Talk:Thomas N. Seyfried

notability

I'm having a hard time nailing this person down. I have no specialized knowledge of medicine nor even biology, but was asked to research his legitimacy by a friend. First off, I was very surprised to find this stub for a regular dr. Next, I can't get a link to boston college to work for him. Also, I can't find papers, but only 'talks' and 'presentations'. Finally, I'm finding controversial complaints about his work re cancer and keto. wikipedia lends legitimacy and I don't think this article supports that - so far, at least. Others better educated in the subject matter will know better than me, for sure, but I'd like such a one to please look at this article, because, to me, I don't think it should be here. But, again, I'm just a h/w tech and not anything to do with biology. Gemlog (talk) 23:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

sorry, here are papers

https://tomseyfried.com/2018/05/05/publications/

and here is some criticism:

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ketogenic-diets-for-cancer-hype-versus-science/

Honestly, I don't know how legit SBM.org is either.

But I don't think a casual reader of wikipedia should have to go through this to believe an article.

Or not...

Thanks for all you guys do. And, yes, I do donate. Gemlog (talk) 00:04, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/biology/people/faculty-directory/thomas-seyfried.html 73.215.135.29 (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

fake meds

He is known for promoting fake alternative therapies. Wisdood (talk) 14:00, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Please read WP:BLP, particularly BLPs should be written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone. "Fake" is contentious and vague, and should be avoided, per another comment at BLP: Do not label people with contentious labels, loaded language, or terms that lack precision. Hemiauchenia (talk) 14:10, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Undoing my edit of the second paragraph of "Research and Views"

@Hemiauchenia I would like to know, on the merits, why my edit should be reverted and why you reverted it. I wrote that in his scientific publications Seyfried has supported chemotherapy and radiation in certain contexts. I also added "metabolism-targeting drugs" because it's clear just from scanning his papers that the treatment Seyfried is advocating for is not just a ketogenic diet. Both of these changes I made were well-cited. If you don't like them that's understandable, but that doesn't make me a hack. I'm skeptical, but I added these lines based on his peer-reviewed scientific publications. The scientists should be left to determine what science is snake oil or misinformation. That's not our call to make. As it stands, scientific journals have published some of his perspectives and research, and so those published perspectives should be mentioned. Darkflame141 (talk) 08:28, 17 January 2025 (UTC)