In this blog I highlight recent nutrition related research and post short literature reviews on controversial topics. This blog is my personal journey into developing an encompassing picture of how we should eat and live.
Almost all media reports of research are misinterpretations of how new findings contribute to our knowledge-base. I started this blog in part to give readers more accurate interpretations, but also to generate excitement about nutritional science and initiate discussions via social media. The title of the blog, “Nutritional Blogma,” is meant to highlight the many dogmas of nutrition that are either misinterpretations of research or blatantly wrong. We live in a a tug-o-war between political powers, science, and human tendencies, each muddled with their own agendas and influences. This in turn is complicated by oversimplified and/or dated information taught to us in a formal education setting, or influenced by popular media/celebrities spreading nonsense. Even many of our so called nutrition professionals simply peddle standard information without thinking for themselves. Gary Taubes put it best:
“…most science and health journalists tend to see their jobs as translating the difficult subjects of science and medicine into language the lay public can understand. They’re either not interested or unaware that some of the subjects they’re reporting are not based on reliable knowledge.”
Last but not least, as far as nutritional research will take us, eating itself shouldn’t be a science. However with modern environmental cues clouding our judgements, we seem to need a push back toward the right direction.
“…new applications of evolutionary principles to medical problems show that advances would be even more rapid if medical professionals were as attuned to Darwin as they have been to Pasteur.” -Williams and Nesse
*None of the information on this blog is meant to be substitute for professional opinion, rather to stimulate discussion.
