How to estimate human equivalent doses from animal studies

I often see people reach incorrect conclusion about doses of supplements and drugs because they read some animal study and then incorrectly calculate how high of a dose a human would need to get the same effect.

The problem is rooted in the use of incorrect scaling factors between animals and humans and is common even among respected scientists. I have also seen this mistake in peer-reviewed published studies numerous times.

I wrote briefly about why this problem is so prevalent, and how to best estimate human equivelent doses. See here:

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