Flashback Friday: Why Is Nutrition So Commercialized?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-10-09

Why is the field of nutrition often more about marketing products than educating people about the fundamentals of healthy eating?

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This is part of my extended video series on the reductionist trap. See, for example, Reductionism and the Deficiency Mentality (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reductionism-deficiency-mentality/). Previous videos that touch on the topic include on Industry Response to Plants Not Pills (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/industry-response-to-plants-not-pills/) and Is the Fiber Theory Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-the-fiber-theory-wrong/)

The Five to One Fiber Rule still holds, though, since it’s an indication of how heavily processed a product is. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-five-to-one-fiber-rule)

There are two sides the intellectual property argument when it comes to food. I explore both in Plants as Intellectual Property – Patently Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plants-as-intellectual-property-patently-wrong/)

And, of course, this is why I always recommend Taking Personal Responsibility for Your Health. (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/taking-personal-responsibility-for-your-health/)

The original video aired on August 12th 2016.

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