When we decided to perform a pilot study with biestmilch in endurance performance we literally held nothing in hand except a strong belief in the substance, a vision and a lot of ideas. The sources referring to scientific fact fabrication were extremely poor. Our own archives were still scarcely filled with data.
Of course, we were happy that there was somebody like Jens who believed in our cause, and was ready to join in.
Very soon we were aware of the fact that we wouldn’t be able to find allies in the so-called establishment. The scientific community is as profit-oriented and on average as cowardly as everybody else in this society. On top of this, we were not so lucky to own enough money allowing us to buy allies.
Nevertheless, we went ahead with Jens and executed this double-blind placebo-controlled study. At that time Jens still studied sports sciences and was active as a coach in triathlon. He had a bunch of runners, triathletes and bikers at his disposal. 53 persons were enrolled into the study. The study was performed properly with the appropriate diagnostic measures.
Today, I don’t want to introduce results to you, because they have never been of any importance for the product. Despite of the fact that these results were outstanding they were not accepted by anybody. Without backing from authorities or a well-known scientific institute forget about getting accepted.
We put the study into a drawer in our office, incidentally, the results are listed in our brochure for athletes. That’s all. It was an investment that gave us sureness but had no marketing and sales effect at all.
Today biestmilch is not naked anymore, but not because of this damned placebo-controlled double blind study, the study design which stands for proper science on the one hand, and on the other hand has long already reached its limits when it comes to the point to prove the effects of complex substances in complex situations with a lot of variables.
