Generalizing about folk knowledge vs. "official" knowledge in this way is a recipe for widespread anti-elitism and epistemic anarchy. In truth, official (read: expert consensus) knowledge is almost always more reliable. https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/985672593456812032 …
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
Nowhere more true than in diet science! Expert opinion was to cut back on sugar for decades, pop science and 'folk wisdom' is mostly responsible for the myth that high sugar was fine
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Replying to @GidMK
Drives me *nuts* that people ignore sugar was at the tip top of THE EVIL FOOD PYRAMID OF DOOM.
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
It's almost as if their idea of what constitutes expert opinion was formed without speaking to any actual experts!
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Replying to @GidMK @AlanLevinovitz
*experts who are actually expert on things other than bulletproof coffee and the top 5 superfoods you don't need for only $500 a kilo
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