Here’s how public thinking on food gets shaped: Every year, researchers publish hundreds of academic studies about the health effects of various foods - chocolate, kale, red wine, anything. Those studies, in turn, become fodder for newspaper articles, books and blog posts.
But how much of this torrent of information is worth the trouble? Surprising little, according to a number of key researchers.In recent years, these skeptics have caused a stir by poking big holes in the nutritional science behind popular diet advice. Even the findings published in distinguished health journals have come under fire.
Collectively, their work suggests that we know far less than we think we do about what to eat.
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 13 2015, @04:04PM
Those studies, in turn, become fodder for newspaper articles, books and blog posts.
This is a lifestyle oriented business model not anything specifically to do with food or nutrition or even health in general.
No different than any other lifestyle oriented topic like womens fashion, shoe style, dance, pop music, fads/memes, etc.
Its possible there are scientific stories related to bell bottoms and formulaic pop music, but its unlikely.