>>53529069I used to think that Stat Ups and Downs only moved stats up or down 1 point. So like if your attack stat was 89, Growl would move it to 88.
Also I thought that Iron/Protein/Carbos/etc did the same thing. Just move the stats up 1 point. I thought the idea was that they were purposefully a scam to discourage the player from 'cheating' and using them instead of battling.