The funny thing, the truly funny thing, Is that many people reading this will assume their assumptions about nutrition are fact based and everybody else’s is pseudoscience. Examining the data on your own biases is critical for any standing in science.
I agree, and I’d add that it’s important to realize that what was considered fact 20 years ago might not be the same today. So we should be going based off what appears relevant today.
Its less commonly assumed now, but “eating fatty foods makes you fat” is really not true. The “fat free” food craze of the 90s-mid 00s took the fat out of everything and added sugar to make it taste good again. And everyone got fatter. Exactly as the sugar industry planned.
The funny thing, the truly funny thing, Is that many people reading this will assume their assumptions about nutrition are fact based and everybody else’s is pseudoscience. Examining the data on your own biases is critical for any standing in science.
I agree, and I’d add that it’s important to realize that what was considered fact 20 years ago might not be the same today. So we should be going based off what appears relevant today.
what’s a common assumption about nutrition that’s not true?
That you need fibre; that you need carbohydrates
Neither are true, both will be told to you by doctors
Its less commonly assumed now, but “eating fatty foods makes you fat” is really not true. The “fat free” food craze of the 90s-mid 00s took the fat out of everything and added sugar to make it taste good again. And everyone got fatter. Exactly as the sugar industry planned.