Baloney Detection Kit - Food Quackery
Baloney Detection Kit - Food Quackery
This same guy got challenged to an "all bean diet" and turned it down (newsflash: humans need a variety of nutrients to live - just ask 18th century pirates or frat guys who try to live off pizza - same end result)
I forget the video, but there was some quack with a sensationalist hot take on the humble banana: BANANAS AREN'T FOOD! Then, in the actual argument, she claims that they're "stupid food" by claiming that they're genetically engineered (ok, they are - but is that necessarily a bad thing? People love seedless grapes and lemee tell you, they don't naturally come that way!) and then got into some other weird reasons to avoid the banana. But the main takeaway here is that she started with a shocking thesis, got your attention, then immediately abandoned it and got into the weeds and most of her audience was completely oblivious to this switcheroo and got fooled into thinking she made excellent points. Watch for that. People who deploy that stuff are nearly always charlatans.
Re: Baloney Detection Kit - Food Quackery
More food quackery: raw milk (totally not politically-motivated)
Whenever someone wants you to add a risk to your lifestyle, and then argues that this risk is minor (using some dodgy logic and even dodgier data - big "trust me bro" energy) so go for it, just bear in mind that this risk is borne by YOU, not him. He is taking you for a sucker.
And bonus quack points because the increased risk is in exchange for no practical benefit. By the same logic, it's okay to play with matches because the chances that you burn your house down are tiny. So why not?
Whenever someone wants you to add a risk to your lifestyle, and then argues that this risk is minor (using some dodgy logic and even dodgier data - big "trust me bro" energy) so go for it, just bear in mind that this risk is borne by YOU, not him. He is taking you for a sucker.
And bonus quack points because the increased risk is in exchange for no practical benefit. By the same logic, it's okay to play with matches because the chances that you burn your house down are tiny. So why not?