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Another note on methodology: there is a glaring inconsistency in blindly questioning the sample size used in a particular instance of clinical research whilst at the same time taking as gospel the stuff you've personally experienced, which has a much smaller sample size.
For instance, the statement: "There's no way that 2000 people could be representative of 300,000,000, but I find my own personal experiences with the small and highly biased sample that is comprised of people in my vicinity to be an incredibly compelling representation of 300,000,000 people." Or stated another way, "I saw some poor people doing this thing once, and so that other, more rigorous study about poor people can't possibly be true."
If one is going to pull the methodology card, one ought to do so in regards to one's own perspective and not just in regards to research whose conclusions rub one the wrong way.
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