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With the advent of the internet came a superabundance of available information regarding personal health. However, with this deluge of available information also came a hefty downfall - a massive amount of misguided and unreliable information.
Out of all fields of discussion, it's safe to say that no other topics are more dangerous to have misinformation spread about than diet and nutrition. If a nutrition myth is continually repeated, it can soon become a culturally accepted truth, something that is dangerous to the general public. So for that matter, this article will address some of the most common and misguided nutrition 'facts' out there today.
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The Most Common Nutrition Myths Ever Told
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(Score: 1) by ThG on Monday January 26 2015, @05:24PM
IQ tests are rather meaningless, as they only show how good one is at taking IQ tests.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Monday January 26 2015, @05:55PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Monday January 26 2015, @06:32PM
Requiring a literacy test before posting would be a swell idea. It might catch the smart-asses who don't realize (or pretend they don't realize) that a word (like "organic") can have more than one accepted meaning.
(Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Monday January 26 2015, @09:59PM
Require the test before **every** post or before one can create an account? Or maybe give the test on a regular basis, like you have to be literate-certified annually, like a driver's license. Also, you need to read one fiction and one non-fiction book every month
These standards will keep Soylent News a head-and-shoulders above every other tech news'n'discussion site out there!
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday January 26 2015, @08:18PM
IQ tests are rather meaningless, as they only show how good one is at taking IQ tests.
That's good enough, if you ask me.
Knowledge AND reasoning sufficient to score well on an IQ test will server you well in life, even if it is (in your opinion) meaningless.
That there are corner cases, savants and test-chokers that don't do well is meaningless. There are people who genuinely don't like Bacon too.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 28 2015, @03:05PM
Knowledge AND reasoning sufficient to score well on an IQ test will server you well in life, even if it is (in your opinion) meaningless.
IQ is mere pseudoscience, so no one should be taking it seriously.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday January 28 2015, @08:08PM
IQ is mere pseudoscience, so no one should be taking it seriously.
It may be an imprecise measure, but that does not make it pseudoscience.
Its a reasonable predictor of success in society and in life in general.
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