Soooo like, not a nutritionist here but can we talk about fad diets, science, and scicomm for a second?
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Replying to @Julie_B92
Was listening to one of my science podcasts that was looking at things like "superfoods" and science diet claims & sirtfood came up
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Sirtfood is basically a spin off of the antioxidant claim/fad, these foods are supposed to help your body produce things that are good
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Replying to @Julie_B92
Things that are good for you = enzymes and proteins that basically promote better metabolism (oversimplification)
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But, I read this piece on the sirtfood diet, and I have reckonshttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/laura-thomas-phd/sirtfood-diet-rebuttal_b_8978178.html …
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Replying to @Julie_B92
First off, to me, this whole article doesn't seem like much of a rebuttal?
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Replying to @Julie_B92
Like yes, you should make sure your dietary changes are healthy for you, but this piece is just like "juice and veggies arent bad"
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And yes there are problems with bad science making money, but if a diet gets people eating more veggies why is this bad?
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I am a bit shocked at "dieters are restricted to 1000kcals per day"
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like, this can legit cause harm, but she doesn't devote much to it?
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A little here "Not only is this kind of weight loss unsustainable, dramatic, and unhealthy, it can be psychologically damaging" tho?
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