The Scientific Method can be defined as follows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Method#Elements_of_a_scientific_method
"The essential elements of a scientific method are iterations and
recursions of the following four steps:

1. Characterization (Quantification, observation and measurement)
2. Hypothesis (a theoretical, hypothetical explanation of the
observations and measurements)
3. Prediction (logical deduction from the hypothesis)
4. Experiment (test of all of the above)"

The Scientific Method when applied to Health/Medical research has been
called Medical Scientism by moi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medical_Scientism&oldid=2345984
"Medical Scientism is an expression used to refer to the attitude and
method of the typical researcher conducting medical research. This form
of scientism is used by some in alternative medicine as a pejorative
expression to describe a couple of assumptions held by people educated
in the Basic Sciences.

1. That all forms of alternative methods of treatment must be validated
by research that is characterized by randomized clinical trials and
double-blind, peer reviewed studies published in respectable journals.

   1. Other research methodologies are needed when validating for
non-drug forms of alternative treatments.

2. That anybody who uses medical scientism as a pejorative expression
is presumed by the scientific community to hold a non-science-based
form of medical knowledge which is both possible and preferable to
evidence-based medicine.

    1. Intellectual discussions in opposition to the established
position of the scientific community are part of the scientific
process."

Now boys and Girls, kindly show me how babbling away on these science
ngs. And, or attacking Quackery on these science ngs is a valid part of
the scientific method for health/nutritional research.