Some iconoclasts are necessary to break the encrusted status quo. Some are just out to break windows. Similarly, some EVIL FOOD COMPANIES ARE POISONING US types are necessary people pointing out how the Emperor has toxic clothes, some are loonies warning us about the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide, and still others are looking for their fifteen minutes of snakeoil fame. _Caveat skepticor_ (or whatever the Latin should be).
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Quackmail: Why You Shouldn’t Fall For The Internet’s Newest Fool, The Food Babe.
She made the front page of the Financial Times as the blogger who humbled Big Food and whose latest campaign for transparency in beer ingredients left “The King of Beers,” Anheuser Busch InBev, and close running rival SabMiller clamoring like Neville Chamberlain to appease a bully. “The rapid response by […]
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I read her anti-microwave article. She really does quote a study claiming that saying "satan" to water changes its physical properties.
One of my fav blogs – Science Based Medicine – took her on too. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/vani-hari-a-k-a-the-food-babe-the-jenny-mccarthy-of-food/
@Mary – Nice, thanks.