FACT OR FICTION DIETARY

It has never been easy to sort through the facts and fallacies about food; and marketing ploys, clever phrases, wishful thinking, pseudo-science, media hype and celebrity testimonials don’t help. When it comes to dietary nutrition, consumers are increasingly looking for easy answers. With this topic, it can be difficult to convert partially contradictory research findings into specific behavior. Hence, people are more susceptible to simple messages that categories certain ingredients as ‘good’ or ‘bad’.”