Food facts and fiction
Posted by kathryn in Myths
I saw this article, food facts and fiction in the Sydney Morning Herald last week and it’s finally up on their website. Paula Goodyer answers some of those basic questions about diet and nutrition, for example is spinach a good source of iron, does broccoli prevent cancer and does sugar cause diabetes? As Paula writes:
Healthy eating should be simple to do but many of us still take our information from our friends, mothers and the media – where the quality of nutrition reporting can be mixed. It’s no surprise, then, that much of what we believe and pass on to others has all the scientific accuracy of Chinese whispers.
20 March, 2007
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Excellent quote! We’re so quick to believe anything we hear… I wonder how this could be different.
I think the more we know the better our health is. But we need realistic and practical information. As a nutritionist, it’s one of my goals in all my interactions, whether it be one-on-one with clients, in the articles I write, during my the seminars I run, or on this blog. I don’t always achieve that goal, I’m definitely guilty of assuming too much at times.
Unfortunately the real story is often not very funky or sexy, so it’s easy to get buried in the headlines.
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