Are mice and human nutritional needs similar enough to draw any useful conclusions here? Genuine question.
Usually that's what I hear from the bio/fitness PHDs breaking down studies on nutrition/drug effects for fitness/nutrition.
Yes in that we are both mammals, and we have similar bodies given our common ancestors.
No in that even different humans have different responses to diets, so why should mammalian cousins be enlightening on medical issues.
Science is complicated and everything is a question of scope and ability to test. It’s certainly used information, but should probably be replicated and then experimented with by humans.