I'm busy reading an interesting book called 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre, which looks at how nutritionists are bullshitting their way into profits. There's a free chapter available at http://badscience.net/files/The-Doctor-W...ou-Now.pdf which looks at one of the more notorious vitamin-pill-pushers, Matthias Rath.
The modus operandi of these nutrition industry gurus seems to be:
- Identify a fearful disease
- Claim that vitamins/superfoods will alleviate that disease
- Make a profit selling vitamins/superfoods
- Attack anyone who dares mention the lack of basis to your claims, if necessary resorting to lawsuits
Anyway, I recommend the book and the online free chapter.
The modus operandi of these nutrition industry gurus seems to be:
- Identify a fearful disease
- Claim that vitamins/superfoods will alleviate that disease
- Make a profit selling vitamins/superfoods
- Attack anyone who dares mention the lack of basis to your claims, if necessary resorting to lawsuits
Anyway, I recommend the book and the online free chapter.